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Part 1: Compare and contrast the different types of terrorist organizations that you have learned about in this section. Discuss the following:

• Include the differences between left- and right-wing domestic terrorist organizations.
• Include the differences between politically and religiously motivated organizations.
• Include single-issue groups, such as the Earth Liberation Front (ELF) and the Animal Liberation Front (ALF) and ethnonationalist organizations.

Part 2: Compare and contrast sources of terrorism. Discuss the following:

• Provide an example of a domestic terrorist organization that may be classified as religiously motivated, right-wing, left-wing, ethnonationalist, or environmentally oriented. Summarize the ideology and motivations of the organization.
• Provide an example of an international terrorist organization that may be classified as religiously motivated, right-wing, left-wing, ethnonationalist, or environmentally oriented. Summarize the ideology and motivations of the organization.
• Provide an example of state-sponsored terrorism that explains the reasons for state sponsorship and current examples of this type of terrorism. Summarize the state and its motivations to support terrorism.

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Part 3: This week, you will be selecting a terrorist organization for your case study analysis and Key Assignment. Complete the following:

• Pick from 1 of the following groups, and provide a brief history.
• Give an overview of the motivation of the group.
• What factors led to the group and its members' radicalization?
• Is there a theological basis to the group's motivation?
• Do you think that the members of the group are guided by a specific identity? If so, what is this identity?

You may also pick a group that is not in the following list; however, obtain approval from your instructor before proceeding:

• Aum Shinrikyo
• Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG)
• Continuity Irish Republican Army (CIRA)
• Al-Qaeda
• Euskadi Ta Askatasuna (ETA) (Basque Homeland and Freedom)
• Fuerzas Armadas de la Revolución Colombiana (FARC)
• Hamas
• Hezbollah
• Irish Republican Army (IRA)
• Jaish-e-Mohammed (JEM) (Army of Mohammed)
• Lashkar e Taiba
• Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)
• Maoist groups in Nepal
• Mujahedeen-e-Khalq (MEK)
• Naxalites
• Partiya Karker Kurdistan (PKK) (Kurdistan Worker's Party)
• Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)
• Shining Path (Sendero Luminoso)
• Taliban
• Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP)
• Any group that used violence to achieve "Khalistan"

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