LEAHY VETTING FOR APCSS COMPREHENSIVE CRISIS

UNCLAS DHAKA 000364 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 APCSS COMPREHENSIVE CRISIS MANAGEMENT COURSE, MAY-JUNE 2008 ¶1. This is an action request. See para three. ¶2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in the Asia Pacific Center Security Studies (APCSS) Comprehensive Crisis Management Course to be held in Honolulu, Hawaii from May 29 to June 27, 2008. Post vetting was completed on March 24, 2008. Post requests that vetting be completed by April 2, 2008, to provide sufficient time for processing. Post requests the department conduct Leahy vetting for the following candidates: Name: ABM Azizul Islam Rank: Lt. Colonel Unit: Commanding Officer, 29th Rifle Battalion Unit Location: Joypurhat Personal Number: BA-2462 Date of Birth: September 20, 1958 Place of Birth: Bagerhat, Bangladesh Name: Shokat Akhtar Rank: Lt. Colonel Unit: Commandnig Officer, 43rd Rifle Battalion Unit Location: Chittagong Personal Number: BA-2112 Date of Birth: January 1, 1960 Place of Birth: Barisal, Bangladesh ¶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