HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING

UNCLAS BAGHDAD 002991 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 MOHAMMED HASSAN GHALE ¶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 Hassan GHALE POSITION: 2ndLt, Iraqi Air Force DOB: August 4, 1982 TYPE OF TRAINING: Aviation Leadership Program TRAINING LOCATION: Lackland AFB, San Antonio, Texas DATES OF TRAINING: 10 October 2008 - 10 October 2010 CROCKER