HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ALAARAGY AND AL-SODANI

UNCLAS BAGHDAD 000377 SIPDIS PLEASE PASS NEA-I E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL IZ SUBJECT: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ALAARAGY AND AL-SODANI ¶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 participate in the Sovereign Challenge at Special Operations Command in Tampa, Florida. This course is scheduled for March 8-11, 2010. This is a retransmit of a message lost in the system. Please expedite this request. ¶3. The names of the proposed candidates are as follows: NAME: Ismael AL-SODANI DOB: 23 August 1962 Position: Defense Attach Current Location: Embassy of Iraq, Washington DC NAME: Ali ALAARAGY DOB: 26 May 1963 Position: Defense Attach Current Location: Embassy of Iraq, Washington DC HILL