Iraqi security forces march on the outskirts of Najaf, south of Baghdad last week. The U.S. military has altered its plans to train and equip all Iraqi forces to fight ISIS and will instead focus on readying nine select brigades to take on the terrorist group
America Ditches Decade-Long Plan To Train A Full-Scale Iraqi Army In Favor Of Creating A Small Force Actually Able To Fight ISIS – Instead Of Running Away From The Militants -- Daily Mail
* 'The idea is, at least in the first instance, to try and build a kind of leaner, meaner Iraqi army,' a senior U.S. official said
* The U.S. military plans to create nine new Iraqi army brigades of up to 45,000 light-infantry soldiers over the course of the next two months
* They'll team up with Kurdish and Shiite fighters to fight ISIS
* 'I think we are winning, they are losing,' Iraqi finance minister Hoshiyar Zebari said Thursday
The U.S. military has decided against rebuilding the entire Iraqi army and will instead focus on training a handful of brigades to take on Islamic radicals, initiating a shift in the Pentagon's decade-long approach to the handling the country.
'The idea is, at least in the first instance, to try and build a kind of leaner, meaner Iraqi army,' a senior U.S. official told the Washington Post.
Officials who spoke to the Post on the condition of anonymity said the military plans to create nine new Iraqi army brigades of up to 45,000 light-infantry soldiers over the course of the next two months and team them with other Kurdish and Shiite fighters.
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Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- November 28, 2014
Pentagon aims to train 'leaner, meaner Iraqi army' -- Stars and Stripes/Washington Post
Ministers from coalition against Islamic State to meet December 3 -- Reuters
US, Coalition Executes more than 1,000 Airstrikes against ISIS -- Military.com
US in talks over Arab boots on the ground -- The Hill
Western media websites hacked by Syrian Electronic Army -- Reuters
How Syrian Electronic Army Pulled Off Thanksgiving Day Hacks -- ABC News
Armor: Kornet Clobbers Abrams -- Strategy Page
Russian battleships in the English Channel, say they’re training -- RT
Russian warships pass through English Channel, anchor off coast of France and do exercises -- Washington Post
Royal Navy catches up with Russian warships to 'keep an eye' on Putin's fleet sailing along the Channel -- Daily Mail
Russia Test-Launches Bulava Sea-Based Ballistic Missile -- Sputnik
Russia Ahead of Schedule in Modernizing Military Hardware: Defense Ministry -- Sputnik
Russia ready to share army modernization experience with Asian countries -- ITAR-TASS
MiG-31 fighter force to get $630 million upgrade -- Russia India Report
Afghan drug traffic most serious threat to post-Soviet states — Russian official -- ITAR-TASS
Electronic Weapons: NATO AWACS Depart Afghanistan -- Strategy Page
HMS Queen Elizabeth: The sensitive aircraft carrier issue -- BBC
British Tanks Practice for War with Russia -- Joe Trevithick, Real Clear Defense
India Denies Reports That it Will Cancel French Rafale Jet Deal -- Sputnik
Japan military chief urges early 'crisis management' pact with China -- Reuters
A U.S.-China War: A Battle between Networks -- Zackary Keck, National Interest
Navy LCS Replacement Hangs in Limbo with Hagel Resignation -- DoD Buzz
Lockheed Updates Unmanned U-2 Concept -- Aviation Week
Kodiak cleanup after aborted missile launch could extend into 2015 -- Stars and Stripes/Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (AP)
How The Navy's Latest Anti-Submarine Aircraft Sees Under The Waves -- Pierre Bienaimé, Business Insider
The CIA and Homeland Security want to delete almost all their emails -- Endgadget
Obama facing uphill battle in curbing NSA snooping -- Washington Times
New Clue Revealed for a Sculpture of Secret Code at CIA Headquarters -- Hyperallergic
Is White House Micromanagement Scaring Off Likely Defense Secretaries? -- DoD Buzz
Does anyone want this job? -- Austin Wright and Michael Hirsh, Politico
Dr. Strangelove’s Advice to U.S. and Russian Nuclear Planners -- Walter C. Clemens, Jr., The Diplomat
That's a lot of morale patches on the first guy.
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