HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING

UNCLAS BAGHDAD 004158 SIPDIS SIPDIS PLEASE PASS TO SEPSTEIN, NEA-I E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL IZ SUBJECT: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING FOR FAROOK MOHAMMED ¶1. This is an action request. ¶2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests 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. The names of the proposed candidates are as follows: NAME: Abdulkhalak Farook MOHAMMED POSITION: Colonel, Iraqi Army DOB: September 22, 1965 TYPE OF TRAINING: English Language Training TRAINING LOCATION: Lackland AFB, San Antonio, Texas DATES OF TRAINING: March 8 to July 8, 2008 TYPE OF TRAINING: International CT Fellows Program TRAINING LOCATION: National Defense University, Washington, DC DATES OF TRAINING: August 31, 2008 to June 15, 2009 CROCKER