HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING

UNCLAS BAGHDAD 000016 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 SADOON ¶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: Maher Riyadh Hamood AL SADOON POSITION: LTC, Iraqi Army DOB: March 16, 1970 TYPE OF TRAINING: Executive Seminar TRAINING LOCATION: NESA, Washington, DC DATES OF TRAINING: January 23 to February 14, 2008 CROCKER