Counterterrorism, also known as anti-terrorism, relates to the practices, military tactics, techniques, and strategies that governments, law enforcement, businesses, and intelligence agencies use to combat or eliminate terrorism.
GIGN operators in 2015. GIGN is the counterterrorist tactical unit of the National Gendarmerie of France.
United States Coast Guard Maritime Security Response Team is an advanced interdiction force for higher risk law enforcement and counter-terrorism operations
Yamam, one of Israel's counterterrorism units
John Walker Lindh was captured as an enemy combatant during the United States' 2001 invasion of Afghanistan.
GSG 9 der Bundespolizei, formerly Grenzschutzgruppe 9, is an elite special forces unit of the German Federal Police (Bundespolizei) to combat terrorism and violent and organized crime. In addition to its headquarters location in Sankt Augustin-Hangelar near Bonn, it has a second location in Berlin. Since 1 August 2017, it has been subordinate to the Federal Police Directorate 11. The state police (Landespolizei) maintain their own regional tactical units known as the Spezialeinsatzkommando (SEK). The GSG 9 unit is made up of approximately 400 highly trained police officers and the identities of GSG 9 members are classified. The specialised unit operates not only within Germany on a federal level, but also safeguards German interests located worldwide, such as embassy property and personnel. Alongside the KSK military special forces of the German Armed Forces (Bundeswehr), the GSG 9 can also be authorized to rescue citizens abroad in hostage situations.
After the successful hostage rescue operation on Lufthansa Flight 181 at Mogadishu International Airport in 1977, a special aircraft carrying State Minister Hans-Jürgen Wischnewski and the GSG 9 commandos return to Cologne Bonn Airport.
A GSG 9 exercise in 2005
GSG 9 operators rappel on a building of the German Bundeskriminalamt.