HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING

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E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL IZ
SUBJECT: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING
FOR ABDULKAREEM


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: Saad Adnan Abdulkareem ABDULKAREEM

POSITION: General Counsel to the Iraqi Ministry of the Interior

DOB: 01 July 1953

TYPE OF TRAINING: Attending Conference with Defense, Justice and
Homeland Security Officials


TRAINING LOCATION: Washington DC, Charlottesville, VA (USA)

DATES OF TRAINING: October 24 - November 1, 2009


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