HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING

UNCLAS BAGHDAD 001112 SIPDIS PLEASE PASS NEA-I E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL IZ SUBJECT: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING FOR C-130 Co-Pilot Training (8 persons) ¶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 from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. ¶3. The names of the proposed candidates follow: NAME: Hasan Ghalib HUSSEIN POSITON: First LT, Iraqi Air Force, Ministry of Defense DOB: 18 Apr 1977 NAME: Ghassan Mohammed Wajih AHMED POSITON: LTC, Iraqi Air Force, Ministry of Defense DOB: 23 Aug 1965 NAME: Mustafa Mohammed Jameel AL-OBAIDI POSITION: MAJ, Iraqi Air Force, Ministry of Defense DOB: 14 Nov 1974 NAME: Thaer Ismael Hussein AL-SAMARRAI POSITION: LTC, Iraqi Air Force, Ministry of Defense DOB: 26 Aug 1974 NAME: Abdulazeez Khadim ZGHAIR POSITION: First LT, Iraqi Air Force, Ministry of Defense DOB: 25 Aug 1974 NAME: Habib Kadhim Jwaid AL-JABERI POSITION: LTC, Iraqi Air Force, Ministry of Defense DOB: 01 Jul 1965 NAME: Dheyaa Abd Abdullah AL RUBAYE POSITION: LTC, Iraqi Air Force, Ministry of Defense DOB: 21 Nov 1967 NAME: Amjed Thamer Shamkhi SHAMKHI POSITION: First LT, Iraqi Air Force, Ministry of Defense DOB: 01 Aug 1978 ¶4. TYPE OF TRAINING: English Language, C-130, King Air Pilot Training ¶5. DATE OF TRAINING: 20 May 2009 - 20 July 2010 ¶6. TRAINING LOCATION: DLIELC, Lackland, Air orce Base, Texas and the Nashville Air National Guard, TN. HILL