basedon the material covered in Gus Martin’s textbook (understanding terrorism 4th edition)and the articles available in the Supplementary Reading Packets, provide your own definition of terrorism and defend it.Additional Guidelines:

1. Your paper should include a title page, an abstract, no less than 3 pages of written text (1-inch margins, 12-point font, double-spaced), and a bibliography.
2. The body of your text will include an introduction stating the purpose of your paper, several well-formulated paragraphs of no less than five sentences with appropriate transition sentences between them, and a conclusion bringing your paper to an orderly close.
3. You must use your textbook and at least two articles from the Supplementary Reading Materials as primary sources for your paper.
4. Your entire paper – from the layout to the citations – must conform to APA format.
5. When your paper is complete, submit it to the dropbox in Week 2.

Norway Suspect Claims to be Part of Terror Network
https://www.npr.org/2011/07/25/138667137/suspect-in-norway-attacks-wants-open-hearing?ps=rs
Norway Attacks: Breivik’s Father “So Shocked”
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14288184
White House Report to Detail Anti-Extremism Effort
https://www.npr.org/2011/08/03/138943164/white-house-report-to-detail-anti-extremism-effort
Hezbollah: Terrorist Organization or Liberation Fighters?https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b015n05l
Supplemental Reading
Download Supplementary Reading Packet – All Files
Or, if you have a slower connection, you can download the files individually:

• Terrorism : The Problem of Definition Revisited
• The United States of America Vis-à-Vis Terrorism : The Super Power’s Weaknesses and Mistakes
• Notes on Punishment and Terrorism
• International Law and Terrorism
• Security or Freedom First?
• Dying for ‘Enduring Freedom’
• On Fighting Terrorism Justly
• Martyrdom Contracts
• On the Frequency of Severe Terrorist Events
• Understanding the ‘War on Terrorism’: Responses to 11 September 2001
• New frontiers of terrorism research: An introduction
• War, Lies, and Videotape: Public Diplomacy and the USA’s War on Terrorism