HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S. SPONSORED TRAINING

UNCLAS STATE 170492 SIPDIS SIPDIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL SUBJECT: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S. SPONSORED TRAINING FOR AL-RABBEY, AL-DISHAWI, AND MOHAMMED REF: A. BAGHDAD 4996 ¶B. BAGHDAD 4997 ¶C. BAGHDAD 4158 ¶1. Department has reviewed its files and finds that it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the members of the Iraqi Security Forces listed below. If at any time, the Embassy becomes aware of any information regarding incidents which could be credibly deemed to be a gross violation of human rights by the individual, the Embassy should so inform the Department. ¶2. Names of the 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 NAME: Hasan Maknazi Salman AL-DISHAWI POSITION: LTC, Iraq Counter Terrorism Bureau DOB:1 Jan 1964 TYPE / LOCATION OF TRAINING: English Language Training at Lackland AFB, San Antonio, TX DATES OF TRAINING: 31 Dec 07 to 30 Jun 08 TYPE / LOCATION OF TRAINING: Professional Military Education, USMC Command and Staff College, Quantico, VA DATES OF TRAINING: 1 Jul 08 to 30 Jun 09 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 RICE