HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING

UNCLAS BAGHDAD 000487 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 JASSEM and ZEEBAREE ¶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. Post has no derogatory information. ¶3. The names of the proposed candidates follow: NAME: Firas Muhi JASSEM POSITION: MAJOR DOB: 11 MAY 1974 TYPE OF TRAINING: Aircraft Maintenance Officer Course TRAINING LOCATION: San Antonio, TX and Wichita Falls, TX DATES OF TRAINING: 12 APRIL 2009 THRU 14 AUGUST 2009 NAME: Omar Ramadhan Eskander ZEEBAREE POSITION: LTC DOB: 1 JAN 1968 TYPE OF TRAINING: Aircraft Maintenance Officer Course TRAINING LOCATION: San Antonio, TX and Wichita Falls, TX DATES OF TRAINING: 12 APRIL 2009 THRU 14 AUGUST 2009 BUTENIS