Cablegate: Human Rights Vetting for Us Sponsored Training

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SUBJECT: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING
FOR CHALLAB

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: Hadi Sarheed Challab CHALLAB

POSITION: LT Colonel/Iraqi Army/Counter Terrorism Bureau

DOB: 06 February 1970

TYPE OF TRAINING: Civil Military Response to Terrorism

TRAINING LOCATION: Amman, Jordan

DATES OF TRAINING: 15-21 November 2009

4. Please expedite one-day turn around as this case is time
sensitive and imperative to funding.

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