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E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL IZ
SUBJECT: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING 
FOR ISSA HAMEED AHMED, SHALLAL HABEEB RASOOL AL-RUBAYE, RAHIM NAEEM 
HWIEN AL-DALMY, JASIM FAISAL HUSSEIN, MOHAMMED HASSOMI HUSSEIN, 
KAREEM NEAMAH ABED WASSAF, ISMAEL MOHAMMED SELBI, SAAD RIDHA MOUSA 
ABU ALHAB 
 
 
¶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 
eight (8) 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:  Issa Hameed AHMED 
POSITION:  Colonel, Iraqi Army 
DOB:  February 1, 1957 
TYPE OF TRAINING:  AMC Depot Tour to U.S. 
TRAINING LOCATION: Texarkaran, TX and Anniston, AL 
DATES OF TRAINING: March 8, 2008 to March 30, 2008 
 
NAME:  Shallal Habeeb RASOOL Al-Rubaye 
POSITION:  Brigadier General, Iraqi Army 
DOB:  August 28, 1959 
TYPE OF TRAINING:  AMC Depot Tour to U.S. 
TRAINING LOCATION: Texarkaran, TX and Anniston, AL 
DATES OF TRAINING: March 8, 2008 to March 30, 2008 
 
NAME:  Rahim Naeem HWIEN Al-Dalmy 
POSITION:  Brigadier General, Iraqi Army 
DOB:  July 1, 1956 
TYPE OF TRAINING:  AMC Depot Tour to U.S. 
TRAINING LOCATION: Texarkaran, TX and Anniston, AL 
DATES OF TRAINING: March 8, 2008 to March 30, 2008 
 
NAME:  Jasim Faisal HUSSEIN 
POSITION:  Major, Iraqi Army 
DOB:  January 15, 1964 
TYPE OF TRAINING:  AMC Depot Tour to U.S. 
TRAINING LOCATION: Texarkaran, TX and Anniston, AL 
DATES OF TRAINING: March 8, 2008 to March 30, 2008 
 
NAME:  Mohammed Hassomi HUSSEIN 
POSITION:  Colonel, Iraqi Army 
DOB:  December 8, 1962 
TYPE OF TRAINING:  AMC Depot Tour to U.S. 
TRAINING LOCATION: Texarkaran, TX and Anniston, AL 
DATES OF TRAINING: March 8, 2008 to March 30, 2008 
 
NAME:  Kareem Neamah ABED Wassaf 
POSITION:  Colonel, Iraqi Army 
DOB:  January 1, 1962 
TYPE OF TRAINING:  AMC Depot Tour to U.S. 
TRAINING LOCATION: Texarkaran, TX and Anniston, AL 
DATES OF TRAINING: March 8, 2008 to March 30, 2008 
 
NAME:  Ismael Mohammed SELBI 
POSITION:  Colonel, Iraqi Army 
DOB:  January 3, 1963 
TYPE OF TRAINING:  AMC Depot Tour to U.S. 
TRAINING LOCATION: Texarkaran, TX and Anniston, AL 
 
DATES OF TRAINING: March 8, 2008 to March 30, 2008 
 
NAME:  Saad Ridha MOUSA Abu Alhab 
POSITION:  Colonel, Iraqi Army 
DOB:  May 31, 1965 
TYPE OF TRAINING:  AMC Depot Tour to U.S. 
TRAINING LOCATION: Texarkaran, TX and Anniston, AL 
DATES OF TRAINING: March 8, 2008 to March 30, 2008 
 
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