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The very existance of FIAT is highly controversial. The unit was created in the idea that if a terrorist group would take the President or members of the Parliament as hostages, the FIAT teams would be called to liberate them.
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The weapons employed by FIAT vary from mission to mission, however their arsenal is one typical for any counter-terrorist force. |
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This is a foreign MP5A2The particular weapon displayed in this picture is not employed by FIAT |
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Oder of Battle | |
FIAT has its headquarters somewhere near Bucharest. | |
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Exercises | |
SPP and the US Secret Service held a wide range of exercises together, some of them in Romania and some of them in the US. As such, we could also speculate that FIAT operatives and CAT operatives get a chance to train with each other as well.
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Operations | |
The daily mission of FIAT and SPP as a whole is to protect the president, his family, as well as other personalities as it is decided by the country's Supreme Defense Council.
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Stories | |
Unfortunately I don't have enough time available to fully develop all the articles up to the extent of the information and photos I have available. The lucky author I had the "opportunity" to experience the "enthuziasm" of young FIAT operatives myself, during the national day celebrations in Alba Iulia, in 2003.I had the bad inspiration of attempting to take a picture of 4 operatives in a jeep, as they were heading off from the main square, after the celebrations were over and long after the president had left somewhere else. Even though the main square was full with tens of thousands of people, they all seemed to fade away when a dark, upset young man, roughly my age or younger, told me to **** off and raised his right hand thru the door which had its window lowered. I then stepped back from the jeep and remained in the middle of the road. I was surrounded by large masses of people to my left and right, thousands of civilians which came to watch the parade. Unfortunately, the jeep couldn't go much further due to the people which have now flooded the street so it stopped. At that moment, I saw through the dark windows of the jeep that the person in cause, sitting on the right seat of the front side, was gesticulating to the other occupants and then pointed at me. Next thing I know, I had all 4 FIAT operatives in the jeep turn their heads around and looking at me. Knowing all too well about their previous "encounters" with civilians, as well as about their bad reputation, I instantly froze in the middle of the street and I've said to myself "now you've done it!!". I was expecting in any moment for all of them to step off the car and redecorate the alphalt in downtown Alba Iulia with a few nice red stripes. I don't know what made them decide so, but fortunately for me, no one stepped off the jeep at that time. A few minutes later, the street cleared off enough for the jeep to move on, and thankfully, I never saw them again. As SPP jeeps roamed the streets surrounding the main square, probably regrouping before heading home, I proposed to my friend who was accompanying me at that event to use the back streets to head for the train station. He accepted. What the FIAT guys didn't known, was that there were two of us. And while they were deciding what to do about me, my best friend managed to take a picture of exactly the guy in the right seat, front row of the car. I wasn't able to scan it so far, but I promise I will and I will post it in here soon. We got home that evening and I was thankful for still being in one piece. Not too long afterward, the event with the senator took place, which I've described earlier. Thinking about the operative with a bad temper which I've encountered, he seemed indeed to be around 20 years old, which was exactly the average age of the group which attacked the senator later on. But since FIAT has quite a large number of operatives, it is highly unlikely that it could have been the same person. And if you might think right now that it was foolish of me to get close to their car in the first place, I will give away another detail from that parade. Right after the jeep left for good, two FIAT snipers came walking in the street, heading away from the square. I took out my camera and I boldly stepped right in front of them, taking their photo. No one said anything. I took more photos from behind, with their rifles clearly visible. When I look at the pics now, I can see a bit of their facial expressions: the snipers were in their late 20s/early 30s, and looked much more mature. Perhaps that is the reason why I didn't fear they'd put me in a wheelchair in the first place.
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