HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING

UNCLAS BAGHDAD 003718 SIPDIS PLEASE PASS TO NEA-I, SHAUN MANDELKORN E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL IZ SUBJECT: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING FOR SHATTI ¶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 candidate of the Iraqi Armed Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. ¶3. The names of the proposed candidate follows: NAME: Wisam Raisan Shatti SHATTI POSITION: Captain, Counter-Terrorism Command, Iraqi Army DOB: January 12, 1978 TYPE OF TRAINING: DLI/Military Intelligence CCC TRAINING LOCATION: San Antonio, TX and FT Huachuca, AZ DATES OF TRAINING: January 14, 2009 to November 8, 2009 CROCKER