HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S. SPONSORED TRAINING

UNCLAS STATE 010999 SIPDIS SIPDIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL SUBJECT: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S. SPONSORED TRAINING FOR HAMA AMEEN, AL-MUDHAFAR, MSHARI REF: A. BAGHDAD 0187 ¶B. BAGHDAD 0188 ¶1. Department has reviewed its files and finds that it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the members of the Iraqi Security Forces listed below. If at any time Embassy becomes aware of any information regarding incidents that could be deemed to be credible information of gross violation of human rights by any personnel involved in this training, Embassy should so inform the Department. ¶2. Names of the candidates are as follows: NAME: Mohammed Anwer HAMA AMEEN POSITION: First Lieutenant, Iraqi Army DOB: June 1, 1987 TYPE OF TRAINING: English Language Training/Intelligence Captains Career Course TRAINING LOCATION: San Antonio TX and Fr. Huachuca, AZ DATES OF TRAINING: May 28, 2008 to February 19, 2009 NAME: Hussein Saleem Abdulmahdi AL-MUDHAFAR POSITION: Brigadier General, Iraqi Army DOB: June 21, 1957 TYPE OF TRAINING: Senior Executive Seminar to Combat Terrorism TRAINING LOCATION: Near East Southern Asia, Center for Strategic Studies, Washington, DC DATES OF TRAINING: March 3, 2008 to March 14, 2008 NAME: Talib Shaghati MSHARI POSITION: Lieutenant General, Iraqi Army DOB: June 21, 1957 TYPE OF TRAINING: Senior Executive Seminar to Combat Terrorism TRAINING LOCATION: Near East Southern Asia, Center for Strategic Studies, Washington, DC DATES OF TRAINING: March 3, 2008 to March 14, 2008 RICE