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DEPT FOR SCA/RA ATTN: JOSEPH BRENNIG
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
SUBJECT: LEAHY VETTING FOR FLASH BUFFALO EXERCISE, JUNE 2008
1. This is an action request. See para three.
2. The following units (with the names of their unit
commanders) have been selected for participation in Operation
Flash Buffalo to be held from June 2 to 13, 2008 . Post
vetting was completed on March 25, 2008. Post requests that
vetting be completed by April April 10, 2008, to provide
sufficient time for processing. Post requests the
department conduct Leahy vetting for the following
units/commanders:
Unit: Commodore Commanding Khulna
Commander's Name: Mohammad Mohiuddin Razib
Rank: Commodore
Unit Location: Khulna
Personal Number: 234
Date of Birth: December 21, 1958
Unit: Coast Guard Ship Tanveer
Commander's Name: Ashraful Alam
Rank: Lt. Commander
Unit Location: Mongla, Bangladesh
Personal Number: 1263
Date of Birth: October 1, 1977
Unit: 7 Rifle Battalion
Commander's Name: KFA Shohel
Rank: Major, Bangladesh Rifles
Unit Location: Nidumur, Bangladesh
Personal Number: BA-5632
Date of Birth: December 1, 1976
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 Luke Zahner, unclass
e-mail:zahnerlv@state.gov.
5. COMMENT: Embassy has no information to indicate this
individual or any unit he has served in has been involved in
gross violations of human rights.
Pasi