HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING

UNCLAS BAGHDAD 001543 SIPDIS PLEASE PASS TO 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 OBAIDI AND AL ASADI ¶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: Shakir Ketab Mahgoob AL OBAIDI POSITION: Deputy Director, Counter Terrorism Bureau DOB: July 1, 1952 TYPE OF TRAINING: NESA Executive Seminar TRAINING LOCATION: National Defense University, Washington DC DATES OF TRAINING: June 4 to 26, 2008 NAME: Abdulghani Ajeel Taher AL ASADI POSITION: Major General, Commander CTB DOB: July 1, 1950 TYPE OF TRAINING: NESA Executive Seminar TRAINING LOCATION: National Defense University, Washington DC DATES OF TRAINING: June 4 to 26, 2008 CROCKER