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ince its creation in 1983, Sthe Antiterrorism Assistance (ATA) program has served as the primary provider of U.S. government antiterrorism training and equipment to law-enforcement agencies of partner nations throughout the world, and has delivered counterterrorism training to more than 90,000 law enforcement personnel from 154 countries. OFFICE OF ANTITERRORISM ASSISTANCE • 2012 YEAR IN REVIEW 1 ed those nations’ current ed those nations’ current and other services such as equipment and other services such as equipment partners grants to law enforcement provided in 64 countries. In all, ATA services and equipment with a budget of almost $200 program million to its law-enforcement partners in FY 2012. also completed capabilities- ATA assessment and program-review visits of 20 partner nations. These on-site capability assessments quantiﬁ critical capabilities counterterrorism used as a basis for country and were assistance plans and to evaluate subsequent progress. all foreign by law, As required training ATA participants receiving vetted to ensure and equipment are that they have not been involved in human-rights violations. Countries that received ATA assistance, including assistance, ATA Countries that received of Counterterrorism’s through the Bureau Initiative Regional Strategic consultations, equipment, Deliveries of training, etc. taught abroad, courses delivered (326 ATA United States) 26 taught in the training and services Participants received ATA Partner nations assessed ATA by the Numbers — FY 2012 — Numbers by the ATA he ATA program’s policy program’s he ATA formulation, strategic guidance, scal year (FY) 2012, the ATA scal year (FY) 2012, the ATA 64 352 11,766 20 567 and oversight are managed by the and oversight are Bureau U.S. Department of State’s (CT), while of Counterterrorism implementation and program the responsibility administration are Security of Diplomatic of the Bureau (DS). CT and DS work with the and bureaus regional Department’s that ATA overseas posts to ensure that in areas focused activities are threats, face a nexus of terrorism our partner nations’ address important operational needs, and are program The ATA to U.S. interests. in countries whose is most effective governments have the political will as well as the basic law-enforcement use and capabilities to effectively ultimately sustain the advanced provides. training that ATA In ﬁ training, delivered program workshops, technical consultations, T

The ATA program program The ATA deal helps our partners with security effectively their challenges within to defend borders, to national against threats stability, and regional terrorist and to deter borders operations across It provides and regions. cutting-edge training and consultations on topics such as cyber-security and computer forensics; crisis management and travel document response; fraud; dignitary protection; bomb detection and disposal; airport security; security; response border to incidents involving weapons of mass destruction; interdiction organizations; of terrorist and hostage negotiation Through and rescue. training and the delivery of equipment grants, ATA helps its law-enforcement partners build their capacity to detect, disrupt, and deter, investigate terrorist activities and suspects. ATA STATISTICS ATA t cant cers both t of networking and forming cials have reaped the added cials have reaped To help the TPF build its technical To and institutional capabilities, ATA TPF offi has provided training in soft- and hard-skills classroom — various formats training, seminars, workshops, and at venues in and — conferences focuses Training outside Tanzania. on developing self-sustaining skills investigate, and to detect, deter, By holding some terrorists. arrest sessions in other countries, TPF offi benefi with their law- new relationships counterparts from enforcement other nations. While all the courses have helped build skills, Mwema believes the ones that help the most are the train-the- trainer courses, because they have what he calls a “Since the bombing of the bombing of “Since the in Dar es U.S. Embassy the TPF has Salaam in 1998, to benefi been privileged from ATA’s signifi from ATA’s training and investments in Mwema. equipment,” said he cites an As an example, grant of seven boats ATA used for “preventing and combating major crimes, including terrorist activities, in sea and inland waters” throughout Tanzania. “saw the c incidents, the United nspector General of Police Mwema nspector General of with relationship says the ATA importance of renewed, strengthened cooperation in the safety and security aspect, in general, and antiterrorism, in particular,” says Mwema. States and Tanzania States and Tanzania the Tanzanian Police Force (TPF) is Police Force the Tanzanian cemented with longstanding, but was 1998, simultaneous the August 7, bombings of the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Dar es Salaam, Nairobi, Those attacks killed more Tanzania. than 200 and wounded some 4,000 persons people in Kenya and killed 11 After and wounded 85 in Tanzania. those horrifi Mwema believes ATA has contributed Mwema believes ATA reform current much to the TPF’s modernization, initiative through and community- professionalism, oriented policing. After the embassy training, provided bombings, ATA equipment, logistics, and assistance systems and the TPF’s in improving assistance has helped ATA processes. develop capabilities to detect and and to be better counter terrorists to for responding prepared major incidents. I FOCUS ON ON FOCUS Saidi Ally Mwema, Saidi Ally of Police Inspector General Police Force (TPF) Tanzanian cer in cer He joined the police force in 1992 and has served in various positions in several regions, including senior superintendent of police and regional crime offi assistant commissioner Mwanza; of police and regional crime senior es Salaam; cer in Dar offi assistant commissioner of police and regional police commander in and head of the Interpol Mbeya; Sub-Regional Bureau in Nairobi, he was In March 2006, Kenya. appointed to his current post of Tanzanian Inspector General of the (TPF). Force Police Inspector General of Police Saidi Saidi of Police Inspector General his career in Ally Mwema began on fraud law enforcement working prosecutions investigations and He Arusha. in Dar es Salaam and served temporarily in the Bank Exchange Foreign Tanzania’s of Directorate as assistant manager of the Investigations Department, where he investigated fraud and foreign-exchange violations.

