HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING

UNCLAS BAGHDAD 004174 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 AL-RABBEY ¶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: Abbas Ahmeed Mahdey AL RABBEY POSITION: Major, Iraqi Army DOB: December 29, 1974 TYPE OF TRAINING: English Language Training TRAINING LOCATION: Defense Language Institute, Lackland AFB, TX DATES OF TRAINING: December 31, 2007 to Jun 30, 2008 TYPE OF TRAINING: Professional Military Education TRAINING LOCATION: Army War Command & General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, KS DATES OF TRAINING: 1 Jul 08 to Jun 30, 2009 CROCKER