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UNCLAS DHAKA 001071 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPT. FOR SCA/PB ATTN: BRENT CHRISTENSEN 
DEPT FOR SCA/RA ATTN: JOSEPH BRENNIG 
DEPT FOR DRL ATTN: ROD MORGAN OR LEROY POTTS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
SUBJECT: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR 31ST PACIFIC ARMIES MGMT 
SEMINAR, AUG 6-10, 2007 
 
¶1. This is an action request. See para three. 
 
¶2. The following candidates have been selected for 
participation for the 31st Pacific Armies Management Seminar 
to be held in Sydney, Australia, from August 6 to 10, 2007. 
Post vetting was completed on June 28, 2007. Post requests 
that vetting be completed by July 18, 2007, to provide 
sufficient time for processing.   Post requests the 
department conduct Leahy vetting for the following candidates: 
 
Name: Syed Imam Hossain 
Rank: Brig. General 
Unit: 44th Infantry Brigaade 
Unit Location: Dhaka 
Personal Number: BA-1870 
Date of Birth: 12/02/59 
Place of Birth: Barisal, Bangladesh 
 
Name: Mushfiqur Rahman 
Rank: Lt. Col. 
Unit: Principal Pabna Commandant College 
Unit Location: Dhaka 
Personal Number: BA-2370 
Date of Birth: 06/01/59 
Place of Birth: Gopalganj, 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