HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING

UNCLAS BAGHDAD 002583 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 LAMI ¶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: Mohammed Farag Yassar LAMI POSITION: Civilian, Ministry of the Interior DOB: September 4, 1959 TYPE OF TRAINING: English Language Training at the Defense Language Institute, San Antonio, TX and followed by the Defense Acquisition/Contracting and Procurement Course at Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA. DATES OF TRAINING: August 31, 2008 to March 27, 2009 CROCKER