American General Reportedly Assassinated In 'Green-On-Blue' Shooting At Afghan Army Training Base -- FOX News
A U.S. major general was shot and killed Tuesday by a man dressed in an Afghan army uniform who opened fire at an army training academy outside Kabul, the Associated Press reported.
At least 15 soldiers -- reportedly mostly Americans and some Germans --were wounded in the close-range assassination-style attack.
The attack at Camp Qargha killed the highest-ranking U.S. officer of the nearly 13-year war and comes as foreign troops prepare to withdraw by the year's end, according to The Associated Press. U.S. officials identified the U.S. officer as a two-star general.
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Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- August 5, 2014
2-star US general killed in Afghan green-on-blue attack – reports -- RT
American General Killed in Shooting at Afghan Military Academy -- ABC News
Pentagon selling — and scrapping — equipment in Afghanistan -- Stars and Stripes/Washington Post
Afghans Feel Bite Of Military Pullout -- Radio Free Europe
After 4 Weeks, Israel Reverts to Initial War Tactics -- Defense News
China Developing Capability To Kill Satellites, Experts Say -- Defense News
Amnesty International Accuses Nigerian Military Of Committing War Crimes, Claims Videos Show Abuses (GRAPHIC VIDEO) -- AP
Germany Blocks the Delivery of Military Parts to Russia -- New York Times
Berlin Blocks Rheinmetall Defense Deal With Russian Military -- Wall Street Journal
India Ignores US Calls For Russian Sanction, Will Go-Ahead With Submarine Purchase -- Defense World
EU may buy French warships built for Russia -- UPI
As Russian Sanctions Force France To Make Tough Choices, Military Sale To Asia May Offer Easy Way Out -- IBTimes
Russian Air Force Gets New Batch of Su-30M2 Fighters -- RIA Novosti
Russian Army to Equip Ground Forces With ‘Iskander’ Missiles by 2018 -- RIA Novosti
Russia Develops Robots for Maritime Defense -- RIA Novosti
Russia’s Army to Get ‘Future Soldier’ Gear in October – Defense Ministry -- RIA Novosti
Israel’s Other Battle—Keeping the Pentagon on Their Side -- David Francis, Fiscal Times
Israel Flagged as Top Spy Threat to U.S. in New Snowden/NSA Document -- Newsweek
Surveillance paradise: How one man spied on NSA in Bahamas (VIDEO) -- RT
Soldiers were poisoned by rebels, Colombian army says -- FOX News
American Heavy Tanks to be Stored in Mountains of Norway - Reports -- RIA Novosti
US Army Gets Upgraded Chinook Helicopter Fleet -- Live Science
The US Army wants to replace gross rations with 3D-printed food -- Verge
Inside the Military's Secretive Smartphone Program -- Gizmodo
US government, military research program helped identify experimental Ebola treatment -- FOX News
Ebola 'Secret Serum': Small Biopharma, The Army, And Big Tobacco -- David Kroll, Forbes
U.S. black officers dismissed at greater rate than whites -- USA Today
Ex-Pentagon official cited for ethical lapses -- Washington Post
C-130 Airlifter: The Most Successful Military Aircraft Ever -- Loren Thompson, Forbes
Military services seeking innovative ways to attract highly skilled recruits -- Walter Pincus, Washington Post
Analysts to quiz military couples on romantic lives -- Virginia-Pilot
Are You Ready for Some Tank Biathlon? -- Joshua Keating, Slate
Why Is the CIA Torture Report Still Secret? -- Conor Friedersdorf, The Atlantic
Our Aircraft Carriers Are Not Sitting Ducks -- Rear Admiral Edward Masso, Forbes
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