LEAHY VETTING FOR PACIFIC RIM AIRPOWER SYMPOSIUM IN NEW

UNCLAS DHAKA 000562 SIPDIS DEPT FOR SCA/RA ATTN: JOSEPH BRENNIG E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG SUBJECT: LEAHY VETTING FOR PACIFIC RIM AIRPOWER SYMPOSIUM IN NEW ZEALAND, JUNE 22 TO JUNE 26, 2009 ¶1. This is an action request. See para three. ¶2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in The Pacific Rim Airpower Symposium in New Zealand, which will begin on June 22, 2009. Post vetting was completed on June 4, 2009. Post requests that vetting be completed by June 17 to provide sufficient time for processing. Post requests the department conduct Leahy vetting for the following candidates: ¶1. Name: Anisur Rahman Rank: Group Captain Unit: Air Headquarters Unit Location: Dhaka Service Number: BD 7403 Date of Birth: 19 May 1961 Place of Birth: Lahore, Pakistan ¶2. Name: M Ayub Ali Rank: Master Warrant Officer Unit: BAF MTR Unit Location: Jessore Service Number: BD 458385 Date of Birth: 04 December 1966 Place of Birth: Gopalgonj, 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