HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S.-SPONSORED TRAINING

UNCLAS STATE 015161 SIPDIS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PHUM MASS IZ SUBJECT: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S.-SPONSORED TRAINING FOR KAREEM, DEFENSE LANGUAGE COMBINED LOGISTICS CAPTAINS CAREER COURSE REF: BAGHDAD 248 ¶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 lead 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: FULL NAME: Ammar Salim KAREEM POSITION: 1LT/Maintenance Company/Iraqi Special Operations Force/Counter Terrorism Service DOB: Jul 23, 1982 TYPE OF TRAINING: Defense Language Combined Logistics Captains Career Course DATES OF TRAINING: March 24, 2010 - December 17, 2010 TRAINING LOCATION: Lackland AFB, TX/Ft Lee, VA CLINTON