Counter Terrorism

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Counter-terrorism or counterterrorism refers to the practices, tactics, techniques, and strategies that governments, military, and other groups adopt in order to fight terrorism. Counterterrorism 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 attacks. Army conduct combat operations against terrorists, often using special forces. Building a counterterrorism plan involves all segments of a society or many government agencies. Because propaganda and indoctrination lie at the core of terrorism, understanding their profile and functions increases the ability to counter terrorism more effectively. Counterterrorism tactical units Today, many 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 in tactics and are very well equipped for close quarters battle with emphasis on stealth and performing the mission with minimal casualties. The units include take-over force (assault teams), snipers, Explosive Ordnance Disposal experts, dog handlers and intelligence officers.Examples include: The British Special Air Service, United States Marine Corps Anti-Terrorism Battalion and Force Recon, the U.S. FBI Hostage Rescue Team, United States Police SWAT teams, the French army (gendarmerie) unit GIGN and police units GIPN and Recherche Assistance Intervention Dissuasion, United Kingdom, Australian and New Zealand Special Air Service regiments, Australian Tactical_Assault_Group (East and West), Brazilian Army Special Forces, Israeli YAMAM, Spain Grupo Especial de Operaciones and Unidad Especial de Intervención, Republic of China Thunder Squad, India's Anti_Terrorist_Squad, Canada Canadian special forces and the Germany Police Spezialeinsatzkommando / Mobiles Einsatzkommando and Border Guard GSG 9.

However, it is rare that military units such as the Israeli Sayeret Matkal, KSK,(JaKdo) Austrian Jagdkommando, the United States Navy United States Navy Special Warfare Development Group or the United States Army Delta Force, actually engage in counter-terrorism operations, as they are largely prevented by either jurisdiction or laws like the Posse Comitatus Act from operating in their own country.

Thus, the majority of counterterrorism operations at the tactical level, are conducted by state, federal and national police or intelligence agency, such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation, MI5 , Scotland Yard SO15,the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, or the Mossad. Obviously, for countries whose military are legally permitted to conduct police operations, this is a non-issue, and such counter-terrorism operations are conducted by their military.

The majority of counterterrorism operations actually take place at the Intelligence (information gathering) level, through the use of covert surveillance (HUMINT), signals intelligence (SIGINT), satellite intelligence (GEOINT or SATINT), and electronic intelligence (ELINT). According to the U.S. Army's anti-terrorism level 1 training brief, the majority of covert cell are exposed during their surveillance attempts as it is the only time they are visible. By the time they carry out the actual operation, it is usually too late.

Some famous counterterrorist actions of the 20th century include the Operation Entebbe by Israel, the response to the Achille Lauro hijacking, the 1972 Summer Olympics hostage rescue attempt and subsequent assassinations, the Iranian embassy siege and the Battle of Mogadishu (1993).

Anti-terrorism The concept of anti-terrorism emerges from a thorough examining of the concept of terrorism as well as an attempt to understand and articulate what constitutes terrorism in Western World terms. Anti-terrorism was bound to emerge as the stakes for a concise definition of terrorism are raised. Unlike counterterrorism, the prefix "wikt:anti-" suggests a diplomatic and less confrontational line than counterterrorism. Like its mirror terminology, it is a broad term, though it is invoked far less often.

Since the September 11, 2001 attacks, leaders in Western nations have emphasized the importance of living a full life with no undue fear, burden, no less valor. This is commonly posited as an average citizen's way to help "defeat terrorism". Prescription of such reaction behavior has faded from the public discourse in more recent years. In the United States, the United States Department of Homeland Security was created and the War on Terrorism has shifted to diplomacy and other fronts like Iraq. There had been numerous cases made for the abuse of the term Anti-terrorism as a general umbrella under which cause is formulated to stifle civil liberties and dissipate dissent.

Anti-terrorism legislation In the wake of the London bombings of 7 July and 21 July 2005, the term has been used to describe legislative measures in both the United Kingdom and Australia which extend unprecedented powers to law enforcement. Such powers facilitate more aggressive methods of detainment and investigation of persons suspected of terrorism.

The legislation in Australia allows police to detain suspects for up to two weeks without charge, and to electronically track suspects for up to a year. In both countries, with entrenched liberal democracy traditions, the measures have been controversial and have been criticised by civil libertarians and Islamic groups.

Counterterrorism in Popular Culture

The counterterrorism espionage operations of Section One (ambiguously set) are the main focus of the plot of La Femme Nikita (TV series), created by Joel Surnow.
The award-winning TV series 24 (TV series), also created by Surnow, is about the Los Angeles branch of the fictional Counter Terrorist Unit (CTU).
The book and video game series Rainbow Six is about a fictional counterterrorist team in various fictitious conflicts.
The video game series SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs traditionally features fictitious counter-terrorist operations conducted by the United States Special Operations Command (SOCOM).
The popular video game Counter-Strike, developed by Valve Software, pits a team of terrorists against a squad of counter-terrorists.
Public Security Section 9 is a group in the anime/manga Ghost in the Shell,that can be considered a counter-terrorist group.