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FM AMEMBASSY BAGHDAD
TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 2846

UNCLAS BAGHDAD 001112 
 
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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 C-130 Co-Pilot Training (8 persons) 
 
¶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.  Post has no derogatory information. 
 
¶3.  The names of the proposed candidates follow: 
 
NAME:  Hasan Ghalib HUSSEIN 
POSITON:  First LT, Iraqi Air Force, Ministry of Defense 
DOB:  18 Apr 1977 
 
NAME:  Ghassan Mohammed Wajih AHMED 
POSITON:  LTC, Iraqi Air Force, Ministry of Defense 
DOB:  23 Aug 1965 
 
NAME:  Mustafa Mohammed Jameel AL-OBAIDI 
POSITION:  MAJ, Iraqi Air Force, Ministry of Defense 
DOB:  14 Nov 1974 
 
 
NAME:  Thaer Ismael Hussein AL-SAMARRAI 
POSITION:  LTC, Iraqi Air Force, Ministry of Defense 
DOB:  26 Aug 1974 
 
NAME:  Abdulazeez Khadim ZGHAIR 
POSITION:  First LT, Iraqi Air Force, Ministry of Defense 
DOB:  25 Aug 1974 
 
NAME:  Habib Kadhim Jwaid AL-JABERI 
POSITION:  LTC, Iraqi Air Force, Ministry of Defense 
DOB:  01 Jul 1965 
 
NAME:  Dheyaa Abd Abdullah AL RUBAYE 
POSITION:  LTC, Iraqi Air Force, Ministry of Defense 
DOB:  21 Nov 1967 
 
NAME:  Amjed Thamer Shamkhi SHAMKHI 
POSITION:  First LT, Iraqi Air Force, Ministry of Defense 
DOB:  01 Aug 1978 
 
¶4.  TYPE OF TRAINING:  English Language, C-130, King Air Pilot 
Training 
 
¶5.  DATE OF TRAINING:  20 May 2009 - 20 July 2010 
 
¶6.  TRAINING LOCATION:  DLIELC, Lackland, Air orce Base, Texas and 
the Nashville Air National Guard, TN. 
 
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