1. Introduction
2. Readings
3. Terrorism and Homeland Security
4. Unique Characteristics of Today's Terrorism
5. Where is the Threat Today?
6. Terrorism Myths
7. Summary
8. Activities
9. Citations

Activities

Visit the National Counter-terrorism Center web site: http://www.nctc.gov. 

1. In the 2008 NCTC Report on Terrorism review the information on events not considered terrorism. Why was the event on February 7, 2008 in Baghdad not considered terrorism? Do you agree? Why or why not?
   
   Post a 2 – 3 sentence meaningful response to the Lesson 01 Discussion Forum in the Lesson 01 Folder. Then, respond to another student’s post with a meaningful comment (i.e. rather than “I agree” a response should be “Why I agree is because …”)
   
   
2. From the Worldwide Incident Tracking System, how many attacks were reported in 2008 with how many victims? Do the findings surprise you? Why or why not?
   
   Upload your short (1 paragraph) response to the Lesson 01 Attacks Dropbox in the Lesson 01 Folder.