Cablegate: Leahy Vetting for United Nations Staff Officers

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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 UNITED NATIONS STAFF OFFICERS
COURSE IN RAJENDRAPUR, DHAKA, BANGLADESH, DECEMBER 2 - 13,
2007.

1. This is an action request. See para three.

2. The following candidates have been selected for
participation in the United Nations Staff Officers Course to
be held December 2 - 13, 2007 in Rajendrapur, Dhaka,
Bangladesh. Post vetting was completed on November 14, 2007.
Post requests that vetting be completed by November 26, 2007,
to provide sufficient time for processing. Post requests
the department conduct Leahy vetting for the following
candidates:

Name: Sardar Mohammad Ziaul Haque
Rank: Lieutenant Commander
Unit: BNS Issa Khan
Unit Location: Chittagong, Bangladesh
Personal Number: 909
Date of Birth: 12 Jan 1966
Place of Birth: Khulna, Bangladesh

Name: Mohammad Faizul Hoque
Rank: Lieutenant Commander
Unit: BNS Surma
Unit Location: It is a ship
Personal Number: 1046
Date of Birth: 1 Jan 1975
Place of Birth: Dhaka, Bangladesh

Name: Mufti Mahmud Khan
Rank: Lieutenant Commander
Unit: BNS Haji Mohsin
Unit Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh
Personal Number: 1026
Date of Birth: 1 Jun 1973
Place of Birth: Gopalgong, Bangladesh

Name: Mohammad Zahirul Haque
Rank: Lieutenant Commander
Unit: Naval HQ
Unit Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh
Personal Number: 1075
Date of Birth: 1 Jan 1974
Place of Birth: Barisal, Bangladesh

Name: Mohammad Mustashim Billah
Rank: Lieutenant Commander
Unit: BNS Haji Mohsin
Unit Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh
Personal Number: 1267
Date of Birth: 3 Nov 1977
Place of Birth: Khulna, Bangladesh

Name: Mohammad Shakil Ahmed
Rank: Squadron Leader
Unit: Communication Unit
Unit Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh
Personal Number: 8572
Date of Birth: 7 Feb 1967
Place of Birth: Comilla, Bangladesh

Name: Mohammad Riad Hasan Rabbani
Rank: Squadron Leader
Unit: 35 Squadron
Unit Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh
Personal Number: 8635
Date of Birth: 1 Jan 1977
Place of Birth: Bagherhat, Bangladesh

Name: Abdullah Al Masud
Rank: Squadron Leader
Unit: 35 Squadron
Unit Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh
Personal Number: 8636
Date of Birth: 30 Jul 1974
Place of Birth: Dhaka, Bangladesh

Name: Sheikh Sazzad Hossain
Rank: Squadron Leader
Unit: 101 Special Flying Unit
Unit Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh
Personal Number: 8645
Date of Birth: 28 Jul 1975
Place of Birth: Khulna, Bangladesh

Name: Mohammad Afaz Uddin
Rank: Squadron Leader
Unit: BAF Base Bashar

Unit Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh
Personal Number: 8803
Date of Birth: 29 Nov 1973
Place of Birth: Khustia, Bangladesh

Name: Faisal M Mahmud
Rank: Lieutenant Commander
Unit: Coast Guard, West Zone
Unit Location: Mongla, Bangladesh
Personal Number: 1158
Date of Birth: 28 Nov 1976
Place of Birth: Comilla, Bangladesh

Name: Mohammad Mohsin
Rank: Major
Unit: Combined Military Hospital
Unit Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh
Personal Number: 100736
Date of Birth: 31 Aug 1965
Place of Birth: Feni, Bangladesh

Name: Mohammad Jahangir Alam
Rank: Major
Unit: Army HQ
Unit Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh
Personal Number: 4626
Date of Birth: 31 Dec 1967
Place of Birth: Faridpur, Bangladesh

Name: Mohammad Rafiqul Islam
Rank: Captain
Unit: Non-commissioned Officers' Academy
Unit Location: Bogra, Bangladesh
Personal Number: 5868
Date of Birth: 10 Jul 1978
Place of Birth: Naogaon, Bangladesh

Name: Mohammad Mohiuddin
Rank: Captain
Unit: 1 Engineer Battalion
Unit Location: Ghataial, Bangladesh
Personal Number: 5602
Date of Birth: 1 Sep 1977
Place of Birth: Laxipur, Bangladesh

Name: Mohammad Faisal Ahmed Bhuiyan
Rank: Captain
Unit:
Unit Location:
Personal Number: 6091
Date of Birth: 27 Oct 1978
Place of Birth: Comilla, Bangladesh

Name: Talukder Shahid Sumon Mohammad
Rank: Captain
Unit: Headquarters Logistics Area
Unit Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh
Personal Number: 6107
Date of Birth: 30 Jan 1980
Place of Birth: Natore, Bangladesh

Name: Sarkar Abdullah Nur Farooq
Rank: Captain
Unit:
Unit Location:
Personal Number: 6204
Date of Birth: 15 Feb 1980
Place of Birth: Dhaka, Bangladesh

Name: Mohammad Nazrul Islam
Rank: Captain
Unit: Signal Training Center & School
Unit Location: Jessore, Bangladesh
Personal Number: 6202
Date of Birth: 21 Jul 1981
Place of Birth: Noakhali, Bangladesh

Name: Mohammad Nazrul Islam
Rank: Captain
Unit: Bangladesh Ordnance Factory
Unit Location: Gazipur, Bangladesh
Personal Number: 6329
Date of Birth: 16 Dec 1978
Place of Birth: Satkhira, Bangladesh

Name: Mohammad Mahbubur Rahman

Rank: Captain
Unit:
Unit Location:
Personal Number: 6504
Date of Birth: 25 Feb 1982
Place of Birth: Tangail, Bangladesh

Name: Zia Uddin Ahmed
Rank: Captain
Unit: 1 Engineer Battalion
Unit Location: Ghatail, Bangladesh
Personal Number: 6531
Date of Birth: 1 Jan 1983
Place of Birth: Patuakhali, Bangladesh

Name: Mir Shafquat Hossain
Rank: Captain
Unit: Field Regiment Artillery
Unit Location:
Personal Number: 6720
Date of Birth: 1 Oct 1982
Place of Birth: Chittagong, 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

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