LEAHY VETTING FOR COOPERATOIN AFLOAT READINESS AND TRAINING

UNCLAS DHAKA 000504 SIPDIS DEPT FOR SCA/RA ATTN: JOSEPH BRENNIG E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG SUBJECT: LEAHY VETTING FOR COOPERATOIN AFLOAT READINESS AND TRAINING (CARAT) 2009, JUNE 05-19, 2009 ¶1. This is an action request. See para three. ¶2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) 2009 in Singapore, which will begin on June 05, 2009. Post vetting was completed on May 20, 2009. Post requests that vetting be completed by June 1 to provide sufficient time for processing. Post requests the department conduct Leahy vetting for the following candidate: ¶1. Name: Siddique Md Iqbal Rank: Ag Cdr Unit: COMBAN/OSTG Unit Location: Chittagong Personal Number: 510 Date of Birth: 01 August 1964 Place of Birth: Lakshmipur, Bangladesh ¶2. Name: Serniabat Ehsan Mohiuddin Rank: Lt Cdr Unit: COMBAN/OSTG Unit Location: Chittagong Personal Number: 896 Date of Birth: 24 July 1971 Place of Birth: Barisal, Bangladesh ¶3. Name: Md Farhad Hossain Rank: Lt Cdr Unit: COMBAN/OSTG Unit Location: Chittagong Personal Number: 1074 Date of Birth: 27 July 1973 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. Pasi