LEAHY VETTING FOR PANDEMIC INFLUENZA WORKSHOP IN INDIA,

UNCLAS DHAKA 000934 SIPDIS DEPT FOR SCA/RA ATTN: JOSEPH BRENNIG E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG SUBJECT: LEAHY VETTING FOR PANDEMIC INFLUENZA WORKSHOP IN INDIA, OCTOBER 26-29, 2009 ¶1. This is an action request. See para three. ¶2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in Pandemic Influenza Workshop in India, which will begin on October 26, 2009. Post vetting was completed on September 30, 2009. Post requests that vetting be completed by October 14 to provide sufficient time for processing. Post requests the department conduct Leahy vetting for the following candidates: ¶1. Name: SK Md Bahar Hussain Rank: Brigadier General Unit: Combined Military Hospital Unit Location: Chittagong Personal Number: 100292 Date of Birth: 07 January 1956 Place of Birth: Chittagong, Bangladesh ¶2. Name: Ashraful Alam Siddiquee Rank: Colonel Unit: ADMS, 9 Infantry Division Unit Location: Savar Personal Number: 100387 Date of Birth: 01 February 1955 Place of Birth: Pabna, Bangladesh ¶3. Name: Gazi Abu Bakar Rank: Colonel Unit: Combined Military Hospital Unit Location: Chittagong Personal Number: 110148 Date of Birth: 01 January 1954 Place of Birth: Khulna, 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