Cablegate: Human Rights Vetting for Us Sponsored Training
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TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 5017
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SUBJECT: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING
FOR AL MOHAMMED ALI
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 from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for
training in the United States.
3. The name of the proposed candidate follows:
NAME: Hussein Radhi Mohammed Ali MOHAMMED ALI
POSITION: Colonel/Deputy of First ISOF/Iraqi Army/Iraqi Special
Operation Forces
DOB: 15 September 1961
TYPE OF TRAINING: NESA Course Symposium
TRAINING LOCATION: NESA Center/Washington D.C.
DATES OF TRAINING: 18-21 October 2009
4. Please expedite one-day turn around as this case is time
sensitive and imperative to funding.
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