HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING

UNCLAS BAGHDAD 002730 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 CHALLAB ¶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: Hadi Sarheed Challab CHALLAB POSITION: LT Colonel/Iraqi Army/Counter Terrorism Bureau DOB: 06 February 1970 TYPE OF TRAINING: Civil Military Response to Terrorism TRAINING LOCATION: Amman, Jordan DATES OF TRAINING: 15-21 November 2009 ¶4. Please expedite one-day turn around as this case is time sensitive and imperative to funding. Hill