HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING

UNCLAS BAGHDAD 001212 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 AL-BAIDHANI ¶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 name of the proposed candidate follows: NAME: Adel Ara Badday AL-BAIDHANI POSITION: LTC, Third battalion Commander, Iraqi Special Operations Forces/Counter Terrorism Bureau DOB: 20 NOV 1971 TYPE OF TRAINING: NESA Counter Terrorism Executive Seminar TRAINING LOCATION: NESA Center, Washington, D.C., U.S.A. DATES OF TRAINING: 15 Jun - 02 Jul 2009 BUTENIS