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Cablegate: Human Rights Vetting for Us Sponsored Training

Published: Tue 22 Jan 2008 03:15 PM
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SUBJECT: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING
FOR ALAA HUSSEIN KHALEEL AL SHAIKHLI
REF: Baghdad 3964
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: Alaa Hussein Khaleel AL SHAIKHLI
POSITION: Colonel, Iraqi Army
DOB: March 9, 1961
TYPE OF TRAINING: English Language Course, International Fellows
Orientation
TRAINING LOCATION: Lackland AFB, San Antonio, Texas and Army War
College, Carlisle, PA
DATES OF TRAINING: February 15, 2008 to June 6, 2009
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