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Cablegate: Leahy Vetting for Maneuver Captains Career Course in Usa,

Published: Tue 24 Nov 2009 01:59 AM
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DEPT FOR SCA/RA ATTN: JOSEPH BRENNIG
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SUBJECT: LEAHY VETTING FOR MANEUVER CAPTAINS CAREER COURSE IN USA,
DECEMBER 07 2009 TO JUNE 08, 2010
1. This is an action request. See para three.
2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in
the Maneuver Captains Career Course in USA, which will begin on
December 07, 2009. Post vetting was completed on November 23, 2009.
Post requests that vetting be completed by December 03, 2009 to
provide sufficient time for processing. Post requests the department
conduct Leahy vetting for the following candidate:
1. Name: Mohammad Areful Islam
Rank: Major
Unit: 40 East Bengal
Unit Location: Chittagong
Personal Number: BA-6037
Date of Birth: 07 January 1980
Place of Birth: Netrokona, 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 David Arulanantham, unclass
e-mail:arulananthamdp@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
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