JORDAN LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE FOR JAF OFFICERS

UNCLAS STATE 124405 SENSITIVE SIPDIS AMMAN FOR POST LEAHY VETTING OFFICER M. CRIFO E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: ASEC PHUM JO SUBJECT: JORDAN LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE FOR JAF OFFICERS TRAINING, 15 DECEMBER 2009 REF: AMMAN 2560 ¶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 Armed Forces officers have been selected to participate in, or are considered alternates for, a U.S.-sponsored training, scheduled to begin 15-Dec-2009 in the U.S. The names of the candidates follow in "rank, name, city of birth (in Jordan),birth date" format: 1, COL, Ali Awwad Yousef Al Sharqi, Yarqa, 10-JUN-1964 2, COL, Mansour Basheer Saleh Al Khaliefat, Wadi Sseer, 18-APR-1966 3, MAJ, Osama Ahmad (Mohammad Ali) Al Kasani, Zarqa, 09-SEP-1969 4, LTC, Khalid Ali Ahmad Al Duneibat, Jdaida, 05-JAN-1967 5, LT, Tariq Mohammad Ali Na'amneh, Irbid, 11-JUN-1985 6, MAJ, Ali Falah Fadel Khawaldeh, Hayyan Ruwaybid, 01-JUN-1976 7, CAPT, Saleh Mustafa Khalaf Bani Fares, Amman, 26-JUN-1978 8, BGN, Muammad M. M. Awwad, Aima, 04-JAN-1955 ¶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