Friday, January 13, 2012

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- January 12, 2013



Viral Images, The Military's Recurring Nightmare -- NPR

The U.S. military says it's investigating a video that appears to show Marines desecrating the corpses of Taliban fighters killed in Afghanistan. Regardless of those findings, the outrage in the Islamic world is likely to be severe, as with other disturbing images that have surfaced during U.S. wars in Muslim countries over the past decade.

The short video that went viral on YouTube, TMZ and other sites shows four men in Marine Corps combat gear urinating on three dead bodies, at least one of them bloodied. One member of group can be heard saying, "You got it on the video?"

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MILITARY AND INTELLIGENCE NEWS BRIEFS

Study analyzes countries' cyber-power -- Space War

Russia says would be threatened by Iran military action -- Reuters

Canada's Prime Minister Harper details $25B Irving navy shipbuilding deal -- CTV

British military advisers fine tune front line kit -- Defpro

Iran denies shipping weapons to Syria through Turkey
-- CNN

Covert action in Iran on rise
-- Sydney Morning Herald

Russia Says Open to Compromise on Europe Missile Defense Plan -- Global Security Newswire

U.S. says will give no missile defense assurances to Russia -- RIA Novosti

U.S.: 'We Will Get Missile Defense Agreement' With Russia
-- Defense News

Poland Set to Receive U.S. Missile Interceptors Amid Budget Cuts: Senator -- Global Security Newswire

US soldiers still guarding gates in South Korea -- Stars and Stripes

LCS Dives Into Irregular Warfare With New Mission Package -- Aol Defense

U.S. Wants Changes to E.U. Space Code of Conduct -- Defense News

Military Networks ‘Not Defensible,’ Says General Who Defends Them -- The Danger Room

Real Cuts, Real Jobs, Real Danger: The Defense Budget Crisis -- Aol Defense News

The Army after tomorrow
-- DoD Buzz

It’s Got to be Team Play – The Navy and the US Industrial Base -- Defpro

Administration, Congress Undermine Health Of The U.S. Defense Industrial Base -- Defpro

Navy Successfully Links UAV Data To Helo In Flight Trials -- Aol Defense News

US killer spy drone controls switch to Linux -- The Register

Missed targets prompt US Marine Corps to arm unmanned Shadows -- Flight Global

Cyber defense effort is mixed, study finds -- Washington Post

Non-citizen recruits less likely to wash out
-- Stars and Stripes

U.S. Navy Breaks The Wrong Record -- Strategy Page

Wikileaks suspect Bradley Manning 'should be tried' -- BBC

US military identifies all four 'urinating' Marines -- BBC

Marine testifies his squad leader told him to lie about killings in Haditha case -- L.A. Times

SMERSH: Stalin's Secret Weapon, Soviet Military Counterintelligence in WWII By Dr. Vadim Birstein -- Huffington Post (Book Review)

Military Faces Transition Point, Panetta Says
-- US Department of Defense

Panetta: Military Will Be Smaller, More Agile, Deployable -- US Department of Defense

Some worry 'new' U.S. military focus on Asia is a muddle -- McClathcy News

War Dogs: Blumenthal Wants Improved Adoptions, Honors for Military Canines -- National Journal

Air Force Year in Photos
-- U.S. Air Force

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