Identifier
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09DHAKA83
2009-01-21 08:18:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Dhaka
Cable title:  

LEAHY VETTING FOR GARUDA SHIELD FINAL CONF IN JAKARTA,

Tags:  PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG 
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UNCLAS DHAKA 000083 

SIPDIS

DEPT FOR SCA/RA ATTN: JOSEPH BRENNIG

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
SUBJECT: LEAHY VETTING FOR GARUDA SHIELD FINAL CONF IN JAKARTA,
JANUARY 27-29, 2009

UNCLAS DHAKA 000083

SIPDIS

DEPT FOR SCA/RA ATTN: JOSEPH BRENNIG

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
SUBJECT: LEAHY VETTING FOR GARUDA SHIELD FINAL CONF IN JAKARTA,
JANUARY 27-29, 2009


1. This is an action request. See para three.


2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in
the Garuda Shield Final Conference in Jakarta, which will begin on
January 27, 2009. Post vetting was completed on January 15, 2009.
Post requests that vetting be completed by January 26, 2009 to
provide sufficient time for processing. Post requests the department
conduct Leahy vetting for the following candidate:


1. Name: Md. Mahbubur Rahman
Rank: Major
Unit: HQ 24 Divisions
Unit Location: Chittagong
Personal Number: BA - 4639
Date of Birth: 01 January 1973
Place of Birth: Naogaon, 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