Editing GSG 9 (section)

===Assistance and training of other units===
Following the successful rescue operation of [[Lufthansa Flight 181]], GSG 9 received numerous requests from various countries to help train their special operations units. One example is when GSG 9 was consulted, among other units, during the creation of the US Army's [[Delta Force]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iBGzsr7kEBYC&pg=PA93|title = Militärische Antiterroreinheiten als Antwort auf die Bedrohung des internationalen Terrorismus und Instrument nationaler Sicherheitspolitik - das Beispiel Amerika|isbn = 9783896758415|last1 = Rojahn|first1 = Christoph|year = 2000| publisher=Herbert Utz Verlag }}</ref>

Germany offered to assist [[India]] in the wake of the [[2008 Mumbai attacks|November 2008 Mumbai attacks]]. GSG 9 helped train and upgrade the [[National Security Guard]], the primary Indian counter-terrorism unit.<ref>{{cite web |title=Elite German police wing to train NSG |url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/elite-german-police-wing-to-train-nsg/400650/ |date=2008-12-20 |access-date=2011-01-25 |publisher=[[Indian Express]]}}</ref> Further assistance was provided to the [[Mumbai Police]] to help them establish a police tactical unit.<ref>{{cite web |last=Samanta |first=Pranab Dhal |title=German counter-terror force to help set up Mumbai SWAT team |url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/german-counterterror-force-to-help-set-up-mumbai-swat-team/440320/ |date=2009-03-29 |access-date=2011-01-25 |publisher=[[Indian Express]]}}</ref>

The suspected involvement of retired GSG 9 operators in training Libyan security forces in 2008 led to harsh criticism in German media coverage.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/libyen-affaere-elitepolizisten-auf-abwegen-ermittler-enthuellen-dickicht-schmutziger-geschaefte-a-545472.html|title = Libyen-Affäre: Elitepolizisten auf Abwegen - Ermittler enthüllen Dickicht schmutziger Geschäfte|newspaper = Der Spiegel|date = 4 April 2008|last1 = Diehl|first1 = Jörg|last2 = Gebauer|first2 = Matthias}}</ref> Additionally, GSG 9's assistance in training [[Belarus]]ian security forces from 2008 to 2011 has also been heavily criticized.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/weissrussland-opposition-empoert-ueber-hilfe-fuer-lukaschenko-polizei-a-851962.html|title = Weißrussland: Opposition empört über Hilfe für Lukaschenko-Polizei|newspaper = Der Spiegel|date = 24 August 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/polizisten-aus-weissrussland-lernten-auch-bei-gsg-9-a-864849.html|title = Polizisten aus Weißrussland lernten auch bei GSG 9|newspaper = Der Spiegel|date = November 2012}}</ref>

In 2015, GSG 9 commenced training the specialized "[[Arrest unit#BFE+|BFE+]]" operators of the [[Arrest unit]]s of the German Federal Police.