Cablegate: Leahy Vetting for United Nations Logistics

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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 LOGISTICS
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 Logistics Officers Course
to be held December 2 - 13, 2007 in Rajendrapur, Dhaka,
Bangladesh. Post vetting was completed on November 15, 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: Mohammad Tariqul Islam
Rank: Lieutenant Commander
Unit: BNS Abu Bakr
Unit Location: ship
Personal Number: 821
Date of Birth: 1 Jan 1972
Place of Birth: Dhaka, Bangladesh

Name: Mohammad Mohiuddin
Rank: Lieutenant Commander
Unit: BNS Osman
Unit Location: ship
Personal Number: 974
Date of Birth: 5 Dec 1973
Place of Birth: Narshingdhi, Bangladesh

Name: Mohammad Habibul Billah
Rank: Lieutenant Commander
Unit: BNS Titumir
Unit Location: Khulna, Bangladesh
Personal Number: 996
Date of Birth: 10 Nov 1973
Place of Birth: Dhaka, Bangladesh

Name: Syed Abdus Samad
Rank: Lieutenant Commander
Unit: BNS Titumir
Unit Location: Khulna, Bangladesh
Personal Number: 996
Date of Birth: 10 Nov 1973
Place of Birth: Dhaka, Bangladesh

Name: Saad Emon Eshtiaque
Rank: Lieutenant Commander
Unit: Naval HQ
Unit Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh
Personal Number: 1084
Date of Birth: 21 May 1975
Place of Birth: Comilla, Bangladesh

Name: Shaikh Mohammad Ali
Rank: Squadron Leader
Unit: Recruits' Training School
Unit Location: Chittagong, Bangladesh
Personal Number: 8468
Date of Birth: 2 Jan 1966
Place of Birth: Gopalgonj, Bangladesh

Name: Mohammad Mostafa Zaman
Rank: Squadron Leader
Unit: 75 Squadron
Unit Location: Jessore, Bangladesh
Personal Number: 8502
Date of Birth: 1 Mar 1968
Place of Birth: Bagherhat, Bangladesh

Name: Gazi Mohammad Ali Hayder
Rank: Squadron Leader
Unit: Air Defense Operation Control
Unit Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh
Personal Number: 8504
Date of Birth: 8 May 1971
Place of Birth: Khulna, Bangladesh

Name: Muhammad Rafiqul Islam
Rank: Squadron Leader
Unit: Personnel Despatch Center
Unit Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh
Personal Number: 8700
Date of Birth: 1 Feb 1974
Place of Birth: Madaripur, Bangladesh

Name: Mohammad Abdul Barek
Rank: Flight Lieutenant
Unit: BAF Base Bashar

Unit Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh
Personal Number: 8763
Date of Birth: 13 Feb 1971
Place of Birth: Barisal, Bangladesh

Name: Kibria Haque
Rank: Lieutenant Commander
Unit: Coast Guard HQ
Unit Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh
Personal Number: 1189
Date of Birth: 7 Jun 1976
Place of Birth: Jamalpur, Bangladesh

Name: Syed Zia-Ur-Rahman
Rank: Captain
Unit:
Unit Location:
Personal Number: 6255
Date of Birth: 1 Oct 1980
Place of Birth: Dhaka, Bangladesh

Name: Mohammad Moshiour Rahman
Rank: Captain
Unit: 66 Infantry Division HQ
Unit Location: Rangpur, Bangladesh
Personal Number: 6196
Date of Birth: 31 Dec 1978
Place of Birth: Kurigram, Bangladesh

Name: Ahmed Hossain Mohiuddin
Rank: Captain
Unit: 9 Bengal Lancer
Unit Location: Savar, Bangladesh
Personal Number: 6006
Date of Birth: 18 Jan 1979
Place of Birth: Dhaka, Bangladesh

Name: Mohammad Rakibuzzaman
Rank: Captain
Unit: Army Supply & Transport Battalion
Unit Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh
Personal Number: 6355
Date of Birth: 1 Jan 1982
Place of Birth: Rajshahi, Bangladesh

Name: Joarder Mohammad Sarwar Mujib
Rank: Major
Unit: Headquarters Special Works Organization
Unit Location: Chittagong, Bangladesh
Personal Number: 3288
Date of Birth: 10 Nov 1967
Place of Birth: Pabna, Bangladesh

Name: A.H.M. Nazrul Islam
Rank: Major
Unit: Armed Forces Division
Unit Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh
Personal Number: 3018
Date of Birth: 25 Dec 1964
Place of Birth: Jessore, Bangladesh

Name: Mohammad Nazmus Sadat Saimmo
Rank: Captain
Unit: 206 Artillery Brigade
Unit Location:
Personal Number: 6437
Date of Birth: 19 Oct 1981
Place of Birth: Jhenidah, Bangladesh

Name: Syed Abul Hassan Muhammad Abdullah
Rank: Major
Unit: Armed Forces Medical Institute
Unit Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh
Personal Number: 100870
Date of Birth: 5 Sep 1969
Place of Birth: Dhaka, 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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