LEAHY VETTING FOR LEGAL ASPECTS IN COMBATING TERRORISM

UNCLAS DHAKA 000805 SIPDIS DEPT FOR SCA/RA ATTN: JOSEPH BRENNIG E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG SUBJECT: LEAHY VETTING FOR LEGAL ASPECTS IN COMBATING TERRORISM COURSE, AUGUST 18-22 ¶1. This is an action request. See para three. ¶2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in the Legal Aspects in Combating Terrorism Course in Pnom Penh, Cambodia on August 18-22, 2008. Post vetting was completed on July 28, 2008. Post requests that vetting be completed by August 10, 2008 to provide sufficient time for processing. Post requests the department conduct Leahy vetting for the following candidates: ¶1. Name: Mohammad Wahidur Rahman Rank: Lieutenant Colonel Unit: Armed Forces Division Unit Location: Dhaka Personal Number: 3019 Date of Birth: 1 Jan 1967 Place of Birth: Satkhira ¶2. Name: M Shafiqul Alam Rank: Group Captain Unit: Air Headquarters Unit Unit Location: Dhaka Personal Number: 7906 Date of Birth: 7 Oct 1964 Place of Birth: Dhaka ¶3. Name: MD Siddiqur Rahman Rank: Major Unit: Directorate General of Forces Intelligence Unit Location: Dhaka Personal Number: 4937 Date of Birth: 4 Dec 1974 Place of Birth: Dhaka ¶4. Name: Muhammad Mahbubur Rahman Rank: Major Unit: Directorate General of Forces Intelligence Unit Location: Dhaka Personal Number: 5050 Date of Birth: 8 Jan 1974 Place of Birth: Gazipur ¶5. Name: Mohammad Fazle Akbar Rank: Lieutenant Colonel Unit: Operation & Training Dte, BDR HQ Unit Location: Dhaka Personal Number: 2089 Date of Birth: 4 Jan 1959 Place of Birth: Bogra ¶6. Name: Mohammad Sabbir Rahman Osmani Rank: Major Unit: Sector HQ, Bangladesh Rifles Unit Location: Khulna Personal Number: 4551 Date of Birth: 1 Nov 1972 Place of Birth: Khulna ¶7. Name: Rubayet Mahmood Hasib Rank: Major Unit: Directorate General of Forces Intelligence HQ Unit Location: Dhaka Personal Number: 5619 Date of Birth: 12 May 1977 Place of Birth: Comilla ¶8. Name: Nasir Uddin Ahmed Rank: Major Unit: Directorate General of Forces Intelligence HQ Unit Location: Dhaka Personal Number: 5504 Date of Birth: 1 Sep 1975 Place of Birth: Naogaon ¶9. Name: Mohammad Hasan Rank: Lieutenant Commander Unit: Cosat Guard HQ Unit Location: Dhaka Personal Number: 1144 Date of Birth: 1 Sep 1975 Place of Birth: Narail ¶10. Name: Md Amirul Islam Rank: Lieutenant Unit: Coast Guard HQ Unit Location: Dhaka Personal Number: 1726 Date of Birth: 29 Nov 1974 Place of Birth: Chuadanga ¶11. Name: Md Baniz Ali Miah Rank: Commander Unit: BN Dockyard Unit Location: Chittagong Personal Number: 402 Date of Birth: 31 Oct 1962 Place of Birth: Tangail ¶12. Name: Md Abdul Hamid Sardar Rank: Lieutenant Colonel Unit: Adjutant General Br, Army HQ Unit Location: Dhaka Personal Number: 2346 Date of Birth: 31 Jan 1961 Place of Birth: Rajshahi ¶13. Name: Mohammad Alamgir Hossain Rank: Captain Unit: 203 Infantry Brigade Unit Location: Personal Number: 6569 Date of Birth: 28 Nov 1981 Place of Birth: Dhaka ¶14. Name: Md Shohrab Hossain Rank: Major Unit: 19 Infantry Division Unit Location: Ghatail Personal Number: 4674 Date of Birth: 1 Feb 1972 Place of Birth: Rangpur ¶15. Name: Md Hussain Reza Rank: Major Unit: 16 Infantry Brigade Unit Location: Kholahati Personal Number: 4728 Date of Birth: 21 Oct 1972 Place of Birth: Manikgonj ¶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. Pasi