HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING

UNCLAS BAGHDAD 002428 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 ZUBAIDI ¶1. This is an action request. Please expedite as course start date is September 19, 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: Abdulrazzaq Mahmood Kadhim AL-ZUBAIDI POSITION: Section Director of Dissertation and Research, Iraqi Army, Counter Terrorism Bureau DOB: 01 January 1954 TYPE OF TRAINING: Civil Military Response to Terrorism TRAINING LOCATION: Amman, Jordan DATES OF TRAINING: 19 September - 24 September 2009 FORD