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UNCLAS DHAKA 000083 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPT FOR SCA/RA ATTN: JOSEPH BRENNIG 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
SUBJECT: LEAHY VETTING FOR GARUDA SHIELD FINAL CONF IN JAKARTA, 
JANUARY 27-29, 2009 
 
¶1. This is an action request. See para three. 
 
¶2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in 
the Garuda Shield Final Conference in Jakarta, which will begin on 
January 27, 2009.  Post vetting was completed on January 15, 2009. 
Post requests that vetting be completed by January 26, 2009 to 
provide sufficient time for processing. Post requests the department 
conduct Leahy vetting for the following candidate: 
 
¶1. Name: Md. Mahbubur Rahman 
 Rank: Major 
 Unit: HQ 24 Divisions 
 Unit Location: Chittagong 
 Personal Number: BA - 4639 
 Date of Birth: 01 January 1973 
 Place of Birth: Naogaon, 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