Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08KUWAIT382
2008-04-07 13:44:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Kuwait
Cable title:
HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW OF DOD-FUNDED TRAINING
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UNCLAS KUWAIT 000382
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR NEA/ARP (M. SISK, A. BAGWELL)
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: MARR MASS PHUM PREL KU
SUBJECT: HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW OF DOD-FUNDED TRAINING
ACTIVITIES
UNCLAS KUWAIT 000382
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR NEA/ARP (M. SISK, A. BAGWELL)
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: MARR MASS PHUM PREL KU
SUBJECT: HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW OF DOD-FUNDED TRAINING
ACTIVITIES
1. This is an action request for human rights verification
required by the Leahy Amendment; see para 2.
2. The Embassy requests the Department's assistance in
performing human rights vetting for the Kuwait Amiri Guard
and the Kuwait Armed Forces 25th Commando Brigade. Brigadier
Khaled Jassem Ahmed Mohammed Al-Amiri (DOB: October 8, 1953;
Kuwait Passport #: 002313796) of the Amiri Guard; and
Brigadier Ahmed Saad Abdelaziz Saad Al-Menaifi (DOB:
September 1, 1952; Kuwait Passport #: 002396175) of the 25th
Commando Brigade will be participating in a U.S. Special
Operations Command / U.S. Central Command (SOCCENT) Joint
Combined Education and Training (JCET) program in Jordan from
April 20 - 30, 2008. Embassy Kuwait has found no information
of any kind that these individuals have committed human
rights violations.
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For more reporting from Embassy Kuwait, visit:
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/kuwait/?cable s
Visit Kuwait's Classified Website:
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/kuwait/
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Misenheimer
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR NEA/ARP (M. SISK, A. BAGWELL)
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: MARR MASS PHUM PREL KU
SUBJECT: HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW OF DOD-FUNDED TRAINING
ACTIVITIES
1. This is an action request for human rights verification
required by the Leahy Amendment; see para 2.
2. The Embassy requests the Department's assistance in
performing human rights vetting for the Kuwait Amiri Guard
and the Kuwait Armed Forces 25th Commando Brigade. Brigadier
Khaled Jassem Ahmed Mohammed Al-Amiri (DOB: October 8, 1953;
Kuwait Passport #: 002313796) of the Amiri Guard; and
Brigadier Ahmed Saad Abdelaziz Saad Al-Menaifi (DOB:
September 1, 1952; Kuwait Passport #: 002396175) of the 25th
Commando Brigade will be participating in a U.S. Special
Operations Command / U.S. Central Command (SOCCENT) Joint
Combined Education and Training (JCET) program in Jordan from
April 20 - 30, 2008. Embassy Kuwait has found no information
of any kind that these individuals have committed human
rights violations.
********************************************* *
For more reporting from Embassy Kuwait, visit:
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/kuwait/?cable s
Visit Kuwait's Classified Website:
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/kuwait/
********************************************* *
Misenheimer