HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING

UNCLAS BAGHDAD 002127 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 HAYYALI ¶1. This is an action request. If possible, please expedite this request as the start date of training is this month August 2009. ¶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. ¶3. The name of the proposed candidate follows: NAME: Dawaood Ali Hussein AL-HAYYALI POSITION: Colonel/Chief of future Operations/Iraqi National Counter Terrorism Command DOB: 01 January 1965 TYPE OF TRAINING: Counter Terrorism Leadership Program/Program for Advance Securities Studies TRAINING LOCATION: George C. Marshall Center/Germany DATES OF TRAINING: 24 August - 15 September 2009 HILL