LEAHY VETTING FOR CIVIL MILITARY OBSERVER COURSE (CMLO) IN

UNCLAS DHAKA 000903 SIPDIS DEPT FOR SCA/RA ATTN: JOSEPH BRENNIG E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG SUBJECT: LEAHY VETTING FOR CIVIL MILITARY OBSERVER COURSE (CMLO) IN BANGLADESH, 04 -15 OCTOBER, 2009 ¶1. This is an action request. See para three. ¶2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in Civil Military Observer Course (CMLO) in Bangladesh, which will begin on October 04, 2009. Post vetting was completed on September 17, 2009. Post requests that vetting be completed by October 01 to provide sufficient time for processing. Post requests the department conduct Leahy vetting for the following candidates: ¶1. Name: Dewan Mosfeq-Ur-Rahman Rank: Major Unit: 21 AD Regiment Artillery Unit Location: Dhaka Personal Number: 4819 Date of Birth: 01 January 1974 Place of Birth: Rangpur, Bangladesh ¶2. Name: Mollah Mesbahuddin Ahmed Rank: Major Unit: Bangladesh Military Academy Unit Location: Chittagong Personal Number: 5852 Date of Birth: 01 June 1972 Place of Birth: Khulna, Bangladesh ¶3. Name: Abu Jalal Md Iqbal Rank: Captain Unit: 12 Lancer Unit Location: Ghatail Personal Number: 4917 Date of Birth: 01 March 1979 Place of Birth: Sylhet, Bangladesh ¶4. Name: Md Kutub Uddin Khan Rank: Captain Unit: 1 Engineers Battalion Unit Location: Ghatail Personal Number: 6113 Date of Birth: 20 July 1980 Place of Birth: Barisal, Bangladesh ¶5. Name: Khairun Nahar Rank: Captain Unit: OC&S Unit Location: Rajendrapur Personal Number: 6899 Date of Birth: 22 November 1983 Place of Birth: Madaripur, Bangladesh ¶6. Name: Md Imdadul Hoque Rank: Captain Unit: 3 Signals Unit Location: Savar Personal Number: 7138 Date of Birth: 01 January 1985 Place of Birth: Comilla, Bangladesh ¶7. Name: Md Jahangir Hussain Rank: ASP Unit: DMP Unit Location: Dhaka Personal Number: BP-7401020905 Date of Birth: 01 January 1974 Place of Birth: Netrokana, 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 Acting Human Rights Officer is Enrique Gallego, unclass e-mail: GallegoER@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