HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING

UNCLAS BAGHDAD 003220 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 ABBAS ¶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 candidate from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated to participate in training in the United States. ¶3. The name of the proposed candidate follows: NAME: Qays Abdulwahid ABBAS POSITION: LTC/Load Master/SQ23/Ministry of Defense DOB: 01 March 1968 TYPE OF TRAINING: C130 Refresher Simulator Course TRAINING LOCATION: Little Rock AFB, Little Rock, AR, USA DATES OF TRAINING: 09-31 March 2010 HILL