HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING QR US SPONSORED TRAINING

UNCLAS BAGHDAD 003464 SIPDIS PLEASE PASS TO MANDELKORN, NEA-I E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL IZ SUBJECT: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING QR US SPONSORED TRAINING FOR AL-RIKABI, AL-OBAIDIQND AL-SHAMMARI ¶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: Kadhim Mohan Mutar AL-RIKABI POSITION: Lieutenant Colonel, Counter Terrorism Bureau DOB: July 1, 1969 TYPE OF TRAINING: Counter Terrorism Executive Seminar TRAINING LOCATION: Washington, DC DATES OF TRAINING: December 1 to 18, 2008 NAME: Hayder Fadhil Razooqi AL-OBAIDI POSITION: Staff Major, Iraqi Special Operations Force (ISOF) S-3 DOB: August 5, 1976 TYPE OF TRAINING: Counter Terrorism Executive Seminar TRAINING LOCATION: Washington, DC DATES OF TRAINING: December 1 to 18, 2008 NAME: Kareem Hakeem Farhan AL-SHAMMARI POSITION: Colonel, Air Force, Counter Terrorism Bureau DOB: January 27, 1961 TYPE OF TRAINING: Counter Terrorism Executive Seminar TRAINING LOCATION: Washington, DC DATES OF TRAINING: December 1 to 18, 2008 CROCKER