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Cablegate: Human Rights Vetting for Us Sponsored Patrol Boat Training,

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SUBJECT: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED PATROL BOAT TRAINING,
USA - GROUP 1

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 Ministry of Defense (MOD) who have been
nominated to attend the Patrol Boat Training Course during the
period 12 April through 10 July 2010; training location - Morgan
City, LA, USA.

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

FULL NAME: Ghaffer Jabbar ABDULZAHRA
POSITION: PVT/Iragi Navy/MOD
DOB: 07 July 1987

FULL NAME: Hayder ABBOOD NASER ALIDAN
POSITION: PFC/Iragi Navy/MOD
DOB: 06 March 1984

FULL NAME: Hussein Suhail Salih AL KHARSAN
POSITION: PVT/Iragi Navy/MOD
DOB: 01 June 1985

FULL NAME: Hbeeb Kareem B Shara BSHARA
POSITION: LT/Iragi Navy/MOD
DOB: 30 June 1981


FULL NAME: Hayder Naser Hamdan ALSHAWI
POSITION: PVT/Iragi Navy/MOD
DOB: 01 January 1989

FULL NAME: Ihab Dawood Kadhim KADHIM
POSITION: PVT/Iragi Navy/MOD
DOB: 01 March 1987

FULL NAME: Hamada Adil Abdulrazzaq AL DHAYDAN
POSITION: PVT/Iragi Navy/MOD
DOB: 09 July 1985

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FULL NAME: Husam Abdulhammeed Hameed AL GHATRANI
POSITION: LT/Iragi Navy/MOD
DOB: 23 August 1982

FULL NAME: Layth Abdulsattar ABDULJABBAR
POSITION: PVT/Iragi Navy/MOD
DOB: 02 September 1969

FULL NAME: Hayder Abdulraheem Abdulwahid AL SAEED
POSITION: SSGT/Iragi Navy/MOD
DOB: 01 January 1969

FULL NAME: Husan Shakir MAHDI
POSITION: PVT/Iragi Navy/MOD
DOB: 20 January 1985

FULL NAME: Mazin Talib Mahdi MAHDI
POSITION: LT/Iragi Navy/MOD

DOB: 17 February 1982


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