HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING

UNCLAS BAGHDAD 000961 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 AQEEL ¶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: Aqeel Ismael MALIK POSITION: COL Iraqi Ministry of Defense, Surgeon General's Office DOB: 19 JUN 1964 TYPE OF TRAINING: Preventive Military Medicine Training TRAINING LOCATION: San Antonio, TX DATES OF TRAINING: 24 MAY 2009 - 24 JUL 2009 BUTENIS