HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING

UNCLAS BAGHDAD 000992 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-AMEERI and YASEEN ¶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 candidates follow: NAME: Ameed Fadhil Hamad AL-AMEERI POSITION: LTC, Deputy Commander, ISOF Battalion, Counter Terrorism Bureau DOB: 22 SEP 1967 TYPE OF TRAINING: UAE Special Operations Combating Terrorism TRAINING LOCATION: USSOCCENT UAE Special Operations Command, Dubai, United Arab Emirates DATES OF TRAINING: 19-30 APR 2009 NAME: Osama Abd Taresh YASEEN POSITION: LTC, Deputy Commander, ISOF Battalion, Counter Terrorism Bureau DOB: 15 DEC 1973 TYPE OF TRAINING: UAE Special Operations Combating Terrorism TRAINING LOCATION: USSOCCENT UAE Special Operations Command, Dubai, United Arab Emirates DATES OF TRAINING: 19-30 APR 2009 BUTENIS