OFFICE OF ANTITERRORISM ASSISTANCE • 2012 YEAR IN REVIEW 2 OFFICE OF ANTITERRORISM ASSISTANCE • 2012 YEAR IN REVIEW 3 cant nals. cers in that area of cers in that area working relationships with Interpol, with Interpol, working relationships the Eastern Chiefs African Police and the Cooperation Organization, the TPF East African Community, this capacity by has demonstrated its internationalworking closely with investigative partners to share information and intelligence. these connections, and Through learnedby using techniques in ATA TPF provided training courses, the investigative assistance to Ugandan of authorities that led to the arrests for some key individuals responsible attacks that the July 2010 terrorist killed 76 people who had gathered and a rugby club in at a restaurant Kampala to watch the 2010 World Cup soccer fi In another example of its close with Interpol and coordination neighboring countries, in June 2012, later deported and the TPF arrested a German national wanted in connection with a bombing in Kenya that killed one person than 30 others. more and injured Assistance program The Antiterrorism will continue to play a signifi role in advancing the professionalism in advancing the professionalism role Police Force. of the Tanzania Mwema says his agency is looking for assistance and support to ATA in institutionalizing the training it has and in establishing a new received training center in the Dodoma region that will serve as a one- of Tanzania stop shop for training of Tanzanian police offi the country. cers in preparedness, cers in preparedness, By working toward these goals, these goals, toward By working other senior TPF Mwema and the career leaders hope to enhance institutional opportunities and build loyalty among its personnel. support ATA on The TPF has relied these goals and training to achieve program. reform and implement its senior For example, the TPF’s training leadership management curriculum at the Kidatu Police Staff College draws upon material from police executive leadership ATA’s forum. The TPF also is integrating course maritime interdiction ATA’s into its own maritime security management curriculum, which the TPF is developing for its Mwanza Marine Police College. support, the TPF ATA Through has established crisis-response an the country, teams throughout accomplishment unparalleled in Africa and of which the TPF is very As of July 2012, the TPF proud. than 5,200 had trained more police offi rapid response to incidents, and rapid response management. crowd-control grants of also has delivered ATA equipment, law-enforcement including ballistic vests, shields, weapons and ammunition, tactical ladders, explosives-disposal materials, dynamic-entry equipment, and emergency generators. Information sharing and analysis is one of the critical capabilities which works with partner nations ATA its good to enhance. Through cers through cers through says Mwema. t local conditions, “prevent and

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cers of all ranks, from cers of all ranks, cers and civilian staff — taking — cers and civilian staff in the police force police force of human resources information resources processes and systems combat major incidents and increase the level of preparedness,” As part of its reform program, the program, As part of its reform TPF hopes to enable its personnel to the organization by move up through The courses and equipment to support the by ATA provided have contributed to program reform both police — members of the force offi and pride in the program greater agents of feeling that they are positive change, he adds. • addressing gender inequality • developing TPF leadership • combating HIV/AIDS in the • strengthening the management • strengthening its human ATA’s special weapons and tactics ATA’s team training, response (SWAT)/crisis and with some both in its entirety modifi is thus ensuring that the force to prepared The TPF has sent its offi The TPF has sent its the Inspector General the Inspector General to a police constable.” “force-multiplier effect” effect” “force-multiplier the knowledge that enables gained and competencies to through the courses to police “trickle down offi

LEADERS N cers searched cers searched as about available resources to meet resources as about available achieved in a ATA the challenges, police leadership, commitment from enhancing map for and a road cyber investigation Colombia’s emerge. capabilities began to cyber trained DIJIN’s Once ATA them with investigators and provided and software investigative hardware tackle cases tools, they began to Colombian that had threatened For example, in the national security. aftermath of a Colombian military strike on a jungle encampment of Revolutionary the insurgents from in of Colombia (FARC) Armed Forces 2008, police ofﬁ March digital media the camp, recovered Reyes, and leader Raul used by FARC cyber sent this evidence to the DIJIN’s recovered investigators unit. Bautista’s than 37,000 and analyzed more documents and 210,000 images. The fruits of this cyber investigation led to several successive operations that began dismantling the previously of impenetrable infrastructure the FARC. the has worked to ensure ATA continuity of its curriculum and cyber methodology in Colombia’s instructor- ATA’s through program development course and train-the- Utilizing training trainer program. as well ATA, and equipment from the DIJIN, the from as resources its investigative cyber unit increased train-the- By adopting ATA’s core. members of trainer methodology, the cyber unit have trained front- line investigators in the techniques cials

