HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S. SPONSORED TRAINING

UNCLAS STATE 054785 SIPDIS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL POLM SUBJECT: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S. SPONSORED TRAINING FOR AL-HAMAMI REF: BAGHDAD 1327 ¶1. (U) The Department has reviewed its files and finds that it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the member of the Iraqi Security Forces listed below. Department strongly suggests that a visa application for this individual be filed with as much time as possible to allow for additional processing procedures that may be required. Note that if, at any time, the Embassy becomes aware of any information regarding incidents which could be deemed to be credible information of a gross violation of human rights by this individual, the Embassy should so inform the Department. ¶2. (SBU) The name of the proposed candidate is as follows: NAME: Mohammed Ziad Mohammed Rashad Dawood AL-HAMAMI POSITION: Staff Colonel, Ministry of Defense DOB: January 29, 1962 TYPE OF TRAINING: English Language Training; Army War College TRAINING LOCATION: Lackland Air Force Base, TX, USA; Army War College, Carlisle, PA, USA DATES OF TRAINING: June 17, 2009 - December 17, 2009 CLINTON