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P 171227Z APR 08
FM AMEMBASSY DHAKA
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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 VARIOUS TRAINING COURSES
1. This is an action request. See para three.
2. The following candidates has been selected for
participation in USG-funded trainings. Post requests vetting
be returned by May 11 to provide sufficient time for
processing. Post requests the department conduct Leahy
vetting for the following candidate:
Name: Muhammad Enamul Bari
Rank: Air Vice Marshall
Unit: Air Headquarters
Unit Location: Dhaka
Personal Number: 7149
Date of Birth: July 5, 1960
Place of Birth: Dhaka
Training: Exercise Red Flag Executive Observer Program,
Elmendorf AFB, June 12-16, 2008
Name: Mohammad Shafiqul Islam
Rank: Major General
Unit: Army Headquarters
Unit Location: Dhaka
Personal Number: 1566
Date of Birth: January 1, 1958
Place of Birth: Nawabgonj
Training: Senior International Management Course, Monterey,
CA, June 21-July 18, 2008
Name: Mohammad Nazmul Haque
Rank: Captain
Unit: 33 Infantry Division
Unit Location: Comilla
Personal Number: 6352
Date of Birth: September 15, 1980
Place of Birth: Brahmanbaria
Training: Combat Engineer Officer Course, Camp Lejeune, NC,
July 10-October 30, 2008
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.
Moriarty