HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S SPONSORED TRAINING

UNCLAS STATE 055515 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 FAKHRI REF: BAGHDAD 1356 ¶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: Raed Kamal Fakhri FAKHRI POSITION: Sergeant/ICTF Assaulter/Iraq Special Forces Operations Force DOB: March 21, 1984 TYPE OF TRAINING: International Special Forces Training Course TRAINING LOCATION: May 26, 2009 - September 10, 2009 DATES OF TRAINING: Fort Bragg, NC, USA CLINTON