HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING

UNCLAS BAGHDAD 000465 SIPDIS 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 MAHDI ¶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: Abdulabbas Abdulzahra MAHDI POSITION: Lt Commander DOB: July 1, 1970 TYPE OF TRAINING: Language and Officer Training TRAINING LOCATION: Lackland AFB, San Antonio, Texas; Naval Staff College, Newport, Rhode Island DATES OF TRAINING: March 3, 2008 to June 26, 2009 CROCKER