Cablegate: Request for Human Rights Vetting for Us Sponsored

VZCZCXYZ0027
OO RUEHWEB

DE RUEHGB #3964 3401116
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
O 061116Z DEC 07
FM AMEMBASSY BAGHDAD
TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 4691

UNCLAS BAGHDAD 003964

SIPDIS

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV MOPS PINS PHUM PREL IZ
SUBJECT: REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED
TRAINING FOR KHALEEL

1. (U) This is an action request.

2. (U) Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act,
post request the Department's assistance in screening the
following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have
been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no
derogatory information.

3. (U) Names of the proposed candidates are as follows:

NAME: Alaa Hussein KHALEEL
POSITION: Colonel, Iraqi Army
DOB: March 9, 1961
TYPE OF TRAINING: Officer Training
TRAINING LOCATION: Army War College, Carlisle, PA
DATES OF TRAINING: December 12 to 17, 2007

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