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05BAGHDAD2859
2005-07-07 17:47:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Baghdad
Cable title:  

IRAQI DELEGATION TO EVALUATE FRENCH TRAINING OFFER

Tags:  PREL PINS MASS IZ FR 
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C O N F I D E N T I A L BAGHDAD 002859 

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/06/2010
TAGS: PREL PINS MASS IZ FR
SUBJECT: IRAQI DELEGATION TO EVALUATE FRENCH TRAINING OFFER

REF: PARIS 04043

Classified By: Charge d' Affaires David M. Satterfield for reason 1.4 (

b)

C O N F I D E N T I A L BAGHDAD 002859

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/06/2010
TAGS: PREL PINS MASS IZ FR
SUBJECT: IRAQI DELEGATION TO EVALUATE FRENCH TRAINING OFFER

REF: PARIS 04043

Classified By: Charge d' Affaires David M. Satterfield for reason 1.4 (

b)


1. (C//REL AUS, GB) Minister of State for National Security
Abdul Kareem Al An'zi will lead an Iraqi Transitional
Government (ITG) delegation to France within the next two
weeks to evaluate the long-standing French security training
offer. Al An'zi told us July 7 that French officials had
renewed their offer in a direct approach to the ITG
delegation at the recent Brussels conference.


2. (C//REL AUS, GB, FR) Al An'zi reiterated the ITG's
preference that all training programs, including any
sponsored by France, be located in Iraq. He implied his
government's reluctance to pay the travel and per diem
expenses attendant upon training sited in France or, even, a
Gulf region country.


3. (SBU) The minister solicited our advice about French
training programs that may be especially suitable to Iraqi
needs. We will coordinate a response with Multi-National
Security Transition Command - Iraq (MNSTC-I). We would
welcome Embassy Paris' identification of training that would
allow the Iraqis access to French security competencies.
Satterfield