HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING

UNCLAS BAGHDAD 000489 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 AL YAWER, NOZAD, MAJEED AND AL RUBAYE ¶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: Haitham Akram Taha AL YAWER POSITION: LTC DOB: 03 APRIL 1969 TYPE OF TRAINING: King Air Maintenance TRAINING LOCATION: Wichita, Kansas DATES OF TRAINING: 18 JULY 2009 - 14 AUG 2009 NAME: Saif Nozad Rasheed Rushdi Saif NOZAD POSITION: 1 LT DOB: 10 MAY 1981 TYPE OF TRAINING: King Air Maintenance TRAINING LOCATION: Wichita, Kansas DATES OF TRAINING: 18 JULY 2009 - 14 AUG 2009 NAME: Yousif Shareef Majeed MAJEED POSITION: MAJOR DOB: 17 AUG 1968 TYPE OF TRAINING: King Air Maintenance TRAINING LOCATION: Wichita, Kansas DATES OF TRAINING: 18 JULY 2009 - 14 AUG 2009 NAME: Ahmed Abdulhadi Abbas ALRUBAYE POSITION: LTC DOB: 19 JAN 1966 TYPE OF TRAINING: King Air Maintenance TRAINING LOCATION: Wichita, Kansas DATES OF TRAINING: 18 JULY 2009 - 14 AUG 2009 BUTENIS