HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING

UNCLAS BAGHDAD 002665 SIPDIS PLEASE PASS NEA-I-PM-DL Collective E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL IZ SUBJECT: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING FOR AL TAMEENI AND ALABOUS ¶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: Kareem Abbood Mohammed AL TAMEEMI POSITION: Brigadier General, Counter Terrorism Bureau, Special Forces, Iraqi Army DOB: September 3, 1963 TYPE OF TRAINING: Counter Terrorism Regional Symposium TRAINING LOCATION: Amman, Jordan DATES OF TRAINING: August 24 - 28, 2008 NAME: Abdulhussein Salman ALABOUS POSITION: Chief of Legal Directorate, Counter Terrorism Bureau DOB: January 1, 1960 TYPE OF TRAINING: Counter Terrorism Regional Symposium TRAINING LOCATION: Amman, Jordan DATES OF TRAINING: August 24 - 28, 2008 CROCKER