HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING

UNCLAS BAGHDAD 000528 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 FARRAJI, SAADOON, AND AL SAEEDI ¶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: Bahir Ibrahim Obaid AL FARRAJI POSITION: LTC Iraqi Air Force DOB: 16 APRIL 1960 TYPE OF TRAINING: International Flight Safety TRAINING LOCATION: Defense Language Institute, San Antonio, TX and Kirtland Air Force Base DATES OF TRAINING: 01 APRIL 2009 - 20 SEPT 2009 NAME: Mohammed Kadhim SAADOON POSITION: MAJOR Iraqi Air Force DOB: 01 JAN 1962 TYPE OF TRAINING: International Flight Safety TRAINING LOCATION: Defense Language Institute, San Antonio, TX and Kirtland Air Force Base DATES OF TRAINING: 01 APRIL 2009 - 20 SEPT 2009 NAME: Mohammed Ahmed Salman AL SAEEDI POSITION: LTC Iraqi Air Force DOB: 26 OCT 1961 TYPE OF TRAINING: International Flight Safety TRAINING LOCATION: Defense Language Institute, San Antonio, TX and Kirtland Air Force Base DATES OF TRAINING: 01 APRIL 2009 - 20 SEPT 2009 BUTENIS