JORDAN LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE FOR ATA COURSE

UNCLAS STATE 068240 SENSITIVE SIPDIS PASS TO LEAHY VETTING OFFICER MARIO CRIFO E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: ASEC MASS PHUM PREL JO SUBJECT: JORDAN LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE FOR ATA COURSE 6960, TACTICAL COMMANDER COURSE, 12 JULY 2009 REF: AMMAN 1442 ¶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 officials have been selected to participate, or are considered alternates, for the U.S.-sponsored "Tactical Commander Course," to begin July 12, 2009 in Amman, Jordan. The names of the candidates that follow are listed below in "rank, name, city of birth (in Jordan),date of birth" format: 1) LTC, HUSSEEIN AHMAD MOHAMMAD AL DAMAISEH, ZARQA, 9-Apr-1968 2) MAJ, JAMAL ABD ELRAHMAN SOLAYMAN AL QDAA, AJLON, 7-Jan-1968 3) MAJ, IBRAHIM AHMAD MOHAMMAD AL HYARI, SALT, 20-Jul-1974 4) CPAT, SAMI ADNAN SULEIMAN AL ZU'BI, IRBID, 19-Mar-1975 5) CAPT, SA'AD AHMAD SA'AD BATAINEH, AMMAN, 3-Jul-1977 6) 1STLU, THAER MOHAMMAD ALI AL YAWANSEH, IRBID, 3-May-1970 7) 1STLU, MOHAMMAD RABHAN KHALAF AL MASHAGBA, MAFRAQ, 20-Mar-1980 8) 2NDLU, NASSER SULEIMAN QATASH AL MADARMEH, MAFRAQ, 1-Jun-1984 9) 2NDLU, JAMAL MAHMOUD ESA AL NAWAFLEH, MAAN, 8-Jun-1984 10) 2NDLU, ALI MOHAMMAD SALEH AL NOGROSH, IRBID, 30-Aug-1985 11) 2NDLU, AYMAN OBED ALLAH EYADEH AL KAABNEH, MADABA, 26-Jan-1985 12) 2NDLU, MOHAMMAD FAYYAD EFAN AL HEDBAN, MAAN, 16-Dec-1985 13) 2NDLU, MOHAMMAD .K. BANI KHALED, MAFRAQ, 18-Apr-1985 14) 2NDLU, AIMAN SALEH KALAF EBNAYYAN, AMMAN, 2-Apr-1985 15) 2NDLU, YOUSEF ABD AL RAHMAN SOLAIMAN AL DARABAH, KARAK, 1-Feb-1984 16) 2NDLU, QASEEM ABD AL RAZAQ QASEEM AL BSOOL, IRBID, 5-Jan-1976 17) MAJ, JABER MUSA NIMER ESLAIMIA, KHALIL, 30-Jun-1966 18) 2NDLU, NAWAF ALI MUNAIZEL AL GHWAIRI, ZARQA, 10-Sep-1976 19) MAJ, NASER HASSAN YOUSEF MAGABLEH, JARASH, 10-Oct-1964 20) 2NDLU, OMAR SALEM METEB AL HARAHSHEH, MAFRAQ, 6-Dec-1973 21) CAPT, MAZIN FAHED ABED AL NSOOR, SALT, 29-Jun-1978 22) 1STLU, HSAIN SLAIMAN MSALLAM AL ADAMAT, MAFRAQ, 15-Mar-1971 23) MAJ, ABED ALMUTI ABED AL RAHMAN ABED ALGUNI AL MASSAFA, AMMAN, 2-Oct-1963 24) MAJ, KHALID IBRAHEM LAFEE AL MAAYTAH, ZARQA, 14-Mar-1968 25) 1STLU, SOLIMAN MOHAMD FALH AL HAJAYA, KARAK, 1-Mar-1983 ¶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