Umuc Biology 102/103 Lab 1: Introduction to Science
2 Moderately Unfamiliar Assumptions About Al-Qaeda
Introduction to Homeland Security
Research Paper
August 17, 2013
Mr. William R Di Lorio
2 moderately unfamiliar assumptions about al-Qaeda
Abstract
From intellectuals to policy-makers alike. All of the extraordinary output on the subject of al-Qaeda, has recently led to a number of far-reaching theories about the group which remain startlingly unexplored. The two assumptions, this paper examines and reveals each one 's foundational role in assertions as well as debates about al-Qaeda, despite the relatively unexplored status of each. These 2 assumptions relate to: (1) the role of the internet in actual terrorist activity; and (2) the association between combating a global “Al-Qaeda and combating al-Qaeda in Iraq”. |
Introduction
Mueller 's ever-burgeoning bookish literature which anyone familiar with terrorism would recognize, quickly titled the 'Six rather unusual propositions about terrorism '. Is what my research paper plays off. In 2005, Mueller 's astute and incisive piece brought to the forefront six unfamiliar assumptions about terrorism that should already have spawned discussion among intellectuals in the field, but had not, until his work provocatively presented those propositions. In a similar stratum, this research paper focuses on 2 rather unfamiliar theories about al-Qaeda which I think demand far greater research, attention, and debate than Mueller 's had received thus far. It is my intention to focus these reflections on some insufficiently explored theories regarding particularly al-Qaeda. However, most of the theories relate more broadly to terrorism concerning issues in general.
What is meant here by the phrase ' moderately unfamiliar assumptions '? By ' unfamiliar ', this dialogue proposes that the thinking explored here prowl beneath many of the affirmations made by intellectuals on al-Qaeda. This coupled with getting beneath many of the affirmations
Introduction to Homeland Security
Research Paper
August 17, 2013
Mr. William R Di Lorio
2 moderately unfamiliar assumptions about al-Qaeda
Abstract
From intellectuals to policy-makers alike. All of the extraordinary output on the subject of al-Qaeda, has recently led to a number of far-reaching theories about the group which remain startlingly unexplored. The two assumptions, this paper examines and reveals each one 's foundational role in assertions as well as debates about al-Qaeda, despite the relatively unexplored status of each. These 2 assumptions relate to: (1) the role of the internet in actual terrorist activity; and (2) the association between combating a global “Al-Qaeda and combating al-Qaeda in Iraq”. |
Introduction
Mueller 's ever-burgeoning bookish literature which anyone familiar with terrorism would recognize, quickly titled the 'Six rather unusual propositions about terrorism '. Is what my research paper plays off. In 2005, Mueller 's astute and incisive piece brought to the forefront six unfamiliar assumptions about terrorism that should already have spawned discussion among intellectuals in the field, but had not, until his work provocatively presented those propositions. In a similar stratum, this research paper focuses on 2 rather unfamiliar theories about al-Qaeda which I think demand far greater research, attention, and debate than Mueller 's had received thus far. It is my intention to focus these reflections on some insufficiently explored theories regarding particularly al-Qaeda. However, most of the theories relate more broadly to terrorism concerning issues in general.
What is meant here by the phrase ' moderately unfamiliar assumptions '? By ' unfamiliar ', this dialogue proposes that the thinking explored here prowl beneath many of the affirmations made by intellectuals on al-Qaeda. This coupled with getting beneath many of the affirmations
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