Pentagon Considers How To Target ISIS Leader In Drone Strike -- CNN
(CNN) -- The Pentagon is considering under what circumstances it will recommend President Barack Obama authorize the use of a missile-equipped drone to kill the leader of Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, CNN has learned.
Any such mission to kill al-Baghdadi would have to be approved by Obama, according to several defense officials CNN has spoken to at length. All of the officials have direct knowledge of the intelligence gathering efforts in Iraq, but declined to be named due to the sensitivity of the information.
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Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- July 10, 2014
Pentagon: We’ll give Obama a drone strike with al-Baghdadi’s name on it -- Washington Times
U.S. officials: Terrorist seizure of nuclear materials in Iraq of minimal concern -- CNN
ISIS Now Has 88 Pounds of Uranium but They Probably Can't Make a Bomb Out of It -- Ben Mathis-Lilley, Slate
Hagel: ISIS poses an 'imminent' threat to US -- The Hill
It’s Hellfire missiles — not F-16s — that Iraq is ready to use now -- Washington Post
Bruised Iraqi army leans on Shi'ite militias, volunteers -- Reuters
What if Iraqi Military Can't Defeat ISIL? -- John T. Bennett, Defense News
Russian Fighters Will Miss Farnborough Air Show -- DoD Buzz
Russian Air Force Boosts Presence in Arctic -- RIA Novosti
Russia’s Iskander-E Missile System Ready for Deliveries to Other Countries -- RIA Novosti
Report Reveals Chinese Military Developing New Scramjet-Powered Hypersonic Missile -- Washington Free Beacon
Algeria appoints four female army generals -- Al Arabiya News
Poland Launches Tender for Assault Helicopters -- Defense News/AFP
Canada's Military Wants New Drones, Fighter Jets, and the Arctic -- Motherboard
U.S. Military Helps Colombia Fight IED Threat -- US Department of Defense
Nominee to lead troops in Afghanistan sees ‘good news’ -- Stars and Stripes
Germany asks top U.S. intelligence official to leave over spy scandal -- Reuters
Lockheed F-35 fighter jet to miss UK military air show -- Reuters
USAF sends next-gen bomber requirements to industry, few details made public -- Defense News
The littoral combat ship might not be living up to the Navy's promises -- Washington Business Journal
Hagel: Navy nuclear reviews are done, reviewing recommendations -- Navy Times
US Navy to Congress: We Can't Guarantee a Safe Nuclear Fleet -- Defense News
Top DOD weapons tester questions Navy ship's survival in attack -- Stars and Stripes/Bloomberg
Army Leaders Defend Flawed Intelligence System -- AP
Concerns raised over strains on US military bases housing more than 2,700 unaccompanied minors -- FOX News
More than 80 tanks, other military equipment to be auctioned in Northern California -- FOX News/AP
US Military developing brain implants to restore memory -- FOX News/Live Science
The Pentagon's plan to put robot Marines in space -- David Axe, The Week/War Is Boring
Army's tighter tattoo policy may mean fewer -- but better -- recruits -- Chicago Tribune
Bowe Bergdahl Could Leave Texas Military Base Within Days -- NBC
Sgt. Andrew Tahmooressi denied freedom by Mexican judge -- Washington Times
The saga of Chris Kyle, slain Navy SEAL sniper, vs. Jesse Ventura gets day in court -- Dan Lamothe, Washington Post
'No Easy Day' Meets Pentagon Hardball -- Nancy Walbridge Collins And Michele L. Malvesti, WSJ
Some of the best intelligence is no secret at all — it’s social -- Mike Hayden, Washington Times
Why The US Navy Should Build Smaller Aircraft Carriers -- Jalopnik
Will France's Mistral Assault Warships Make Russia a Naval Threat? -- Matthew Bodner, Moscow Times