LEAHY VETTING FOR MILITARY AND PEACEKEEPING

UNCLAS DHAKA 001512 SIPDIS SIPDIS DEPT FOR SCA/RA ATTN: JOSEPH BRENNIG E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG SUBJECT: LEAHY VETTING FOR MILITARY AND PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS TRAINING OCTOBER 3-NOVEMBER 16, 2007 ¶1. This is an action request. See para three. ¶2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in the Military Peacekeeping Operations and Rule of Law training to be held in Newport, RI from October 3 to November 16, 2007. Post vetting was completed on September 14, 2007. Post requests that vetting be completed by September 26, 2007, to provide sufficient time for processing. Post requests the department conduct Leahy vetting for the following candidates: Name: Mohammad Jalal Ghani Khan Rank: Lt. Col. Unit: 57 East Bengal Unit Location: Sayedur Personal Number: 3245 Date of Birth: 9 Dec 66 Place of Birth: Peshwar, Pakistan Name: Jobair Ahmad Rank: Captain Unit: BNS Haji Mohsin Unit Location: Dhaka Personal Number: 266 Date of Birth: 1 Jan 61 Place of Birth: Chittagong Name: Munshi Abde Mohy Rank: Lt. Col. Unit: 1 Engineer Battalion Unit Location: Ghatail Personal Number: 3171 Date of Birth: 12 Dec 67 Place of Birth: Chittagong Name: Mohammad Humayun Kabir Raju Rank: Group Captain Unit: Air Headquarters Unit Location: Dhaka Personal Number: 7961 Date of Birth: 12 Dec 63 Place of Birth: Satkhira Name: Mohammad Towsin Hossain Rank: Major Unit: Bangladesh Institute of Peace Support Operation Training (BIPSOT) Unit Location: Rajendrapur Personal Number: 4166 Date of Birth: 29 Aug 71 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