Cablegate: Human Rights Vetting for Us Sponsored Training

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TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 5349

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E.O. 12958: N/A
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SUBJECT: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING
FOR HUSSEIN SALEEM ABDULMAHDI AND TALIB SHAGHATI MSHARI

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 of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for
training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information.

3. The names of the proposed candidates are as follows:

NAME: Hussein Saleem Abdulmahdi AL-MUDHAFAR
POSITION: Brigadier General, Iraqi Army
DOB: June 21, 1957
TYPE OF TRAINING: Senior Executive Seminar to Combat Terrorism
TRAINING LOCATION: Near East Southern Asia, Center for Strategic
Studies, Washington, DC
DATES OF TRAINING: March 3, 2008 to March 14, 2008

NAME: Talib Shaghati MSHARI
POSITION: Lieutenant General, Iraqi Army
DOB: June 21, 1957
TYPE OF TRAINING: Senior Executive Seminar to Combat Terrorism
TRAINING LOCATION: Near East Southern Asia, Center for Strategic
Studies, Washington, DC
DATES OF TRAINING: March 3, 2008 to March 14, 2008

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