HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING

UNCLAS BAGHDAD 000330 SIPDIS PLEASE PASS NEA-I E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL IZ SUBJECT: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING ¶1. This is an action request. ¶2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates from the Iraqi Ministry of Defense (MOD) who have been nominated to attend the Defense Institute of Security Assistance Management (DISAM) Course during the period 12 March through 12 April 2010; training location - Wright Patterson AFB, OH, USA. ¶3. The names of the proposed candidates are as follows: FULL NAME: Abdulkareem Saddam Khaleefah SWIDI POSITION: Director General/Central Auditing/MOD DOB: 06 January 1959 FULL NAME: Mohammed Daher Shakir Mahmood AL OBAIDI POSITION: Chief/FMS Opns Ctr/Budget/Aquisitions/MOD DOB: 09 January 1953 FULL NAME: Dkeyya Abduljabbar Saeed AL BAZZAZ POSITION: Director General/Armanment and Supply/MOD DOB: 01 July 1952 FULL NAME: Kareem Mohammed Salloom AL-DAFFAIE POSITION: Logistics Follow Up Officer/M4/MOD DOB: 03 April 1961 FULL NAME: Mahmood Hasan Mahmood AL-HAYALI POSITION: Director General/Programs and Budget/MOD DOB: 01 July 1955 ¶4. Due to short timeframe, request candidates' screenings be expedited. HILL