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Recherche Assistance Intervention Dissuasion,(Raid)a special operations tactical unit of the French National Police with more manpower and equipment. Its responsibility areas are Paris and the suburbs as well as "Plan Piratair" (for plane hijackings), nuclear sites, the Channel Tunnel, the trains, and other strategic sites. It is the National Police's primary anti-terrorism unit and the counterpart of the GIGN of the Gendarmerie Nationale. RAID was founded by Robert Broussard and Ange Mancini in 1985, in response to a bombing and murder campaign. Since 2009, RAID is included within The French Police Intervention Force, alongside with GIPN and BRI.
Recently, RAID operators saw action during the 2005 and 2006 riots in France, as well as in a hostage situation in Versailles, where an armed man was shot dead by RAID operators after coming under attack.
On March 21 and 22 2012, RAID was in charge to arrest Mohammed Merah, the main suspect of the shooting sprees in Toulouse and Montauban. RAID surrounded the house where Morah was entrenched. After 30 hours of siege, the RAID stormed the house to apprehend Morah who fought back. After a 4 minutes of heavy gunfight, Merah was shot down by a RAID sniper while exiting the building.
RAID is in charge of the protection of foreign dignitaries traveling in France. During special events, the RAID is also in charge of protecting French individuals abroad (For example, the French Delegation during the Olympic Games is under RAID protection during the whole event). Three of its members have died in service.
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