HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING

UNCLAS BAGHDAD 002245 SIPDIS PLEASE PASS 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-ZERKANI ¶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: Jaleel Jabbar Abdulhasan AL-ZERKANI POSITION: MG, Iraqi Army DOB: March 7, 1961 TYPE OF TRAINING: Senior Foreign Military Sales Symposium TRAINING LOCATION: Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio & Washington, DC DATES OF TRAINING: August 23 to 31, 2008 CROCKER