JORDAN LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE FOR JORDANIAN

UNCLAS STATE 101846 SENSITIVE SIPDIS EMBASSY AMMAN FOR POST LEAHY VETTING OFFICER M. CRIFO E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: ASEC PHUM JO SUBJECT: JORDAN LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE FOR JORDANIAN OFFICERS, OCTOBER 2009 - FEBRUARY 2010 REF: AMMAN 2090 ¶1. (SBU) In response to reftel Leahy vetting request, the Department has reviewed its files and finds it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the Jordanian officials listed below. Please note that if at any time the Embassy becomes aware of information regarding incidents which could be deemed to be credible information of a gross violation of human rights by these individuals, the Embassy should so inform the Department. ¶2. (SBU) The following Jordanian military officials have been selected to participate in, or are considered alternates for, U.S.-sponsored training, scheduled to take place over the next six months in the U.S. The names of the candidates that follow are listed below in "rank, name, city of birth (in Jordan),date of birth" format: Royal Jordanian Air Force (RJAF) Official: MAJ, Laith M.D. Hanandeh, Amman, 18-FEB-1977 Jordanian Armed Forces (JAF) Officials: 1, 2LT, Khaled Mohammed Al Roud, Amman, 28-DEC-1986 2, CPT, Ali Defallah Saleem, Amman, 26-FEB-1980 3, CPT, Diya Mohammed Yousef Al Mughayyir, Irbid, 16-NOV-1977 4, LTC, Talal Yousef Mohammad Al Balawneh, Balawna, 01-AUG-1967 5, CPT, Mohammad Ali Barakat Al Azzam, Irbid, 03-JUN-1981 6, MAJ, Mustapha Mohammad Hussein Al Qatawna, Karak, 17-MAY-1974 7, LTC, Mahmoud Zidan Sa'ed Al Shwarbeh, Ruseifa, 07-MAY-1970 8, MAJ, Omar Abedalqader Husein Al Rabab'a, Shajara, 01-DEC-1971 9, CPT, Ahmad Jamil Khalaf Al Sarayrah, Sul, 08-AUG-1978 10, MAJ, Husam Nwaiser Ali Al Mara'beh, Zarqa, 05-JUL-1972 11, 1LT, Rami Jamal Al Moqasqah, Irbid, 20-OCT-1981 12, MAJ, Mohammad Abdallh Al Tawalbeh, Madaba, 01-NOV-1974 13, CPT, Mohammad Ahmad Hasan Al Jaa'bani, Souf, 04-JAN-1978 14, MAJ, Ahmad Tal'at Rasheed Shehaltough, WadiSeer, 25-JAN-1972 15, MAJ, Ja'far Mamdouh Oqleh Al Tahat, Kitta, 01-JUN-1975 16, 1LT, Emad Hashem Abdallah Al Zweri, Mqarieh, 13-JAN-1984 17, MAJ, Mohammad Samih Mufleh Awawdeh, Irbid, 21-MAR-1974 18, CPT, Mohammad Yousef Daoud Baniomar, Halawa, 26-OCT-1979 19, MAJ, Osama Naser Mohammad Okour, Irbid, 03-OCT-1973 20, MAJ, Ali Daifallah Al Adwan, Salt, 07-APR-1972 21, LTC, Mamdoh Suleiman Hussein Al Ameri, Mashari', 22-JUN-1966 22, CPT, Zeyad Ibrahim Hussein Mheidat, Zarqa, 16-NOV-1976 23, CPT, Ala'a Al Habahbeh, Amman, 01-FEB-1978 24, WO, Mohanad T. Tawalbeh, Irbid, 13-MAR-1973 25, MAJ, Mohammad Abdallah Fayad Al Tawalbeh, Dulayat Hamaidah,01-NOV-1974 ¶3. (SBU) Post is permitted to provide the following statement to authorized parties: Embassy verifies that the Department of State possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the individuals identified in paragraph 2 above, as of this date. Post may cite this cable in response. CLINTON