HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING

UNCLAS BAGHDAD 000498 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-QADHI AND ALSODANI ¶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: Basil AL-QADHI POSITION: B. General, Air Force DOB: 21 SEPT 1957 TYPE OF TRAINING: 4th Annual Sovereign Challenge Conference TRAINING LOCATION: SanDestin Conference Center, SanDestin Florida DATES OF TRAINING: 16 - 19 MARCH 2009 NAME: Ismael ALSODANI POSITION: Staff BG DOB: 23 SEPT 1962 TYPE OF TRAINING: 4th Annual Sovereign Challenge Conference TRAINING LOCATION: SanDestin Conference Center, SanDestin Florida DATES OF TRAINING: 16 - 19 MARCH 2009 BUTENIS