JORDAN LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE FOR ATA COURSE 6903

UNCLAS STATE 002875 SENSITIVE SIPDIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: JO KCRM MASS PHUM PREL SUBJECT: JORDAN LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE FOR ATA COURSE 6903 REF: AMMAN 00013 ¶1. (SBU) In response to referenced 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 officials listed in reftel are scheduled to attend US-sponsored Anti-Terrorism Assistance (ATA) program training, course 6903, Instructor Development Course, to begin January 25, 2009, at the Jordan International Police Training Center (JIPTC) in Muwaqqar, Jordan. The names of the candidates follow in "rank, name, city of birth (in Jordan),year of birth" format: 1) LTC, SAMEER SABER HSSIN BAKEER, AMMAN, 2/8/1966 2) MAJ, MONTASER MANSOUR MOHAMMAD OBAIDAT, AMMAN, 6/2/1962 3) MAJ, YAZAN YHYA ABDELRAHMAN ALJARRAH, IRBID, 8/3/1976 4) MAJ, HABIS JUMA SWUEILEM AL HAWAWSHEH, MADABA, 9/5/1973 5) MAJ, IBRAHEEM MOHAMMAD SULIEMAN ALMAJALI, KARAK, 8/22/1964 6) MAJ, TAYSEER AHMAD FADEL ALJAMALIH, MADABA, 1/24/1975 7) LTC, OMAYA ALI HUSSAIN ALHORANI, AMMAN, 10/13/1962 8) LTC, ISSA MUSTAFA ISSA ALDALAHMEH, KARAK, 2/10/1967 9) LTC, TAMIR SALEEM DIAB MAAYTA, AMMAN, 6/2/1969 10) LTC, HATEM ISMAIL DABAN ALMWAJDEH, KARAK, 11/5/1966 11) MAJ, KHALDOON AHMAD HUSSEIN AZZAM, IRBID, 1/16/1967 12) MAJ, ATALLAH AYID HUDHOOD ALKHLAIF, TALLOZA, 2/20/1967 13) LTC, MAJED ABDELSALAM HAMAD BODUR, AMMAN, 5/18/1966 14) LTC, ABDULLAH MOUSA MISHHAN ABUKARAKI, MAAN, 10/1/1964 15) LTC, ZAIDOUN WALID ALI ALNWEIRAN, AMMAN, 8/1/1970 16) MAJ, HAMAD TALEB MOHAMMAD ALMASSAEED, MAFRAQ, 4/5/1964 17) CAPT, ABDALLAH AHMAD SALIM ALSOODE, TAFILA, 2/21/1966 18) MAJ, JAMAL BARAKAT MAMDOH ALJAZI, MAAN, 6/1/1973 19) LTC, ABDELMAJED MOHAMMAD ALI AL QUDAH, AJLOUN, 11/1/1961 20) 2NDLT, TAREQ ABDALLAH ABD ALAZEZ AL KFAAWEN, AMMAN, 10/2/1986 21) 2NDLT, AHMAD ABDALKARIM SALIM AL-DA'JA, AMMAN, 10/28/1972 22) WO, TAWFEEQ AHMAD TAWFEEQ THATHA, ZARQA, 9/2/1975 ¶3. (U) 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. RICE