HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING

UNCLAS BAGHDAD 000527 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 ABDULHASAN AND AL-TAMEEMI ¶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: Abbas Flayyih ABDULHASA POSITION: Colonel, Iraqi Army DOB: May 18, 1960 TYPE OF TRAINING: NESA Counter Terrorism Seminar TRAINING LOCATION: NESA, Washington, DC DATES OF TRAINING: April 29 to May 15, 2008 NAME: Munaf Abbas Ali AL-TAMEEMI POSITION: Major General. Iraqi Army DOB: July 27, 1951 TYPE OF TRAINING: NESA Counter Terrorism Seminar TRAINING LOCATION: NESA, Washington, DC DATES OF TRAINING: April 29 to May 15, 2008 CROCKER