ngs cantly in a few short years. t. Col. Fredy Bautista is an avid Bautista t. Col. Fredy alumnus. In his role cyber ATA as primary founder and head of as primary founder Colombia’s the cyber unit within of Judicial Police and Directorate Investigation (DIJIN), he has attended about 20 of the 38 ATA-sponsored cyber courses since 2005. Once his unit was equipped and functional, that his investigators he ensured developed their skills by sending them cyber training, both in-country to ATA and in the United States. Bautista prowess the Directorate’s credits in digital investigations to ATA’s assistance to his cyber unit during lessons learned, From its infancy. acquisition of and skills acquired, forward- equipment, to Bautista’s leaning management, the DIJIN grown capabilities have cyber unit’s signifi cyber Bautista praises the ATA to a for its adherence program For example, logical methodology. as Colombian investigators became of the extent to which terrorist aware and transnational drug groups using Internet organizations were technology and cellular-telephone to communicate, they did not know the challenge. But how to address by enlightening senior police offi executive-level briefi through as well threats about the growing L FOCUS ON ON FOCUS Colombian National Police Colombian National Lt. Col. Fredy Bautista, Lt. Col. Fredy ts of collaborating with ATA. ts of collaborating with In 2003, as a newly-promoted In 2003, captain in the Colombian National Directorate of (CNP’s) Police’s and Investigation Judicial Police with tasked he was (DIJIN), exploring the use of digital investigative techniques by CNP he At the time, investigators. neither anticipated the outcome of his research nor how he would secure the resources needed by the CNP to achieve As this capability and expertise. with other leaders in this nascent rst sought to identify he fi eld, fi how computers were used to he Next, perpetrate crimes. focused on developing a vision approach to cyber for DIJIN’s he took 2005, In investigations. cyber training and ATA rst his fi immediately realized the potential benefi Lt. Col. Fredy Bautista was always always Bautista was Fredy Col. Lt. and his interested in technology, self-taught personal drive and play a key skills primed him to evolving role in Colombia’s cyber investigations force. had an appetite “I have always for computers and the desire to introduce their use into traditional he says. police investigations,”

OFFICE OF ANTITERRORISM ASSISTANCE • 2012 YEAR IN REVIEW 4 OFFICE OF ANTITERRORISM ASSISTANCE • 2012 YEAR IN REVIEW 5 ce are now recognized experts in digital experts in digital now recognized are Latin and analysis in investigations occasions, America. On several ofﬁ Bautista’s personnel from at law- presentations have delivered and have conferences enforcement technical and procedural provided assistance to law-enforcement countries. agencies in neighboring also have staff Members of Bautista’s police from trained cyber investigators agencies in Chile, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, and Panama. ATA’s a cyber training in Colombia provides clear example of how the program’s success in one country can become a police multiplier for antiterrorism force region. an entire training throughout has groomed his subordinate his subordinate has groomed who now manage supervisors, of the cyber the daily operations units, and he has encouraged executive ATA their participation in and other management training activities. professional-development his success to Bautista attributes with his good communication The DIJIN has U.S. counterparts. maintained an open dialogue with cyber trainers and private- ATA its sector experts, both to ensure to best cyber investigators adhere the practices and to streamline methodologies. The DIJIN agency’s and its cyber investigators, in turn, ed other cers who might be good cers who might be

Besides developing his investigators’ skills through training, Bautista Bautista strives to expand the breadth the breadth Bautista strives to expand and depth of the investigative capabilities of his Bogotá-based digital assistance ATA laboratory. forensics to create enabled the Directorate labs with the basic four regional equipment needed to support low- level local investigations. Bautista successfully leveraged these facilities to expand the scope of services to in other regions Colombia requiring cyber investigative services. His staff also was able to have a small van converted to a fully-equipped mobile forensic triage unit, an initiative that timely ensures of processing critical cases in outlying regions. “a methodology multiplier.” “a methodology candidates for the cyber investigative candidates for the Bautista calls a process — unit of identifying and collecting digital and collecting of identifying in- ATA-based Through evidence. Directorate’s house training, the their instructors have honed knowledge and identiﬁ police ofﬁ

LEADERS N cials from around around cials from cials is compatible achieve accreditation as not only achieve accreditation but training resource, a regional also an international training center to courses antiterrorism providing offi law-enforcement the world. Al-Raggad says his government continued is grateful for ATA’s cooperation and support and hopes the two countries can enhance their mutual cooperation and partnership. Maj. Gen. al-Raggad to commitment notes that ATA’s and the awareness improving law-enforcement skills of foreign and security offi counterterrorism with the PSD’s training provides ATA’s philosophy. his agency with an important tool for This training, combating terrorism. and the sharing of information and best practices that such training engenders, have helped both nations advance their mutual security goals, says al-Raggad. ince the expansion of the ATA of the ATA ince the expansion Maj. in 2007, in Jordan program cers from Egypt, Ethiopia, Iraq, cers from Gen. Mohammad Abdulla al-Raggad Gen. Mohammad Abdulla with his has had constant contact is keenly and counterparts in ATA of the intricacies of presenting aware training courses. He considers the ATA Public partnership between Jordan’s a (PSD) and ATA Security Directorate success for both countries. by The variety of training offered in the has played a key role ATA the successes, providing directorate’s knowledge and expertise that have enabled police investigators to locate high-risk terrorist and apprehend training, ATA suspects. Through police have gained new Jordanian skills and experience in combating other crimes. and addressing terrorism technical has also provided ATA assistance and equipment, including new analytical equipment for the labs. forensic Directorate’s with In addition to coordinating international organizations to PSD personnel combat terrorism, curriculum have taught the ATA the throughout to personnel from including law-enforcement region, offi Lebanon, the Palestinian Authority, Withcontinued Pakistan, and Yemen. assistance, the Government ATA is striving for the PSD to of Jordan S FOCUS ON ON FOCUS Maj. Gen. Mohammad Abdulla al-Raggad, Abdulla al-Raggad, Maj. Gen. Mohammad of Jordanian Public Security Directorate Deputy Director Maj. Gen. Mohammad Abdulla Mohammad Gen. Maj. Public al-Raggad joined Jordan’s (PSD) in Security Directorate and currently serves 1979 January as deputy director of Public participated He has Security. in many law- enforcement and crisis-management courses locally He previously and internationally. held positions in the Operations Department and has supervised training courses, ATA several and attended presented lectures, courses ATA the launch of new ATA and the graduation of many students in Jordan.

