Monday, July 16, 2012

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- July 16, 2012

Western Military Sources To Israel: ‘Brace For Syrian Missile Attacks’ -- Examiner

Yesterday, an Israeli newspaper stated that President Barack Obama's National Security Advisor Tom Donilon visited Israel secretly over the weekend and stated that it was an attempt to convince Israel not to attack Iran's nuclear facilities.

While the Obama administration is out attempting to persuade Israel not to take out Iran’s nuclear facilities, western military sources yesterday are advising Israel to prepare for a possible Syrian missile attack.

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MILITARY AND INTELLIGENCE NEWS BRIEFS

Rwanda and DRC agree to AU military force -- Al Jazeera

Stranded naval frigate refloated: Chinese embassy -- AFP

Russia Looking at China S-400 Deliveries in 2017 -- RIA Novosti

Report: Chinese PLA Access 80% of “World’s Communications” -- Defense Tech

India’s aircraft carrier ambitions take a dive -- Times of India

Top North Korean Military Leader Dismissed -- Voice of America

Kim Jong-Un Fires His Army Chief And Warns His Half-Brother -- Business Insider

Secretive N.Korea ditches top military man, purge seen -- Reuters

Number of British military veterans in prison understated, say campaigners -- The Guardian

Australian navy signs up for wave power at its main base -- Reuters

Negotiating with the US: Pakistan offers new drone-use mechanism -- Express Tribune (Pakistan)

CIA meets secretly with the King of Saudi Arabia -- Examiner

Future USAF Acquisition To Focus On Pacific
-- Defense News

Flight control failure grounds C-27J planes
-- Air Force Times

Navy Leans on Commercial Technology for Computing Upgrades
-- National Defense

Mercenaries Sue Blackwater Over Fake Gun Tests -- Danger Room

Cost of military retreat from Afghanistan, won't be cheap! -- Examiner

Navy's new gender-neutral carriers won't have urinals -- CNN

Different life paths for Ft. Bragg shooter, commander he killed -- Stars and Stripes/The Fayetteville Observer, N.C.

Ex-intelligence official sentenced to 20 months -- Stars and Stripes/AP

Panel calls for annual PTSD screening -- Stars and Stripes/AP

America’s Army: The Game, the Graphic Novel and Now the Tablet App -- Time

Opera Fallujah Shows US Veteran's Inner Battle -- Voice of America

Obama on defense about defense spending -- Jennifer Rubin, Washington Post

How Sequestration Slams Small Business
-- George Hill, Aol Defense News

Study Calls for Better Assessment of Government P.T.S.D. Programs -- New York Times

U.S. Air Force court-martial set in widening sex scandal -- Chicago Tribune/Reuters

Environmental groups: Navy training plans endanger whales, dolphins -- Stars and Stripes

Women in combat are not a cause of sexual assault, but could be the cure
-- Juliette Kayyem, Boston Globe

To Topple Assad, Unleash the CIA -- Reuel Marc Gerecht, Wall Street Journal

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