HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING

UNCLAS BAGHDAD 002787 SIPDIS PLEASE PASS NEA-I-PM-DL Collective E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL IZ SUBJECT: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING FOR EL MHYOWE, ALDORI, RAMADHAN, AND AL ZEHHAWI ¶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 Army 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: Habib Hussen Abbas EL MHYOWE POSITION: Major General, Director of Organization Directorate, Iraqi Army DOB: July 1, 1954 TYPE OF TRAINING: FMS Senior Symposium TRAINING LOCATION: DISAM Wright-Paterson AFB, Ohio DATES OF TRAINING: September 21 - 28, 2008 NAME: Mohammed Shamil Mohammed ALDORI POSITION: Brigadier General, Director, Army Chief of Staff Office, Iraqi Army DOB: June 9, 1964 TYPE OF TRAINING: FMS Senior Symposium TRAINING LOCATION: DISAM Wright-Paterson AFB, Ohio DATES OF TRAINING: September 21 - 28, 2008 NAME: Ramadhan Abdullah Ramadhan RAMADHAN POSITION: Brigadier General, Deputy of Contract Directorate, Iraqi Army DOB: February 9, 1951 TYPE OF TRAINING: FMS Senior Symposium TRAINING LOCATION: DISAM Wright-Paterson AFB, Ohio DATES OF TRAINING: September 21 - 28, 2008 NAME: Raad Abdulhameed Mohammed AL ZEHHAWI POSITION: Brigadier General, Directorate of Armament & Supply, Iraqi Army DOB: August 22, 1954 TYPE OF TRAINING: FMS Senior Symposium TRAINING LOCATION: DISAM Wright-Paterson AFB, Ohio DATES OF TRAINING: September 21 - 28, 2008 BUTENIS