SOMALIA - VETTING REQUEST FOR ASWJ CENTRAL SOMALIA

C O N F I D E N T I A L NAIROBI 001536 SIPDIS DEPT FOR AF/E AND ACTING A/S CARTER E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/15/2019 TAGS: PGOV PREL PHUM PINR SO SUBJECT: SOMALIA - VETTING REQUEST FOR ASWJ CENTRAL SOMALIA FIELD COMMANDERS REF: NAIROBI 1244 Classified By: Somalia Unit Counselor Bob Patterson for reasons 1.4(b) and (d) ¶1. (C) Post requests the Department's assistance in Leahy vetting the following Somali Ahlu Sunna Wal-Jamma (ASWJ) field commanders. Screening these commanders now will facilitate the Somali Transitional Federal Government's (TFG) possible future provision of U.S.-origin security assistance to ASWJ, per a mutual support agreement the government and ASWJ signed on June 21, 2009 (reftel). The people in paragraph two represent the ASWJ military command structure for Central Somalia. Post has found no derogatory information on these individuals. ¶2. (C) The individuals are (last name, first name, date of birth, job title): Yusuf, Sadiq Sheikh, 02/12/1966, Commander Mohamed, Adan (Adan Dheere),1964, Second Commander Cusman, Shafici Ma'lim, 1968, Commander for Logistics Adan, Mohamed Faarah, 1970, Captain/Transportation Rouble, Abdirahman Yusuf, 1969, Captain/Intelligence Rouble, Adan Ali, 1975, Captain/Training Saalah, Umar Sheikh, 1978, Captain/Administration ¶3. (SBU) POC is Chanda Creasy, creasycm@state.sgov.gov. ABELL