US embassy cable - 05BANGKOK3313

UNCLAS BANGKOK 003313 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR EAP/BCLTV, L/EAP, L/PM, PM/ISO, INR AND DRL 
PACOM FOR FPA HUSO, JIATF/WEST FOR COMMANDER BUSCH 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: MASS, MARR, MOPS, PREL, PHUM, TH, HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING 
SUBJECT: EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR: 
 DEFENSE INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL LEGAL STUDIES (DIILS), 
"HUMAN RIGHTS/LOAC", MAY 16-20, 2005 
 
REF: A. JUSMAG-THAI MEMO DATED 2 MAY 2005 
 
     B. STATE 021314 - GUIDANCE 
     C. 03 STATE 34981 - GUIDANCE 
 
1.  This is an action request. 
 
2.  JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State 
Department complete human rights vetting for units that have 
been selected to participate in the DIILS, "Human 
Rights/LOAC" course scheduled from May 16 - 20, 2005.  To 
meet internal DOD advance deployment deadlines, they have 
requested that the review of human rights reports and files 
be completed no later than MAY 20,2005, if possible. 
 
3.  Participants in the Exercise are as follows: 
 
2nd Cavalry Division 
Special Warfare Center/Command 
 
3.  Post has recent information indicating that 7 individuals 
from the 2nd Cavalry Division and 11 persons from the Special 
Warfare Command have links to human rights abuses.  Post 
determined that none of those persons will participate in the 
Human Rights Course described in this message and thus 
cleared the units for human rights vetting purposes. 
ARVIZU