REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED

UNCLAS BAGHDAD 003353 SIPDIS SIPDIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PGOV MOPS PINS PHUM PREL IZ SUBJECT: REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING FOR RAHAM AND MOHAMMED ¶1. (U) This is an action request. ¶2. (U) Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post request the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. ¶3. (U) Names of the proposed candidates are as follows: NAME: Al Obaidi Mohammed Abdulateff MOHAMMED POSITION: Colonel, Iraqi Ministry of Defense DOB: January 19, 1961 TYPE OF TRAINING: NESA Executive Seminary TRAINING LOCATION: Washington, DC DATES OF TRAINING: October 24 to November 7, 2007 NAME: Al Zamili Kadhim Mansoor RAHAM POSITION: Colonel, Iraqi Ministry of Defense DOB: March 18, 1963 TYPE OF TRAINING: NESA Executive Seminary TRAINING LOCATION: Washington, DC DATES OF TRAINING: October 24 to November 7, 2007 CROCKER