Cablegate: Human Rights Vetting for Us Sponsored Training

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TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 6541

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E.O. 12958: N/A
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SUBJECT: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING
FOR BASIM SHANAN GHALAK AL YASIRI

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: Basim Shanan Ghalak AL YASIRI
POSITION: Colonel, Iraqi Army,
DOB: July 1, 1963
TYPE OF TRAINING: Special Operations / Combating Terrorism
TRAINING LOCATION: Hurlbert Field AFB, Florida
DATES OF TRAINING: May 3 to 16, 2008

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