Cablegate: Human Rights Vetting for Us Sponsored Training

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SUBJECT: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING
FOR AL ZUBAIDI

1. This is an action request. Please expedite as course start date
is September 19, 2009.

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: Abdulrazzaq Mahmood Kadhim AL-ZUBAIDI

POSITION: Section Director of Dissertation and Research, Iraqi
Army, Counter Terrorism Bureau

DOB: 01 January 1954

TYPE OF TRAINING: Civil Military Response to Terrorism

TRAINING LOCATION: Amman, Jordan

DATES OF TRAINING: 19 September - 24 September 2009

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