HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S. SPONSORED TRAINING

UNCLAS STATE 029525 SIPDIS SIPDIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL SUBJECT: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S. SPONSORED TRAINING FOR FADHILI, SHAWKAT, AL-HASSANY, AL-OBAIDI REF: A. BAGHDAD 0833 ¶B. BAGHDAD 0834 ¶1. Department has reviewed its files and finds that it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights 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 the individuals involved in this training, Embassy should so inform the Department. ¶2. Names of the candidates are as follows: NAME: Farham Darweesh Mousa AL FADHILI POSITION: Colonel, Iraqi Army - Director, Legal Department DOB: July 1, 1963 TYPE OF TRAINING: Counter Terrorism Language Program - Program on Terrorism and Security Studies TRAINING LOCATION: Marshall Center, Garmisch, Germany DATES OF TRAINING: April 14 to June 27, 2008 NAME: Amer Abdulameer Hussein SHAWKAT POSITION: Colonel, Iraqi Army DOB: July 1, 1963 TYPE OF TRAINING: Intelligence in Combating Terrorism TRAINING LOCATION: Fort Hauchuca, Arizona DATES OF TRAINING: April 12 to May 4, 2008 NAME: Jebur Brehee Abood AL-HASSANY POSITION: Major, Iraqi Army DOB: July 1, 1963 TYPE OF TRAINING: Intelligence in Combating Terrorism TRAINING LOCATION: Fort Hauchuca, Arizona DATES OF TRAINING: April 12 to May 4, 2008 NAME: Saber Razooqi Shadhar AL-OBAIDI POSITION: LTC, Iraqi Army DOB: June 18, 1965 TYPE OF TRAINING: Intelligence in Combating Terrorism TRAINING LOCATION: Fort Hauchuca, Arizona DATES OF TRAINING: April 12 to May 4, 2008 RICE