HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING

UNCLAS BAGHDAD 002711 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 HUSSEIN ¶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: Muayad Nooruldeen Hussein HUSSEIN POSITION: Staff Brigadier General/12th Brigade Commander/ Iraqi Army Ministry of Defense DOB: 19 September 1963 TYPE OF TRAINING: NESA Executive Seminar TRAINING LOCATION: NESA Center/Washington D.C. DATES OF TRAINING: 26 October - 19 November 2009 ¶4. Please expedite this case as travel is time sensitive. Hill