OFFICE OF ANTITERRORISM ASSISTANCE • 2012 YEAR IN REVIEW 6 OFFICE OF ANTITERRORISM ASSISTANCE • 2012 YEAR IN REVIEW 7 ce rst person rst cial and cials, Afghan National and Afghanistan’s and Afghanistan’s Presidential Protective Service began recruiting he security personnel in 2002, felt the call to duty and signed rank promoted to the He was up. of brigadier general by President Karzai during a ceremony at the in 2011. Presidential Palace Brig. Ahad Abdul Brig. Gen. fi the Mohammadi was into law in his family to go When enforcement. President Hamid Karzai came into offi ects the mutually benefi with other security agencies Afghanistan, such as the throughout UN International Security Assistance of Protection the Directorate Force, and Security of the Government High- Ranking Offi and Afghan National Police. Army, of his 10 years of As a result exemplary performance, Mohammadi to the rank of brigadier was promoted general in 2011. He attributes a success large part of his professional to the training and mentoring he the over the years through received It is a success that program. ATA refl longstanding partnership between program. the PPS and the ATA cers, rst basic agent As he has acquired more skills, more As he has acquired been assigned Mohammadi also has For higher levels of responsibility. develop the example, he helped November security plan for the council 2011 Peace Jirga, a four-day together 2,000 of the that brought and political tribal, religious, nation’s leaders to discuss ways to advance a nation. for the war-torn peace process For his contribution to securing this Mohammadi large-scale assembly, Afghanistan’s was awarded “First Class” medal. Presidential in charge of As deputy director security offi training presidential Mohammadi has worked tirelessly personnel to ensure with ATA met all that the PPS training cadre necessary to successfully requirements fi deliver the agency’s curriculum, training. Based on ATA by PPS instructors, but taught entirely the PPS basic agent course marked self- a milestone for Afghanistan’s and antiterrorism-capacity reliance building. In 2010, Mohammadi was promoted to the rank of colonel and became of PPS operations, reporting director director. to the organization’s directly he supervises As operations director, 318 security agents and oversees the watch section, residence presidential He as well as the PPS air squadron. security also manages presidential operations and logistical coordination Brig. Gen. Abdul Ahad Mohammadi, Ahad Mohammadi, Brig. Gen. Abdul Presidential Protective Service Afghan Operations, Deputy Director of

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rig. Gen. Abdul Ahad to escape unharmed. Mohammadi attributes that successful response training. to his ATA In Mohammadi’s ten years of service In Mohammadi’s have been eight with PPS, there assassination attempts against Karzai. During one such President attack in 2003 at the governor’s Mohammadi’s in Kandahar, residence while skilled and timely reaction under ﬁ Mohammadi began his distinguished in the career Protective Afghanistan Presidential 2002, when Service (PPS) in March attend a U.S. he was selected to protective Department of State the United operations course in States. After successfully completing the course, he was assigned to security protective Karzai’s President detail as a primary security team Mohammadi added In 2003, leader. skill set by to his protective-security courses at completing several ATA a training facility outside of Kabul. courses, After completing those ATA that included a security course on national governmentprotecting leaders, the instructor development leadership course, and the protective workshop, he became a shift leader detail. In 2005, Karzai’s on President to primary agent-in- he was promoted Karzai, and charge for President in 2007 to was again promoted of Physical Security Deputy Director and Training.

LEADERS N C eld es eld assisting (U.S. Department of Agents from Afghanistan’s Presidential Presidential Afghanistan’s Agents from Service practice dynamic entry Protective course hostage-rescue as part of an ATA at an elite training camp outside of Kabul, September 15, 2012. State photo) facility, D10 headquarters, and fi facility, operations. Four of these agents instructors shadow American ATA delivering courses at the training advisors camp; four work with ATA at D10 headquarters honing their specialty skill sets; and the remaining instructors work in the fi with daily “sustainment” training, educating students on weapons assembly and handling. The D10 instructors use the concepts they learned as assistant instructors working with the American ATA instructors to expand their teaching methods and knowledge. After months of shadowing the three instructors, the D10 instructors ATA that certifi a process go through them as subject-matter experts and authorizes them to teach all disciplines protection — of their organization of national leadership, designated defensive marksman, explosive cials, rearms rearms ll the agency’s protective protective ll the agency’s Protection and Security of the Protection Government High-Ranking Offi also known as D10, by providing training instructor-development D10 instructors. D10’s to future Afghanistan’s to protect — mission governors, provincial vice presidents, is — and government ministers by some to be the considered toughest security job in Afghanistan. training instructor-development ATA’s crucial to developing is considered of in-house instructors who a cadre can deliver the sustained training necessary for D10 security agents to fulfi security mission. Seventeen D10 agents, including two ATA’s women, have graduated from protection- instructor-development, of-national-leadership, and fi courses. As part of their instructor for weekly training, the agents rotate months between the training three Presidential Protective Service Service Protective Presidential (PPS) have begun to take over (PPS) have begun Instructors with Afghanistan’s Afghanistan’s Instructors with rst classroom teaching experience. rst classroom PPS training programs at ATA’s elite elite at ATA’s PPS training programs Afghanistan antiterrorism training center near training antiterrorism Kabul. The PPS instructors became subject instructors became subject Kabul. The PPS cation process required of all American ATA ATA of all American required cation process rst course taught entirely rst course taught entirely ed to teach the ATA ed to teach the ATA

