HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING

UNCLAS BAGHDAD 001328 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 ABDULRAZZAQ ¶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: Basim Yahya ABDULRAZZAQ POSITION: Staff Major Iraqi Army, Ministry of Defense DOB: 09 Aug 1974 TYPE OF TRAINING: Army Command and General Staff College TRAINING LOCATION: Army Command and General Staffing College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, U.S.A. DATES OF TRAINING: 20 JUN 2009 - 11 JUN 2010 HILL