Cablegate: Human Rights Vetting for Us Sponsored Training

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SUBJECT: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING
FOR ABDULHASAN AND AL-TAMEEMI

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: Abbas Flayyih ABDULHASA
POSITION: Colonel, Iraqi Army
DOB: May 18, 1960
TYPE OF TRAINING: NESA Counter Terrorism Seminar
TRAINING LOCATION: NESA, Washington, DC
DATES OF TRAINING: April 29 to May 15, 2008

NAME: Munaf Abbas Ali AL-TAMEEMI
POSITION: Major General. Iraqi Army
DOB: July 27, 1951
TYPE OF TRAINING: NESA Counter Terrorism Seminar
TRAINING LOCATION: NESA, Washington, DC
DATES OF TRAINING: April 29 to May 15, 2008

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