LEAHY VETTING FOR AIR MOBILITY RODEO IN USA, JULY 19 - JULY

UNCLAS DHAKA 000566 SIPDIS DEPT FOR SCA/RA ATTN: JOSEPH BRENNIG E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG SUBJECT: LEAHY VETTING FOR AIR MOBILITY RODEO IN USA, JULY 19 - JULY 24, 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 July 19, 2009. Post vetting was completed on June 04, 2009. Post requests that vetting be completed by June 30 to provide sufficient time for processing. Post requests the department conduct Leahy vetting for the following candidate: ¶1. Name: Mohammad Obaidur Rahman Rank: Group Captain Unit: Air Headquarters Unit Location: Dhaka Service Number: BD 7315 Date of Birth: 05 December 1962 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