Cablegate: Leahy Vetting for Balance Buffalo 08-1 From

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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 BALANCE BUFFALO 08-1 FROM
JANUARY 28 - MARCH 7, 2008.

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

2. The following unit has been selected for participation in
the Balance Buffalo 08-1 exercise from January 28 - March 7,
2008. Post vetting was completed on November 5, 2007. Post
requests that vetting be completed by November 20, 2007, to
provide sufficient time for processing. Post requests the
department conduct Leahy vetting for the following unit:

Unit: 1st Para-Commandos
Name of Commander: Md. Touhidul Islam
Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
Location of Unit: Sylhet, Bangladesh
Commander Personal Number: BA-2777
Commander's DOB: 20 November 1964

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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