Todays U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) News & History KEY THEMES IN COVERAGE French police launched a massive manhunt following an assault by suspected radical Islamist gunmen in Paris that killed 12 people at a satirical magazine, in one of the deadliest terrorist attacks to occur in postwar France. On Iraq-Syria, the Pentagon said that U.S.-led aircraft have carried out 1,676 strikes and launched 4,775 munitions against ISIL positions since August, damaging or destroying more than 3,000 targets. Also of note, a New York Times Page One story profiled Army Lt. Col. Daniel Gade, an Iraq War veteran and West Point professor, who is advocating the reform of disability pay for wounded veterans. NEWS HEADLINES AT 0500 FROM CBS, FOX, NPR, CNN • Police officer killed in shooting south of Paris • Seven detained in manhunt after French magazine massacre • Ukraine says Russia behind cyberattack on German government • Turkey urges remaining citizens to leave Libya after airline threat • Iraqi army officers involved in Mosul fall face execution – minister • Divers search for black boxes in crashed AirAsia plane • Wintry weather around U.S. brings fatalities, school closings • Knicks lose to Wizards, set franchise mark with 13th straight loss OVERSEAS HEADLINES OF NOTE • Arab News: Boko Haram leader threatens to attack Cameroon • Azerbaijan State Telegraph Agency: Bulgarian and U.S. armies to hold a joint military exercise • Today’s Zaman: Germany extends Patriot missile mission in Turkey THIS DAY IN MILITARY HISTORY • 1812 – Two weeks after the War of 1812 officially ended with the signing of the Treaty of Ghent, U.S. Gen. Andrew Jackson achieves the greatest American victory of the war at the Battle of New Orleans
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