Wednesday, January 7, 2015

Military And Intellgience News Briefs -- January 7, 2015

Hunted: Police are hunting these two gunmen and a third accomplice after the highly-trained killers raided the offices of a controversial magazine this morning over cartoons it published of the Prophet Mohammed, Daily Mail

Daily Mail: Soldiers on the streets: Military is brought in to protect Eiffel Tower, media offices, places of worship and public transport links as France responds to terror attack

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- January 7, 2015

Experts: Gunmen in Paris Attack Likely Had Military Training -- VOA

Attackers at French newspaper seen as trained Islamist fighters -- Reuters

Assailants in Paris appear heavily armed with military-style equipment -- Washington Post

Report: Paris Shooting Reprisal for ISIS Airstrikes -- Defense News

Hagel: Pentagon 'ready to assist our French allies' -- The Hill

Pentagon: We're gaining on ISIS -- CNN

3,222 Islamic State Targets Hit, Pentagon Says -- Newsweek/Reuters

US Airstrikes agaisnt ISIS Destroy 184 Humvees and 58 Tanks -- Defense Tech

Pentagon Doesn’t Know How Many People It’s Killed in the ISIS War -- Nancy A. Youssef, Daily Beast

Pentagon Insider on New Plan to Fight ISIS: ‘Of Course It’s Not Enough’ -- Nancy A. Youssef, Daily Beast

Syria rebel training could start in early spring -- Al Arabiya/AP

US to Send Additional Military Trainers to Iraq: Defense Department -- Sputnik

Iraq's Less-Than-Reliable Military Is Getting Hundreds Of American Tanks And Armored Vehicles -- Business Insider

Will Upgraded Iraqi Abrams Tanks Survive Missile Attacks? -- DoD Buzz

Russia to Hold International Military Forum ARMY-2015 in June -- Sputnik

Russia Enables Foreigners To Serve In Armed Forces -- Defense News

4 high-ranking Russian military officers commit suicide in less than one year -- Washington Times

Russia Shows Off Military Hardware in AirAsia Search -- Bloomberg

Expert: China's development of military strength is moderate -- ECNS.cn

Stalled Probe Into CIA Prisons in Lithuania Needs US Info to Progress -- Sputnik

The Pentagon’s mission against Ebola is quietly shrinking -- Washington Post

Pentagon Mulls How to Fund Submarines and 300-Ship Fleet -- DoD Buzz

Directors of FBI and Office of National Intelligence blame Sony hack on North Korea -- RT

Pentagon employee tried to access porn sites at work more than 12k times last year -- RT

SpaceX Could be Cleared for Military Rocket Deals by Mid-2015 -- WSJ

Pentagon’s War on Tobacco Fails -- Bill McMorris, Washington Free Beacon

How the US Should Respond to Chinese Military Assertiveness in 2015 -- Samuel Ramani, Huffington Post

Over 4,000 Christians Killed for Faith-Related Reasons in 2014: Report -- Sputnik

Global conflicts prompted record numbers of refugees in first half of 2014 -- RT

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