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UNCLAS DHAKA 001149 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPT FOR SCA/RA ATTN: JOSEPH BRENNIG 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
SUBJECT: LEAHY VETTING FOR UNLOG IN BANGLADESH, 10 - 21 JANUARY, 
2010 
 
¶1. This is an action request. See para three. 
 
¶2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in 
United Nations Logistic Officers Course (UNLOG) in Bangladesh, which 
will begin on January 10, 2010.  Post vetting was completed on 
January 3, 2010.  Post requests that vetting be completed by January 
9, 2010 to provide sufficient time for processing. Post requests the 
department conduct Leahy vetting for the following candidates: 
 
¶1. Name: Zahidul Islam 
 Rank: Lieutenant Colonel 
 Unit: Engineer Center School and Military Engineering 
 Unit Location: Qadirbad 
 Personal Number: 3122 
 Date of Birth: 12 April 1967 
 Place of Birth: Kustia, Bangladesh 
 
¶2. Name: Md Siddiqur Rahman 
 Rank: Lieutenant Colonel 
 Unit: Army Training Doctrine and Command (ATDC) 
 Unit Location: Mymensingh 
 Personal Number: 3677 
 Date of Birth: 23 January 1969 
 Place of Birth: Mymensingh, Bangladesh 
 
¶3. Name: Mohammad Zihadul Islam 
 Rank: Major 
 Unit: Station Headquarters 
 Unit Location: Dhaka 
 Personal Number: 3498 
 Date of Birth: 1 January 1968 
 Place of Birth: Noakhali, Bangladesh 
 
¶4. Name: Sayed Borhan Uddin Mahmud 
 Rank: Major 
 Unit: Army Training Doctrine and Command (ATDC) 
 Unit Location: Mymensingh 
 Personal Number: 4068 
 Date of Birth: 1 January 1970 
 Place of Birth: Noakhali, Bangladesh 
 
¶5. Name: Abul Hasnat Muhammad Mofazzal Karim 
 Rank: Major 
 Unit: 30 Field Regiment Artillery 
 Unit Location: Chittagong 
 Personal Number: 5286 
 Date of Birth: 1 January 1975 
 Place of Birth: Kustia, Bangladesh 
 
¶6. Name: Khandakar Murshed Zaman 
 Rank: Major 
 Unit: 902 Central Workshop (BMTF) 
 Unit Location: Rajendrapur 
 Personal Number: 5768 
 Date of Birth: 23 February 1973 
 Place of Birth: Chadpur, Bangladesh 
 
¶7. Name: Ruhul Amin 
 Rank: Major 
 Unit: MIST 
 Unit Location: Dhaka 
 Personal Number: 5908 
 Date of Birth: 15 August 1973 
 Place of Birth: Jamalpur, Bangladesh 
 
¶8. Name: Ferdous Arif Ahmad 
 Rank: Major 
 Unit: School of Infantry and Tactics 
 Unit Location: Sylhet 
 Personal Number: 5817 
 Date of Birth: 18 October 1979 
 Place of Birth: Chittagong, Bangladesh 
 
¶9. Name: Md Azad Hossain 
 Rank: Captain 
 Unit: Army Static Signal Battalion 
 Unit Location: Dhaka 
 Personal Number: 6377 
 Date of Birth: 1 December 1980 
 Place of Birth: Mirzapur, Bangladesh 
 
¶10. Name: A S M Zafor Sadique 
 Rank: Captain 
 Unit: 18 Engineers Battalion 
 Unit Location: Dhaka 
 Personal Number: 6734 
 
 Date of Birth: 18 August 1983 
 Place of Birth: Jhenidah, Bangladesh 
 
¶11. Name: Khairun Nahar 
 Rank: Captain 
 Unit: Ordinance Centre and School (OC&S) 
 Unit Location: Rajendrapur 
 Personal Number: 6899 
 Date of Birth: 22 November 1983 
 Place of Birth: Madaripur, Bangladesh 
 
¶12. Name: M Asif dil 
 Rank: Lieutenant Commander 
 Unit: BNS Turag 
 Unit Location: Mongla 
 Personal Number: 1398 
 Date of Birth: 31 December 1980 
 Place of Birth: Coxs Bazar, Bangladesh 
 
¶13. Name: M Nuruzzaman 
 Rank: Lieutenant Commander 
 Unit: BNS Issa Khan 
 Unit Location: Chittagong 
 Personal Number: 1433 
 Date of Birth: 25 September 1980 
 Place of Birth: Patuakhali, Bangladesh 
 
¶14. Name: Fuzlullah Ansary 
 Rank: Squadron Leader 
 Unit: Air Defence Operation Center, AHQ 
 Unit Location: Dhaka 
 Personal Number: 8686 
 Date of Birth: 01 December 1976 
 Place of Birth: Chapai Nawabganj, Bangladesh 
 
¶15. Name: Salehuddin Ahmed Russel 
 Rank: Flight Lieutenant 
 Unit: Directorate of Supply, AHQ 
 Unit Location: Dhaka 
 Personal Number: 8926 
 Date of Birth: 01 December 1976 
 Place of Birth: Mymensingh, Bangladesh 
 
¶16. Name: Abdus Salam 
 Rank: Super Intendent of Police 
 Unit: Police Headquarters 
 Unit Location: Dhaka 
 Personal Number: 7203064981 
 Date of Birth: 15 June 1972 
 Place of Birth: Barguna, Bangladesh 
 
¶17. Name: Md Atiqur Rahman 
 Rank: Major 
 Unit: Army Sports Training School (ASPTS) 
 Unit Location: Dhaka 
 Personal Number: 4248 
 Date of Birth: 7 November 1971 
 Place of Birth: Chapai Nawabganj, Bangladesh 
 
¶18. Name: Md Hassan Morshed 
 Rank: Major 
 Unit: Army Training Doctrine and Command (ATDC) 
 Unit Location: Mymensingh 
 Personal Number: 4692 
 Date of Birth: 22 April 1971 
 Place of Birth: Laxmipur, Bangladesh 
 
¶19. Name: Bijoy Debashish 
 Rank: Major 
 Unit: 3 Field Regiment Artillery 
 Unit Location: Chittagong 
 Personal Number: 5991 
 Date of Birth: 16 December 1979 
 Place of Birth: Meherpur, 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