LEAHY VETTING FOR PEACE SUPPORT OPERATIONS INSTRUCTOR

UNCLAS DHAKA 001331 SIPDIS DEPT FOR SCA/RA ATTN: JOSEPH BRENNIG E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG SUBJECT: LEAHY VETTING FOR PEACE SUPPORT OPERATIONS INSTRUCTOR COURSE (PSOIC)-BIPSOT, 11 JANUARY TO 22 JANUARY 2009 ¶1. This is an action request. See para three. ¶2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in the Peace Support Operations Instructor Course (PSOIC) in Bangladesh, which will begin on January 11, 2009.Post vetting was completed on December 22, 2008. Post requests that vetting be completed by January 08, 2009 to provide sufficient time for processing. Post requests the department conduct Leahy vetting for the following candidates: ¶1. Name: Md.Habibur Rahman Rank: Major Unit: AHQ, Military Secretariat Unit Location: Dhaka Cantonment Personal Number: BA-4013 Date of Birth: 02 March 1970 Place of Birth: Rajshahi ¶2. Name: Abdullah Ibn Zahid Rank: Major Unit: Bangladesh Military Academy Unit Location: Chittagong Cantonment Personal Number: BA-4558 Date of Birth: 06 August 1970 Place of Birth: Chittagong ¶3. Name: Omar Faruque khan Rank: Major Unit: Signal Base Workshop Unit Location: Dhaka Cantonment Personal Number: BA-4568 Date of Birth: 28 August 1972 Place of Birth: Dhaka ¶4. Name: A N M Foyezur Rahman Rank: Major Unit: 19 Engineers Construction Battalion Unit Location: Chittagong Personal Number: BA-5084 Date of Birth: 01 January 1974 Place of Birth: Faridpur ¶5. Name: Mohammad Sharif Hossain Rank: Major Unit: School of Military Intelligent Unit Location: Comilla Cantonment Personal Number: BA-5173 Date of Birth: 24 March 1975 Place of Birth: Tangail ¶6. Name: Raisul Islam Rank: Major Unit: Army Headquarters, Military Intelligent Directorate Unit Location: Dhaka Cantonment Personal Number: BA-5490 Date of Birth: 01 January 1977 Place of Birth: Gazipur ¶7. Name: B M Alim Hossain Rank: Major Unit: School of Infantry & Tactic Unit Location: Jalalabad Cantonment Personal Number: BA-5802 Date of Birth: 01 December 1978 Place of Birth: Pabna ¶8. Name: Md Khalid Ibn Hossain Rank: Captain Unit: Ordnance Depot Unit Location: Bogra Cantonment Personal Number: BA-6313 Date of Birth: 15 October 1981 Place of Birth: Pabna ¶9. Name: M Bazlur Rashid Rank: Lieutenant Commander Unit: Bangladesh Navy Dockyard Unit Location: Chittagong Personal Number: 631 Date of Birth: 02 February 1967 Place of Birth: Maulavibazar ¶10. Name: M Anwar Khurshid Rank: Lieutenant Commander Unit: Bangladesh Naval Ship, Mongla Unit Location: Khulna Personal Number: 1137 Date of Birth: 21 January 1968 Place of Birth: Chuadanga ¶11. Name: S M Shameem Haider Rank: Squadron Leader Unit: 11 Squadron Unit Location: BAF Motiur Personal Number: BD 8818 Date of Birth: 13 July 1979 Place of Birth: B Baria ¶12. Name: Mahmud Ahmed Rank: Flight Lieutenant Unit: 5 Squadron Unit Location: BAF Kurmitola Personal Number: BD 8904 Date of Birth: 24 Nov 1982 Place of Birth: Nilphamari ¶13. Name: S M Parvez Sanjari Rank: Flight Lieutenant Unit: 21 Squadron Unit Location: BAF Zahur Personal Number: BD 9115 Date of Birth: 05 February 1984 Place of Birth: Barisal ¶14. Name: Mohammad Shahid Hassan Rank: Lieutenant Commander Unit: Coast Guard Headquarters Unit Location: Dhaka Personal Number: 1054 Date of Birth: 01 January 1972 Place of Birth: Dhaka ¶15. Name: Khan Mohammed Rejowan Rank: Additional Superintendent of Police Unit: Kurigram Unit Location: Kurigram Personal Number: BP 7401020868 Date of Birth: 15 January 1974 Place of Birth: Faridpur ¶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 David Arulanantham, unclass e-mail:arulananthamdp@state.gov. ¶5. COMMENT: Embassy has no information to indicate these individuals or any units they have served in have been involved in gross violations of human rights. Moriarty