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wenty-one new presidential wenty-one new presidential security agents graduated in matter experts in the training program’s Protection Protection in the training program’s matter experts and completed the of National Leadership disciplines same certifi they could teach. These requirements instructors before and an review included passing an evaluation-board evaluation of their fi Since August 2011, ATA has worked has ATA Since August 2011, to develop similar instructor expertise of Directorate in Afghanistan’s By April 2012, 17 PPS instructors certifi were training to personnel from protection other Afghan security organizations, security including the protective details of the governor of Kandahar of the National and the director of Security. Directorate February 2012 from the basic agent February 2012 from course, the fi by Afghan PPS instructors and a signifi efforts. antiterrorism curriculum on their own, thereby for deadline meeting the program’s PPS instructors to take over delivery of the PPS basic agent course. These certifi

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OFFICE OF ANTITERRORISM ASSISTANCE • 2012 YEAR IN REVIEW 8 OFFICE OF ANTITERRORISM ASSISTANCE • 2012 YEAR IN REVIEW 9 rst basic agent Combined Security Command- Transition Afghanistan are duplicating these accountability systems with their Afghan training partners. A bomb-disposal technician with Afghanistan’s Presidential Service Protective suits up for an in explosive exercise disposal at ordnance elite training ATA’s camp outside Kabul, 2012. September 15, (U.S. Department of State photo) Instructors from Afghanistan’s Afghanistan’s Instructors from Service celebrate Protective Presidential the conclusion of the fi by Afghans, course taught entirely February 29, 2012. The instructors were and delivery of the course trained by ATA, marked a milestone in the development capabilities. antiterrorism of Afghanistan’s (U.S. Department of State photo) Based on the success of these other Afghan inventory controls, organizations and the multinational cation card. This cation card. cial duties. In addition to training the logistics trains each graduate of ATA staff, of national leadership the protection course on the use of the individual weapons identifi card provides total accountability of provides card checked all weapons while they are out of the armory for training or offi

scal year 2012, the second That rating means that PPS and D10 That rating means that PPS and D10 logisticians successfully kept track and other weapons systems of 1,472 specialized equipment worth more million. than $1.5 consecutive year that they have met that goal. ATA has also provided intensive intensive provided has also ATA presidential logistics training to This security and D10 personnel. instruction intensive course of inventory- includes training in applications management software system. asset-tracking and a barcode of this training, logisticians As a result both agencies achieved 100 from weapons accountability percent in ﬁ ordnance disposal, surveillance surveillance disposal, ordnance ring of medical, primary detection, and counterassault. security,

CESS C C le case in February le case in ed and successfully deactivated ed and successfully of what turned out to be dozens of explosive devices buried along The devices both sides of the highway. and linked by detonating cord were designed to explode simultaneously to maximize the number of casualties. bomb It took the ATA-trained technicians six hours to locate, unearth, and disable all 130 explosive devices. The local superintendent of police noted that had the devices detonated, the explosion could have caused major damage within a wide radius. The leader of the bomb-disposal team, a senior police inspector at the College in Jharkhand, Police Training had been trained in explosives just by ATA countermeasures a year earlier. In one high-profi police in Tbilisi 2012, ATA-trained to a suspicious situation, responding identifi a vehicle-borne bomb. The explosive to the car device had been attached working for of a Georgian national in Tbilisi. the Israeli embassy was just one in a The failed bombing attacks against Israeli series of terrorist over two days in diplomatic interests world, including the locations around similar attacks in India and Thailand. training, But thanks to their ATA police in Tbilisi thwarted one of those bombings and saved lives. terrorist rst On August 4, 2012, police in the eastern state of Jharkhand passed bomb- a tip to the local ATA-trained disposal team about explosives planted along the Tata- reportedly Ranchi Highway near Palna Dam, a popular tourist site. Using landmine-detection equipment, the bomb technicians located the fi provided water cannon to disrupt provided safe a bomb near the and render U.S. Embassy in Tbilisi, to February 2012, Georgia experienced six attacks using improvised terrorist explosive devices. In that same time period, Georgian police detected and disrupted several additional terrorist bomb plots.

th In India, ATA-trained members of In India, ATA-trained Force the Central Reserve Police ATA has a longstanding relationship longstanding relationship has a ATA agencies in with law-enforcement (CRPF) bomb-disposal unit disrupted (CRPF) bomb-disposal unit Georgia dating back to 1987, four back to 1987, Georgia dating dozens of bombs, potentially saving dozens of bombs, potentially India years before it gained independence it gained independence years before Georgia hundreds of lives in two instances in hundreds from the former Soviet Union. the from cers of the CRPF 24

the summer of 2012. Battalion discovered an explosive Battalion discovered device in a culvert along the Jammu- Srinagar National Highway and called in a bomb-disposal team. The ATA- trained bomb technicians who arrived the explosive successfully rendered device safe using ATA-provided equipment. In July, ofﬁ In July, From September 2010, when EOD From police technicians used an ATA- One of the most important One of the most important capabilities that Georgian police training ATA have developed through and equipment and grants — one use of in that they have made great recent years — is explosive ordnance disposal (EOD). FOCUS ON SUC ON FOCUS

