HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING

UNCLAS BAGHDAD 000065 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 SHAWKAT - CORRECTED COPY WITH TRAINING LOCATION ¶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: Amer Abdulameer Hussein SHAWKAT POSITION: Colonel, Counterterrrorism Command, Logistics DOB: January 07, 1963 TYPE OF TRAINING: International Defense Management Course TRAINING LOCATION: Defense Resources Management Institute, Monterey, CA DATES OF TRAINING: 30 January 2009 - 12 June 2009 Please note - the course he was suppose to attend is supposed to begin January 30th; however he will not be traveling until the response for the Leahy vetting is received at Post. His visa processing is also still pending. CROCKER