“Special Operations” are special divisions of military, police or intelligence servicesthat are highly qualified in specifi c areas of urban warfare and in a variety of specialweapons and technology.

As warfare has evolved, many military techniques and technologies have been adap-ted for use in urban settings by police units around the world.

After the fall of the soviet union many countries remained in dispute in the early nine-ties despite eastern Europe's independence.

The history of the British Empire colonial legacy in Northern Ireland is well known theworld over but a there is a largely untold story of the the fi refi ghts between and closequarter battles exchanged between the provisional IRA.

In 1989, CIA operative Kurt Muse was imprisoned at the notorious Carcel Modelo inPanama for his role in organizing radio transmissions against dictator Manuel Noriega.

Joint Task Force Two (JTF 2) is the elite Canadian Forces Special Operations unit respon-sible for a broad range of missions, including counter-terrorism and armed assistanceto other government departments.