HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING

UNCLAS BAGHDAD 001357 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-SHAIKHLI ¶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: Zaid Mahmood Ahmed AL-SHAIKHLI POSITION: Corporal/ISWCS Training Instructor/Iraq Special Operations Force/Counter Terrorism Bureau DOB: 02 MAY 1983 TYPE OF TRAINING: ELT/AF Senior Non-Commissioned Officer Academy DATES OF TRAINING: 27 May - 15 Sep 2009 TRAINING LOCATION: DLI, San Antonio, TX/SNCOA, Maxwell AFB, AL, USA. HILL