OFFICE OF ANTITERRORISM ASSISTANCE • 2012 YEAR IN REVIEW 10 CESS Jordan On August 1, 2012, a combined team of ATA-trained police offi cers from the Public Security Directorate Unit 30 and the Gendarmerie Unit 14 special weapons and tactics (SWAT) unit, using ATA-provided equipment, conducted two pre-dawn raids with the Jordanian Armed Forces. In two separate locations of Amman, police and military forces moved against suspected terrorists involved in international weapons and narcotics traffi cking. ATA-trained Jordanian police stand watch outside a villa after they and members of The raids triggered a shootout in in a stolen car but were later killed the Jordanian armed forces raided this and another home of suspected terrorists in which more than 7,000 shots were in a shootout with police. Thanks to northwest Amman, Jordan, August 1, 2012. fi red, resulting in the death of one their ATA training, police were able Police killed three of the suspects, arrested 12 others, and seized a signifi cant quantity of the suspects and the injury of two to arrest 13 suspects and seize large of arms and ammunition. (AP/Wide World police offi cers. Two suspects escaped quantities of arms and ammunition. Photos/Jordanian Police)

A police ofﬁ cer (left) gestures to stay back as ATA-trained Jordanian police ofﬁ cers join members of the Jordanian armed forces in one of two raids on the homes of suspected terrorists in northwest Amman, Jordan, August 1, 2012. (AP/Wide World Photos/Jordanian Police)

11 C (AP/Wide World Photos) (AP/Wide World liated with the al-Qaida rst-responder organizations would rst-responder terrorist network. terrorist The victims of the attack were rushed The victims of the attack were for to a hospital near the church stabilization and triage. Six children later in critical condition were National to Kenyatta transferred trained were doctors Hospital, where hospital-based management in ATA’s of mass-casualty incidents. the Kenya Red from A representative attributed the well-coordinated Cross of response and professional emergency agencies to the ATA training their personnel had received the hope that other and expressed ﬁ take the training to learn how to set incident-command up an effective system for managing emergency events. In September 2012, ATA-trained bomb-disposal technicians were called to the scene of a police raid cell believed working on a terrorist with al-Shabaab, a Somali terrorist afﬁ group ATA-trained bomb-disposal technicians bomb-disposal ATA-trained disarmed the four explosive suicide vests displayed to journalists September 14, 2012 and by a Kenyan police spokesman. Vests seized during the raid weapons were in Nairobi. rst-responder rst-responder (AP/Wide World Photos) (AP/Wide World rst responders, including rst responders, On September 30, 2012, terrorists terrorists 30, 2012, On September in the church attacked an Anglican Eastleigh neighborhood of Nairobi of Nairobi Eastleigh neighborhood Kenya during a Sunday service for children, service for children, during a Sunday in bombing at a church cer inspects the site of a terrorist killing one child and injuring nine killing one child rms, national disaster response agencies, rms, national disaster response

rst response to terrorist incidents and fi to terrorist rst response with saving lives. is credited rst responders medical stabilization training just six months earlier. medical stabilization training those from law enforcement, ambulance services, ambulance services, law enforcement, those from security fi on the quickly arrived and the Kenya Red Cross, had learnedscene and used the skills they in ATA’s fi others. ATA-trained fi others. ATA-trained Nairobi, Kenya, September 30, 2012. Police blamed supporters of the Somali terrorist of the Somali terrorist Kenya, September 30, 2012. Police blamed supporters Nairobi, others. The al-Shabaab for the attack that killed one child and wounded three group rapid arrival, triage, and transport of the wounded to various hospitals by ATA-trained fi A plain-clothes police offi FOCUS ON SUC ON FOCUS

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Police arrested two suspects during the raid and discovered a small arsenal of weapons and explosives, including four suicide vests loaded with hundreds of metal ball bearings, two improvised explosive devices also rigged with ball bearings, four AK-47 assault riﬂ es, ammunition, and 12 grenades. The bomb-disposal technicians who arrived on the scene were well prepared to respond: Police secure the scene near a terrorist bombing at a church in Nairobi, Kenya, September 30, 2012, that killed one child and seriously wounded three others. one had received ATA’s post-blast (AP/Wide World Photos) investigation training, and his partner had taken ATA’s explosives-incident countermeasures course.

The bomb-disposal team disarmed the suicide vests and determined that the devices were similar to those used in the July 16, 2010, al-Shabaab terrorist attacks which killed 76 people watching the televised World Cup ﬁ nals at public venues in the Ugandan capital.

