Cablegate: Human Rights Vetting for Us Sponsored Training

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SUBJECT: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING
FOR ARAB

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: Abdulameer Abass Ali ARAB

POSITION: MG, Assistant Deputy Minister, Ministry of Interior

DOB: 01 July 1954

TYPE OF TRAINING: Seminar at Penn State University and Thunderbird
Business School

TRAINING LOCATION: University Park, PA, Glendale, AZ

DATES OF TRAINING: 02-19 December 2009

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