HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S SPONSORED TRAINING

UNCLAS STATE 093582 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 SHARSHAHI REF: BAGHDAD 2109 ¶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: Ali Kareem Hamdi AL-SHARSHAHI POSITION: First Lietenant/Pilot/Iraqi Air Force/Ministry of Defense DOB: August 21, 1983 TYPE OF TRAINING: English Language Training/Pilot Training TRAINING LOCATION: Defense Language Institute, Lackland, AFB, TX/Columbus AFB, MS DATES OF TRAINING: October 7, 2009 - December 15, 2010 CLINTON