This similarity led Kenyan police investigators to suspect the involvement of al-Shabaab, which the U.S. Department of State has designated as a Foreign Terrorist Organization. The terrorist group had vowed to conduct attacks in Kenya in response to Kenyan troops being deployed to neighboring Somalia in ATA-trained bomb-disposal technicians disarmed the four explosive suicide vests displayed to journalists, September 14, 2012 by a Kenyan police spokesman. Police seized October 2011 to ﬁ ght al-Shabaab weapons and explosives in a raid in Nairobi on a terrorist cell believed linked to the al- terrorists there. Since 2011, more Shabaab terrorist group. (AP/Wide World Photos) than 50 people have been killed in A 9-year-old boy injured Kenya in terrorist attacks attributed in a terrorist bombing at a church in Nairobi, Kenya to al-Shabaab and its sympathizers. wears an orange triage label on his forehead as he awaits treatment in Kenyatta National Hospital, September 30, 2012. (AP/Wide World Photos)

13 C (Photos technicians. courtesy of Lebanese improvised explosive improvised concrete cinder block. concrete by ATA bomb-disposal by ATA Internal Security Force) Another view of the IED shrapnel packed inside a device consisted of a cell seized in Sidon, Lebanon technicians disarmed this device (IED) hidden under a stack of apples in Sidon, ATA-trained bomb-disposal ATA-trained Lebanon, January 2012. The phone trigger with TNT and ATA training and equipment helped and equipment helped training ATA disarm a bomb and Lebanese police save lives in a busy neighborhood save lives in a ed wires ed wires Lebanon of Sidon, on Lebanon’s southern of Sidon, on Lebanon’s Mediterranean coast, in early January 2012. Mediterranean ed the ces. ed the device as a cinder block lled with about 13 pounds of TNT Using portable X-ray equipment the technicians by ATA, provided explosive determined the improvised detonated device could be remotely by a cell phone and identifi police ATA-trained Afterward, evidence that investigators recovered of multiple suspects. led to the arrest The EOD team, three of whose The EOD team, three in members had been trained by ATA explosives-incident countermeasures, identifi fi by small shrapnel. surrounded Technicians leading to an initiator. water used their ATA-provided cannon to disrupt the detonator and the device safe. successfully render The troops assessed the situation, The troops and called a the area, off cordoned disposal police explosives ordnance (EOD) team for assistance. Lebanese Armed Forces about Lebanese Armed Forces a suspicious device hidden in a with apples box covered cardboard by in a parking lot surrounded apartments, shops, medical clinics, and offi

Residents initially notiﬁ FOCUS ON SUC ON FOCUS

OFFICE OF ANTITERRORISM ASSISTANCE • 2012 YEAR IN REVIEW 14 OFFICE OF ANTITERRORISM ASSISTANCE • 2012 YEAR IN REVIEW 15 rst ATA rst ATA ce for his countrymen Continued on the next page Defusing IEDs in Karachi Defusing in Karachi On July 20, 2012, police after a guard called to a school were package. a suspicious discovered there the Sindh The police summoned bomb-disposal ATA-trained provincial determined that unit, whose members remote-controlled the package was a explosive device. The improvised the device, bomb team defused that consisted of a nine-volt battery, bolts, and ball nuts, detonation cord, bearings to enhance its killing power, and about 22 pounds of explosive material packed in a cement block. the same days later, Just three bomb-disposal team responded Although Khan joined the police force in 1978, he did not take his fi course until 2008, when one of his sons explosives- returned from the program’s incident countermeasures training, praising the quality of the course, and recommending it to his father. honor the memoryWe of our brave partner and colleague who saved so many lives over the course of his career and who tragically lost his life in the performance of his duties. His service and his sacrifi will not be forgotten. (U.S. Department of State photo) cer cer to declare that Khan played a key role in the battle against militants in Peshawar. legacy lives on in his Hukam Khan’s three sons who have followed him into of those law enforcement careers. Two members sons are now ATA-trained of the police bomb-disposal unit of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province. Khan was the leader of the bomb- disposal team that had defused a bomb in Badaber earlier in the week. Over his professional lifetime, Khan had saved scores of lives by defusing dozens of bombs in Peshawar region, which led one senior police offi Hukam Khan ATA-trained bomb technician, the late Hukam Khan. ATA-trained In Remembrance In Dates of Service: 1978 – 2012 – Dates of Service: 1978 Senior Bomb-Disposal Offi ATA-Trained cer, cer, Pakistan, which lost approximately lost approximately Pakistan, which Pakistani civilians and 2,000 680 security forces personnel in 680 security forces Pakistan terrorist-related incidents in 2012, incidents in 2012, terrorist-related rst bomb and remains a key partner nation in the a key partner nation in the remains was killed while attempting to defuse bomb The a bomb in Peshawar. was one of two planted near a road used by security convoys travelling to the Khyber tribal region. He had successfully defused the fi was attempting to defuse the second one when it was detonated remotely, mortally injuring him. The bombs were among four others that had been defused that day. On September 28, 2012, Inspector Hukam Khan, an experienced ATA- trained senior bomb-disposal offi

ATA program. Pakistan’s ATA-trained bomb technicians bomb technicians ATA-trained Pakistan’s program. ATA the year to upon many times throughout called were skills their ATA-provided defuse explosive devices. Using bombs, recovered and equipment, they deactivated lives. The following are evidence, and saved countless successes achieved by ATA- just a few examples of the who every day face trained police bomb technicians challenges. such hazardous

