Działania kontrterrorystyczne sił specialnych : Lima 1997 rok

The article relates to using special forces to fight terrorism. It is one of the forms to use by the state military special forces to fight against non-military threats. Constantly growing threat of terrorism in the world causes the need to use these forces soldiers' skills to conduct operations aiming at freeing hostages. The author describes one such actions, carried out in the second half of the 90s by Peruvian special in the capital, Lima. This daring operation using the element of surprise, which was to dig an underground passage under the building, earned respect of anti-terrorist specialists in the world. The course of attack, the planning process and its preparation have been described in the article on the background of the situation development in the occupled building. This successful rescue operation proved how effective special forces can be in counter-terrorist operations.