HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING

UNCLAS BAGHDAD 000200 SIPDIS PLEASE PASS NEA-I-PM-DL E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL IZ SUBJECT: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING FOR AL BAYATY - SENIOR EXECUTIVE SEMINAR ¶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 candidate of the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for US Government provided training in Washington, DC. Post has no derogatory information. ¶3. The name of the proposed candidate follows: NAME: Mahmood Fadhil Masyab AL BAYATY POSITION: Director General/National Security Council DOB: 01 FEB 1951 TYPE OF TRAINING: Senior Executive Seminar TRAINING LOCATION: Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies, Washington, DC DATES OF TRAINING: 23 FEB 2009 - 06 MARCH 2009 CROCKER