HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING

UNCLAS BAGHDAD 000491 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. Post has no derogatory information. ¶3. The name of the proposed candidate follows: NAME: Salman Hashim Hussein HUSSEIN POSITION: COL, Counterterrorism Bureau (CTB) DOB: 15 FEB 1965 TYPE OF TRAINING: Intelligence in Combating Terrorism TRAINING LOCATION: Arizona DATES OF TRAINING: 02-20 MARCH 2009 BUTENIS