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Assessment on War and Crime

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Assessment on War and Crime

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Assessment 1: Report (25%)Assessment one focuses on the first two seminars, 1) war and 2) crime, and is oriented by the first learning outcome. Please reviewthe material this refers you to before proceeding, and ensure you have made an effort to understand the content and what’s expected of you as a student.Please refer to the rubric – in the same folder as this one – to better understand how you’re being assessed. If you do not understand the precise meaning of any of the terms in this instruction, you must seek clarification from instructors, or on your own: google them, look them up. Please ensure you have sought clarification in a timely fashion before you proceed and submit as it is assumedthat you understand the instructions.You must provide a short response (see below) to allfourof the following four questions. 1.Based on a careful viewing of The Weather Underground, explain what ismeant by the phrase ‘bringing the war home’, and very briefly pinpoint what it can it tell us about what motivates terrorism as political action.2.In Phillip Ruddock's ‘Tobin Talk’ and in Osama bin Laden’s ‘Letter to America’, both people talk about therightful violent action they’re advocating in relation to law, morality, and the authority of the written word. By reading each holistically and comparing them carefully and critically, offer one important thing you can observe about how terrorism was understood and practiced as war, with reference to law, by these key actors from the first decade of the Global War on Terror?3.Based on a careful viewing of Dirty Wars, identify one of the crimes that may have been committed by US authorities as part of the Global War on Terror. With reference to course material in 1) war and 2) crime, identify why Scahill accords so much importance to Anwar Al-Awlaki, and critically evaluate his fate and significance as crime.4.Based on a careful and complete reading of ‘The Terrorism Delusion: America’s Overwrought Response to September 11’, identify what you regard as Mueller and Stewart’s single strongest contention, take a position on it, and – briefly – critically evaluate US post 9/11 responses to terrorism in light of your position on their contention.Each response is 200-250 words/5-6 sentences/one paragraph (1000 words, +/-10%).Please address each question in separate response boxes, following theformat provided in the template that appears on the following pages. 1
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You must seek to demonstrate that you have done the work and paid attention.All responses must be substantiated using the work the course directs you toward.To say that a response is substantiated means that its claimsare defensible, clear and cogent. Avoid glib generalisations, loose rhetoric, assertions without evidence, and attributions of action or causesor agents that donot actually exist (examples of this will be given in seminars).You are strongly encouraged to make reference to sources from 1) war and 2) crime. You do not have to conduct any additional research, and I discourage you from using sources outside those provided for this assessment. Wherever you do make reference to sources, you must cite1.All referencing must be correct, complete and consistent; use Harvard style(google Deakin’s guide to Harvard citation if unsure).Be clear, concise, and specific, and consider context and complexity.You have 10% leeway with the word limit. 1 Many people email me asking ‘how many references do I need to include?’ You do not havea set number of quotations you must include; I do not require a precise number or quantity of citations.2
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1)Based on a careful viewing of The Weather Underground, explain what ismeant by the phrase ‘bringing the war home’, and very briefly pinpoint what it can it tell us about what motivates terrorism as political action.The Weather Underground has a short documentary film which has about theWeathermen show how far the nation has come since the 60s. As per this film, there is aphrase use which is “bringing the war home’. By carefully viewing this, it has meant that theUS Capital was deal with a violent attack on 11th Sept 2001. But this was bombed 30 yearsearlier i.e. on 28th Feb 1971, in mid of the night; a blast tore separately a ground floorbathroom. That incident was not harming anyone but it was spreading a fear in Washingtonand entire nation. It was increasing the need of tight security and was need of a starting acampaign of anti-war radicals. The bombers of this attack were belonged to the militant left-wing organization i.e. Weather Underground. It was organized in 1969 by faction of Studentsfor a Democratic Society. The aim was behind creating this is to develop a revolutionary partagainst the UK government. This revolutionary part was starting to know from black powerand it was begin to conduct bombing activities in US in mid 1970s. After the above stated things, it has clear that to bring the revolution in thecommunity, change political system via threat or violence etc. As a rule, terrorism is a violentmethod of politic which has followed by the weaker party which has been failed to attain hisobjectives. Due to this, terrorism consider as a political action. These are the main reasonswhich have motivated terrorism as political actions (Greenberg, 2016). 3
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