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 ALSODANY, AL JUBOORI, ALI ALI, AL-SAEDI AND NAJM


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 candidates follows:

NAME: Haleem Kareem Hasin ALSODANY
POSITION: Major General/Director of Aviation Directorate/ Ministry
of Interior
DOB: July 1, 1954

NAME: Ali Zouin Mohammed AL JUBOORI
POSITION: Brigadier General/Aviation Directorate Pilot/ Ministry of
Interior
DOB: May 14, 1961

NAME: Jasim Jawad Ali ALI
POSITION: Major General/Director of Contracting Directorate/Ministry
of Interior
DOB: July 1, 1952

NAME: Fouad Majeed Abd AL-SAEDI
POSITION: Colonel/Aviation Directorate Pilot/Ministry of Interior
DOB: June 24, 1961

NAME: Nezar Abdullah Najm NAJM
POSITION: Major General/Aviation Directorate Engineer/ Ministry of
Interior
DOB: January 28, 1958

TYPE OF TRAINING: Iraq Ministry of Interior Helicopter Delegation

TRAINING LOCATION: Washington DC, Texas, Mississippi, Tennessee,
Connecticut and Pennsylvania (USA)

DATES OF TRAINING: Oct 23, 2009 - Nov 16, 2009

Please expedite these cases. This visit is both time sensitive and
very high profile. Thank you.

FORD