Counter-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 | ? |
| Albania | RENEA, ROS |
| Algeria | BMPJ, DGSN |
| American Samoa | Defense is responsibility of the US |
| 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 | BEOH - GEOF |
| Armenia | ? |
| Australia | SAS Australian Regiment Tactical Response Group |
| Austria | GEK, WEGA, COBRA |
| The Bahamas | Royal Bahamas Defense Force |
| Bahrain | Security and Intelligence Service |
| Bangladesh | ? |
| Barbados | Royal Barbados Defense Force |
| Belarus | ? |
| Belgium | Sûreté de l'Etat, SGI - General Intelligence and Security Service |
| Belize | Belize Defense Force |
| Benin | ? |
| Bermuda | Defense is responsibility of the UK |
| Bhutan | Royal Bhutan Army |
| Bolivia | Polivalente |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | ? |
| Botswana | Botswana Defense force |
| Brazil | 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 2, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Canadian Security Intelligence Service |
| Central African Republic | ? |
| Chad | Currently being trained by USA |
| Chile | UAT Unidad Anti-Terrorista, GOPE Grupo de Operaciones Especiales |
| China (PRC) | Special Police Unit |
| Colombia | AFEUR |
| Denmark | Jægerkorpset (Army Special Force Unit), Frømandskorpset (Navy Special Force Unit) & Rigspolitiets Aktionsstyrke (Police SWAT) |
| Egypt | Unit 777 |
| Finland | Tactical unit: Osasto Karhu, anti-terrorist intelligence: Suojelupoliisi |
| France | GIGN |
| Germany | GSG-9 (border guard police special forces), KSK (army special forces) |
| Hong Kong | SDU, ASU |
| India | National Security Guard, Bureau of Civil Aviation Security, Black Cats etc |
| Indonesia | Special Detachment 88 Anti-Terror (Densus 88) |
| Israel | Sayeret Matkal |
| Italy | GIS (Gruppo di Intervento Speciale) from Carabinieri, NOCS (Nucleo Operativo Centrale di Sicurezza) from Polizia di Stato |
| Japan | Special Assault Team, S Unit | Malaysia | VAT 69, Paskal |
| Netherlands | BBE |
| New Zealand | Special Tactics Groups (STG), Special Air Service of New Zealand |
| Norway | FSK (Army special forces and counterterror unit), MJK (Naval special forces unit), HV Innsatsstyrke (National Guard counterterror unit), Delta (Police counterterror unit) |
| Philippines | Special Action Force, Light Reaction Company | Saudi Arabia | Special Emergency Forces |
| Poland | GROM, Formoza, Central Bureau of Investigation (CBŚ - Centralne Biuro Śledcze), Police CT units |
| Serbia & Montenegro | Special Anti-terrorist Unit - SAJ (SDB/UDBA), Special Gendarmerie Brigade (Police), 63rd Paratrooper Brigade (Military) |
| Singapore | Singapore Special Operations Force, Special Operations Command, Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Explosive Defence Group |
| Sweden | Säkerhetspolisen (SÄPO), Nationella insatssyrkan |
| United Kingdom | SAS, SBS, MI5, Special Branch (Metropolitan Police Service) |
| Vietnam | Special Mission Police (Cảnh sát đặc nhiệm), Immediate Reaction Force (Cảnh sát cơ động) |
| Latvia | OMEGA (Police squad), Special Task Force (Speciālo Uzdevumu Vienība (SUV)) unit of Armed forces |
| USA | SWAT, FBI, SEAL Team SIX, Delta Force, various law enforcement agencies |
See also
he:מלחמה בטרור no:Kontraterrorisme sl:Protiteroristično bojevanje
