HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING

UNCLAS STATE 041097 SIPDIS SIPDIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL SUBJECT: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING FOR NAJATEE, AL-DULAIMI, AND AL-SAEDI REF: A. BAGHDAD 639 ¶B. BAGHDAD 873 ¶C. BAGHDAD 1155 ¶1. The Department has reviewed its files and finds that it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the members of the Iraq Security forces listed below. If, at any time, Embassy becomes aware of any information regarding incidents that could be deemed to be credible information gross violation of human rights by the individuals involved in this training, Embassy should so inform the Department. ¶2. The pertinent information concerning the proposed candidates is as follows: NAME: Yousif Hashim Hasan NAJATEE POSITION: Lieutenant-Colonel, Iraqi Army DOB: May 1, 1965 TYPE OF TRAINING: NESA Counter Terrorism Seminar TRAINING LOCATION: NESA, Washington DC DATES OF TRAINING: April 29 to May 16, 2008 NAME: Younus Mohammed Ramadhan AL-DULAIMI POSITION: Colonel, Iraqi Air Force DOB: March 1, 1962 TYPE OF TRAINING: Counter Terrorism Language Program, Program on Terrorism and Security Studies TRAINING LOCATION: Marshall Center, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany DATES OF TRAINING: April 14 to June 27, 2008 NAME: Tareq Abd Katted AL SAEDI POSITION: Brigadier General, Iraqi Army DOB: December 10, 1963 TYPE OF TRAINING: Decision Making TRAINING LOCATION: CCMR, Monterey, California DATES OF TRAINING: May 31 to June 13, 2008 RICE