HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW FOR DOD FUNDED TRAINING

UNCLAS KUWAIT 000083 SIPDIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PHUM PREL MARR MASS KU SUBJECT: HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW FOR DOD FUNDED TRAINING ACTIVITIES- KUWAIT MARINE FORCES ¶1. This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see para 2. ¶2. Post requests the Department's assistance in performing human rights vetting for the following unit and unit commander of the Kuwait Marine Forces, who have been selected to participate in a CENTCOM-sponsored Joint Combined Exchange Training (JCET) o/a 7 March 2010 - 3 April 2010, pursuant to the Leahy Amendment and Foreign Assistance Act. At this time Post possesses no credible information of human rights violations by the unit or its commander. ¶3. Unit: Kuwait Marine Forces. Unit Commander: AL MULLA, Ahmad Y A A T. Location: Kuwait City, Kuwait. ********************************************* ********* For more reporting from Embassy Kuwait, visit: visit Kuwait's Classified Website at: http://www.intelink.sgov.gov/wiki/Portal:Kuwa it ********************************************* ********* JONES