HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING

UNCLAS BAGHDAD 002430 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 MOHAMMEDAWI ¶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: Raad Lazim Mejbel AL-MOHAMMEDAWI POSITION: Brigadier General, Operations Director, Iraqi Army, Counter Terrorism Bureau DOB: 04 June 1965 TYPE OF TRAINING: NESA Alumni Symposium TRAINING LOCATION: Casablanca, Morocco DATES OF TRAINING: 18 October - 21 October 2009 FORD