HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING

UNCLAS BAGHDAD 000066 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 BAYATY ¶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: Mahmood Fadhil Masyab AL BAYATY POSITION: Director General, National Security Council DOB: February 01, 1951 TYPE OF TRAINING: Senior Executive Seminar TRAINING LOCATION: Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies, Washington DC DATES OF TRAINING: February 23 - March 6, 2009 CROCKER