CESS C C rst bomb- cer, assisted by a cer, The Inspector General of Police General of Police The Inspector fi the railroad’s inaugurated Rawalpindi disposal unit at the announced plans railway station and units at all main to establish similar the country, railway stations across Peshawar, including Karachi, Lahore, and Quetta. equipment grant included The ATA a bomb-disposal metal detectors and kit for defusing bombs and detecting multiple types of explosive material. owner and six other the store individuals, including two children. Unbeknownst to the attackers, girl, lay another child, a 5-year-old sleeping in an adjacent room. high, the stakes were Police realized and they determined that their primary goal was the safe release of all hostages. Thus began a tense that lasted for a total of standoff hours. 16 the ATA- the ordeal, Throughout trained police offi negotiated local police commander, who demanded with the robbers, weapons, and a more money, getaway car in exchange for the safety of their captives. cers Bomb-Disposal Units Stations at Train than $300,000 more delivered ATA equipment to worth of antiterrorism Pakistan Railways in August 2012 and trained four railway police offi Bomb Defused in Badaber in Badaber Bomb Defused 2012, an ATA- On September 24, unit responded trained bomb-disposal about an to an anonymous tip in a handcart explosive device hidden in Badaber, near a police checkpoint After near the city of Peshawar. that weighed evaluating the bomb, than 65 pounds, the bomb more it. technicians defused in Islamabad to detect arms and ammunition in railway stations. Anti-kidnapping unit who had taken hostage-negotiation course, ATA’s the perimeter arrived and secured of the neighborhood. but unwilling to Surrounded the gunmen held hostage surrender, four armed young men, ages four armed young men, ages a convenience to 23, entered 17 On the morning of March 21, 2012, 2012, 21, On the morning of March store in Nueva Germania, Paraguay, in Nueva Germania, Paraguay, store Paraguay cers, intending to rob it. But a neighbor it. But intending to rob alerted the nearest police station, whose police alerted the nearest cers arrived within minutes, before the robbers the robbers cers arrived within minutes, before could escape. offi With the criminals trapped inside, the local police commander from reinforcements requested neighboring jurisdictions, and soon police offi than 150 more including a member of the police Criminal Investigations and force’s

Pakistan continued near the Chinese to an explosion in Karachi that injured Consulate bystanders. a policeman and two unit assisted The explosives-disposal in collecting police investigators evidence at the scene. forensic that The investigation revealed slightly the device, that contained than a pound of explosives, more to a motorbike. had been attached police Karachi Later that same day, located another bomb attached to a motorbike, again near the Chinese Consulate. The bomb-disposal unit to the scene and again responded defused the device, which they determined was remote-controlled and consisted of four pounds of explosives. FOCUS ON SUC ON FOCUS

OFFICE OF ANTITERRORISM ASSISTANCE • 2012 YEAR IN REVIEW 16 OFFICE OF ANTITERRORISM ASSISTANCE • 2012 YEAR IN REVIEW 17 The Paraguayan National Police commander subsequently contacted the U.S. Embassy in Asunción to thank the U.S. government for hostage- the ATA negotiations training and for police providing with the skills and know-how to bring this incident to its successful conclusion. the message conveyed by his ATA ATA conveyed by his the message saving that — in the class instructors is the most the lives of the hostages hostage- important part of the negotiation process. (Photos courtesy of Paraguayan National successful outcome was due outcome was due successful listening, critical — to the skills behavior and understanding human that he gained from — negotiating And he stressed training. his ATA Police Anti-Kidnapping Unit.) Surrounded by plainclothes police, two hostages are rushed by plainclothes police, two hostages are Surrounded at a to safety after being held captive during a botched robbery 2012. 21, March in Nueva Germania, Paraguay, store local grocery hostage negotiator who led talks with the The ATA-trained suspects is on the left. All eight captives survived the 16-hour National Police commander unharmed. Paraguay’s ordeal police with later thanked the U.S. Embassy for providing hostage-negotiations training that led to the successful ATA of the crisis. resolution ve hours of negotiations, ve hours of negotiations,

cer entered the store, and the the store, cer entered ve-year-old girl remained hidden in girl remained ve-year-old The next day, the police negotiator the police negotiator The next day, told news media that the At about 3 a.m., after some 16 At about 3 a.m., after some 16 hours of tense negotiations, the with their gunmen exited the store two hostages, expecting to enter the forces But police special getaway car. swooped in, the volunteer police hostage pushed the shopkeeper him, and the young down to protect they could not gunmen, realizing All hostages had escape, surrendered. alive and unharmed. been rescued boy was set free. The ATA-trained hostage negotiator The ATA-trained kept the dialogue going. Some the police hours into the talks, 14 negotiator obtained an agreement with the criminals to exchange the the boy for a volunteer hostage from the details police ranks. An hour later, worked out, the of the swap were offi the robbers agreed to release four of release to agreed the robbers the released their hostages. When police that the hostages informed fi police managed an adjacent room, to slip her out of the shop while the police negotiator engaged the gunmen in talks over a getaway the — vehicle. Now only two hostages son, shopkeeper and his 10-year-old inside. remained After some fi About 90 minutes into the crisis, the minutes into the crisis, About 90 daughter 18-year-old shopkeeper’s out a back escaped by slipping over a patio wall door and climbing to freedom.

CESS C UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE DEPARTMENT UNITED STATES SECURITY DIPLOMATIC BUREAU OF ANTITERRORISM ASSISTANCE OFFICE OF D.C. 20522-2008 WASHINGTON, RELEASED AUGUST 2013 WWW.DIPLOMATICSECURITY.STATE.GOV

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