HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING

UNCLAS BAGHDAD 002435 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 SAEEDI ¶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 visit to the United States to meet with OSD and DOS staff. ¶3. The name of the proposed candidate follows: NAME: Ali Kadhim Mohaisen AL SAEEDI POSITION: Iraqi Army Staff Brigadier General and Director, MOD M-10 CBRN Branch DOB: 23 September 1963 TYPE OF TRAINING: Partnership meetings and briefings with OSD Policy, Department of State, U.S. Army 20th Support Command (CBRNE), Edgewood Chemical Biological Center, U.S. Army Chemical Materials Agency, U.S. Army CBRN School TRAINING LOCATION: Washington D.C., Aberdeen Proving Ground, Edgewood, MD, Fort Leonard Wood, MO DATES OF TRAINING: 08 October - 16 October 2009 FORD