HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR AIRBORNE & JUMPMASTER

UNCLAS DHAKA 001162 SIPDIS SIPDIS DEPT. FOR SCA/PB ATTN: BRENT CHRISTENSEN DEPT FOR SCA/RA ATTN: JOSEPH BRENNIG DEPT FOR DRL ATTN: ROD MORGAN OR LEROY POTTS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG SUBJECT: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR AIRBORNE & JUMPMASTER COURSE, AUGUST 20 TO OCTOBER 5, 2007 ¶1. This is an action request. See para three. ¶2. The following candidate has been selected for participation for the Airborne & Jumpmaster course to be held at Fort Benning, Georgia from August 20 to October 5, 2007. Post vetting was completed on July 18, 2007. Post requests that vetting be completed by August 9, 2007, to provide sufficient time for processing. Post requests the department conduct Leahy vetting for the following candidate: Name: Mohammad Manjurul Huq Rank: Captain Unit: 24, East Bengal Unit Location: Naniarchar, Chittagong Personal Number: 6402 Date of Birth: 1 Mar 82 Place of Birth: Dhaka ¶3. Post requests that the Department of State authorize post to make the following statement to the relevant DOD units: "Embassy verifies that the Department of State possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the above named individual or unit." ¶4. Post Human Rights Officer is Luke Zahner, unclass e-mail:zahnerlv@state.gov. ¶5. COMMENT: Embassy has no information to indicate this individual or any unit he has served in has been involved in gross violations of human rights. PASI