HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S SPONSORED TRAINING

UNCLAS STATE 066048 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 AZEEZ REF: BAGHDAD 1428 ¶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: Amer Mohammed Azeez AZEEZ POSITION: LTC, Coordination Officer, Iraqi Army, Counter Terrorism Bureau DOB: Feb 1 1960 TYPE OF TRAINING: Comprehensive Crisis Management TRAINING LOCATION: Asia Pacific Center, Honolulu, HI, U.S.A. DATES OF TRAINING: August 19 2009 - September 22 2009 CLINTON