HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING

UNCLAS BAGHDAD 000160 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 ISSA HAMEED AHMED, SHALLAL HABEEB RASOOL AL-RUBAYE, RAHIM NAEEM HWIEN AL-DALMY, JASIM FAISAL HUSSEIN, MOHAMMED HASSOMI HUSSEIN, KAREEM NEAMAH ABED WASSAF, ISMAEL MOHAMMED SELBI, SAAD RIDHA MOUSA ABU ALHAB ¶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 eight (8) 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: Issa Hameed AHMED POSITION: Colonel, Iraqi Army DOB: February 1, 1957 TYPE OF TRAINING: AMC Depot Tour to U.S. TRAINING LOCATION: Texarkaran, TX and Anniston, AL DATES OF TRAINING: March 8, 2008 to March 30, 2008 NAME: Shallal Habeeb RASOOL Al-Rubaye POSITION: Brigadier General, Iraqi Army DOB: August 28, 1959 TYPE OF TRAINING: AMC Depot Tour to U.S. TRAINING LOCATION: Texarkaran, TX and Anniston, AL DATES OF TRAINING: March 8, 2008 to March 30, 2008 NAME: Rahim Naeem HWIEN Al-Dalmy POSITION: Brigadier General, Iraqi Army DOB: July 1, 1956 TYPE OF TRAINING: AMC Depot Tour to U.S. TRAINING LOCATION: Texarkaran, TX and Anniston, AL DATES OF TRAINING: March 8, 2008 to March 30, 2008 NAME: Jasim Faisal HUSSEIN POSITION: Major, Iraqi Army DOB: January 15, 1964 TYPE OF TRAINING: AMC Depot Tour to U.S. TRAINING LOCATION: Texarkaran, TX and Anniston, AL DATES OF TRAINING: March 8, 2008 to March 30, 2008 NAME: Mohammed Hassomi HUSSEIN POSITION: Colonel, Iraqi Army DOB: December 8, 1962 TYPE OF TRAINING: AMC Depot Tour to U.S. TRAINING LOCATION: Texarkaran, TX and Anniston, AL DATES OF TRAINING: March 8, 2008 to March 30, 2008 NAME: Kareem Neamah ABED Wassaf POSITION: Colonel, Iraqi Army DOB: January 1, 1962 TYPE OF TRAINING: AMC Depot Tour to U.S. TRAINING LOCATION: Texarkaran, TX and Anniston, AL DATES OF TRAINING: March 8, 2008 to March 30, 2008 NAME: Ismael Mohammed SELBI POSITION: Colonel, Iraqi Army DOB: January 3, 1963 TYPE OF TRAINING: AMC Depot Tour to U.S. TRAINING LOCATION: Texarkaran, TX and Anniston, AL DATES OF TRAINING: March 8, 2008 to March 30, 2008 NAME: Saad Ridha MOUSA Abu Alhab POSITION: Colonel, Iraqi Army DOB: May 31, 1965 TYPE OF TRAINING: AMC Depot Tour to U.S. TRAINING LOCATION: Texarkaran, TX and Anniston, AL DATES OF TRAINING: March 8, 2008 to March 30, 2008 CROCKER