US embassy cable - 05BAGHDAD2859

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Identifier:	05BAGHDAD2859
Wikileaks:	View 05BAGHDAD2859 at Wikileaks.org
Origin:	Embassy Baghdad
Created:	2005-07-07 17:47:00
Classification:	CONFIDENTIAL
Tags:	PREL PINS MASS IZ FR Security National Assembly
Redacted:	This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.

C O N F I D E N T I A L BAGHDAD 002859 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/06/2010 
TAGS: PREL, PINS, MASS, IZ, FR, Security, National Assembly 
SUBJECT: IRAQI DELEGATION TO EVALUATE FRENCH TRAINING OFFER 
 
REF: PARIS 04043 
 
Classified By: Charge d' Affaires David M. Satterfield for reason 1.4 ( 
 
b) 
 
 1. (C//REL AUS, GB) Minister of State for National Security 
Abdul Kareem Al An'zi will lead an Iraqi Transitional 
Government (ITG) delegation to France within the next two 
weeks to evaluate the long-standing French security training 
offer.  Al An'zi told us July 7 that French officials had 
renewed their offer in a direct approach to the ITG 
delegation at the recent Brussels conference. 
 
2. (C//REL AUS, GB, FR) Al An'zi reiterated the ITG's 
preference that all training programs, including any 
sponsored by France, be located in Iraq.  He implied his 
government's reluctance to pay the travel and per diem 
expenses attendant upon training sited in France or, even, a 
Gulf region country. 
 
3. (SBU) The minister solicited our advice about French 
training programs that may be especially suitable to Iraqi 
needs.  We will coordinate a response with Multi-National 
Security Transition Command - Iraq (MNSTC-I).  We would 
welcome Embassy Paris' identification of training that would 
allow the Iraqis access to French security competencies. 
Satterfield