Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09DHAKA269
2009-03-18 02:10:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Dhaka
Cable title:
LEAHY VETTING FOR THE US PACIFIC COMMAND 22ND ANNUAL
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UNCLAS DHAKA 000269
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR SCA/RA ATTN: JOSEPH BRENNIG
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
SUBJECT: LEAHY VETTING FOR THE US PACIFIC COMMAND 22ND ANNUAL
INTERNATIONAL MILITARY OPERATIONS AND LAW CONFERENCE IN NEW ZEALAND,
MARCH 29 TO APRIL 02, 2009
UNCLAS DHAKA 000269
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR SCA/RA ATTN: JOSEPH BRENNIG
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
SUBJECT: LEAHY VETTING FOR THE US PACIFIC COMMAND 22ND ANNUAL
INTERNATIONAL MILITARY OPERATIONS AND LAW CONFERENCE IN NEW ZEALAND,
MARCH 29 TO APRIL 02, 2009
1. This is an action request. See para three.
2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in
The US Pacific Command 22nd Annual International Military Operations
and Law Conference in New Zealand, which will begin on March 29,
2009. Post vetting was completed on March 17, 2009. Post requests
that vetting be completed by March 27 to provide sufficient time for
processing. Post requests the department conduct Leahy vetting for
the following candidate:
1. Name: A K M Abdur Rahman
Rank: Brigadier General
Unit: 309 Inf Brigade
Unit Location: Ghatile Cantt
Personal Number: 2429
Date of Birth: 01 January 1964
Place of Birth: Dhaka, 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 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
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR SCA/RA ATTN: JOSEPH BRENNIG
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
SUBJECT: LEAHY VETTING FOR THE US PACIFIC COMMAND 22ND ANNUAL
INTERNATIONAL MILITARY OPERATIONS AND LAW CONFERENCE IN NEW ZEALAND,
MARCH 29 TO APRIL 02, 2009
1. This is an action request. See para three.
2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in
The US Pacific Command 22nd Annual International Military Operations
and Law Conference in New Zealand, which will begin on March 29,
2009. Post vetting was completed on March 17, 2009. Post requests
that vetting be completed by March 27 to provide sufficient time for
processing. Post requests the department conduct Leahy vetting for
the following candidate:
1. Name: A K M Abdur Rahman
Rank: Brigadier General
Unit: 309 Inf Brigade
Unit Location: Ghatile Cantt
Personal Number: 2429
Date of Birth: 01 January 1964
Place of Birth: Dhaka, 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 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