Counter-terrorism
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| Hijacking |
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| Nuclear terrorism |
| Cyber-terrorism |
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Counter-terrorism refers to the practices, tactics, and strategies that governments, militaries, and other groups adopt in order to fight terrorism. Counter-terrorism is not specific to any one field or organization; rather, it involves entities from all levels of society. For instance, businesses have security plans and sometimes share commercial data with the government. Local police, firefighters, and emergency medical personnel (often called "first responders") have plans for dealing with terrorist attack. Armies conduct combat operations against terrorists, often using special forces. Building a counter-terrorism plan involves all segments of a society or many government agencies.
Counter terrorist tactical units
Today, many of the western countries have special units, designated to handle terrorist threats. Besides various security agencies, there are elite tactical units whose role is to directly engage terrorists and prevent terrorist attacks. Such units perform both in preventive actions, hostage rescue and responding to on-going attacks.
These units are specially trained and equipped for CQB with emphasis on stealth and performing the mission with minimal casualties. The units include take-over force, snipers, EOD experts, dog operators and intelligence officers.
Examples for such units are the Israeli Sayeret Matkal (military) and YAMAM (civilian), the U.S. SWAT teams, the British SAS, the Austrian Cobra unit, and the German GSG-9.
Counter-terrorist units, by country
| Afghanistan | Afghan national army ? |
| Albania | Special Operations and Counter terrorist Forces of Albania |
| Algeria | BMPJ, DGSN |
| American Samoa | Defense is the responsibility of the USA |
| Andorra | defense is responsibility of France |
| Angola | Angolan army ? |
| Anguilla | Defense is responsibility of the UK |
| Antarctica | Military action is expressly forbidden by the UN in this area |
| Antigua and Barbuda | Royal Antigua and Barbuda defense force |
| Argentina | Brigada Especial Operativa Halcon |
| Armenia | ? |
| Australia | SAS Australian Regiment |
| Austria | GEK, WEGA, COBRA |
| The Bahamas | Royal Bahamas Defense Force |
| Bahrain | Security and Intelligence Service |
| Bangladesh | ? |
| Barbados | Royal Barbados Defense Force |
| Belarus | ? |
| Belgium | Surete de l Etat, SGI - General Intelligence and Security Service |
| Belize | Belize Defense Force |
| Benin | ? |
| Bermuda | defense is the responsibility of the UK |
| Bhutan | Royal Bhutan Army |
| Bolivia | Ejercito Boliviano (army) counter terrorism unit |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | ? |
| Botswana | Botsawna Defense force |
| Brazil | The Brazilian Army's 1st Special Forces Battalion |
| Brunei | Receives support from Australia |
| Bulgaria | National Service for Detecting and Preventing Terrorist Activities on the Territory of the Republic of Bulgaria |
| Burma | ? |
| Cambodia | Royal Cambodian Armed Forces' 911 Para-Commando Battalion |
| Cameroon | ? |
| Canada | Joint Task Force Two |
| Central African Republic | ? |
| Chad | currently being trained by USA |
| Chile | UAT, GOPE |
| China | Special Police Unit |
| Colombia | AFEU |
| France | GIGN |
| Germany | GSG-9 |
| Hong Kong | SDU |
| India | National Security Guard, Bureau of Civil Aviation Security, Black Cats etc |
| Israel | Sayeret Matkal |
| Italy | GIS (Gruppo Intervento Speciale) from Carabinieri, NOCS (Nucleo Operativo Centrale di Sicurezza) from Polizia di Stato |
| New Zealand | Special Air Service of New Zealand |
| Saudi Arabia | Special Emergency Forces |
| United Kingdom | SAS, SBS, MI5, Special Branch (Metropolitan Police Service) |
| USA | SWAT, FBI, SEAL Team SIX, Delta Force, various law enforcement agencies |
See also: special forces.no:Kontraterrorisme
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