LEAHY VETTING FOR SPEC/OPS COMBATING TERRORISM COURSE, MAY

UNCLAS DHAKA 000377 SIPDIS DEPT FOR SCA/RA ATTN: JOSEPH BRENNIG E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG SUBJECT: LEAHY VETTING FOR SPEC/OPS COMBATING TERRORISM COURSE, MAY 02 TO MAY 15, 2009 ¶1. This is an action request. See para three. ¶2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in The Spec/ Ops Combating Terrorism Course in USA, which will begin on May 02, 2009. Post vetting was completed on April 13, 2009. Post requests that vetting be completed by April 25 to provide sufficient time for processing. Post requests the department conduct Leahy vetting for the following candidate: ¶1. Name: Md. Abdul Kader Hossain Rank: Major Unit: Infantry Division Unit Location: Bogra Personal Number: BA 4669 Date of Birth: 15 January 1974 Place of Birth: Rajshahi, 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