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Cablegate: Human Rights Vetting for Alaaragy and Al-Sodani

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SUBJECT: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ALAARAGY AND AL-SODANI

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 participate in the Sovereign Challenge at Special
Operations Command in Tampa, Florida. This course is scheduled for
March 8-11, 2010. This is a retransmit of a message lost in the
system. Please expedite this request.

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

NAME: Ismael AL-SODANI
DOB: 23 August 1962
Position: Defense Attach
Current Location: Embassy of Iraq, Washington DC

NAME: Ali ALAARAGY
DOB: 26 May 1963
Position: Defense Attach
Current Location: Embassy of Iraq, Washington DC

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