HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S.-SPONSORED TRAINING

UNCLAS BAGHDAD 002369 SIPDIS PLEASE PASS NEA-I E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL IZ SUBJECT: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S.-SPONSORED TRAINING FOR ALNASERI ¶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. ¶3. The name of the proposed candidate follows: NAME: Ayad Khazal Abood ALNASERI POSITION: Staff Brigadier General/6th Division Deputy Commander, Iraqi Army Ministry of Defense DOB: 01 April 1965 TYPE OF TRAINING: Near East South Asia Executive Seminar TRAINING LOCATION: Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies, Washington D.C. DATES OF TRAINING: 26 October - 19 November 2009 Hill