HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING

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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.

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