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P 080627Z APR 08
FM AMEMBASSY DHAKA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 6576
INFO RUHEHMS/COMMARFORPAC PRIORITY
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UNCLAS DHAKA 000411
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR SCA/RA ATTN: JOSEPH BRENNIG
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
SUBJECT: LEAHY VETTING FOR NEAR EAST-SOUTH ASIA COMBATING
TERRORISM COURSE, APRIL-MAY 2008
1. This is an action request. See para three.
2. The following candidate has been selected for
participation in the Near East-South Asia Combating Terrorism
Course to be held from April 24 to May 15, 2008. Post
vetting was completed on April 7, 2008. Post requests
vetting be returned by April 22 to provide sufficient time
for processing. Post requests the department conduct Leahy
vetting for the following candidate:
Name: Manjural Alam
Rank: Major
Unit: HQ Logistics Area, Dhaka
Unit Location: Dhaka
Personal Number: BA-4546
Date of Birth: November 1, 1971
Place of Birth: Comilla, 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 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