As usual, you assume and presume; then - like Hiallary - run in circles whining "...doom...".

Here's something to keep you occupied: http://www.rock103.com/bin.html - until reality finally does.

John

O/T: Kill Osama Lama DingDong...: http://www.rock103.com/bin.html

Kill Osama Lama DingDong...: http://www.rock103.com/bin.html

Bin Laden reportedly cornered in northwest Pakistan http://www.etaiwannews.com/World/2004/02/23/1077501079.htm
2004-02-23 / Agence France-Presse /

U.S. and British special forces have cornered al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden in a mountainous area in northwest Pakistan, near the Afghanistan border, the Sunday Express newspaper reported.

Quoting "a U.S. intelligence source," it said bin Laden and "up to 50 fanatical henchmen" were inside an area 16 kilometers wide and deep "north of the town of Khanozai and the city of Quetta."

"He is boxed in," the unidentified source was quoted as saying, adding that U.S. special forces were "absolutely confident" that he could not escape.

According to the source, bin Laden moved into the area, "in the desolate Toba Kakar mountains," about one month ago from another area 240 kilometers to the south, the Sunday Express said.

Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar is believed to be with bin Laden, it said.

The area is under surveillance from a geostationary spy satellite while U.S. and British special forces await orders to move in, the newspaper said in its early edition, received late Saturday.

On Thursday, General Richard Meyers, chairman of the U.S. joint chiefs of staff, said U.S. forces were engaged in "intense" efforts to capture bin Laden, but held back from saying where he might be hiding.

"There are areas where we think it is most likely he is, and they remain the same," said Meyers, who was speaking to reporters in Washington. "They haven't changed in months," said Myers.

Asked whether the al-Qaida leader was believed to be in Pakistan, the general replied: "Don't know that. We think in that border region somewhere. We don't know where it is precisely."

The Sunday Express said it was also told in London by "a senior Republican close to the White House and the Pentagon" that bin Laden had been located.

"They have found bin Laden," the source - described as an "intimate" of the family of U.S. President George W. Bush - was quoted as saying. "They now know where he is within a manageable area which can be watched and controlled."

The Sunday Express said bin Laden's whereabouts had been discovered from "a combination of CIA paramilitaries and special forces, plus image analysis by geographers and soil experts."

"They studied the background in bin Laden's last video and matched it to rocks in the Toba Kakar region," the newspaper said.

"A two-man special forces surveillance unit them infiltrated the area," it said, adding that they picked up their first clues that bin Laden was in the area within a week.

Bin Laden reportedly cornered in northwest Pakistan http://www.etaiwannews.com/World/2004/02/23/1077501079.htm
2004-02-23 / Agence France-Presse /

U.S. and British special forces have cornered al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden in a mountainous area in northwest Pakistan, near the Afghanistan border, the Sunday Express newspaper reported.

Quoting "a U.S. intelligence source," it said bin Laden and "up to 50 fanatical henchmen" were inside an area 16 kilometers wide and deep "north of the town of Khanozai and the city of Quetta."

"He is boxed in," the unidentified source was quoted as saying, adding that U.S. special forces were "absolutely confident" that he could not escape.

According to the source, bin Laden moved into the area, "in the desolate Toba Kakar mountains," about one month ago from another area 240 kilometers to the south, the Sunday Express said.

Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar is believed to be with bin Laden, it said.

The area is under surveillance from a geostationary spy satellite while U.S. and British special forces await orders to move in, the newspaper said in its early edition, received late Saturday.

On Thursday, General Richard Meyers, chairman of the U.S. joint chiefs of staff, said U.S. forces were engaged in "intense" efforts to capture bin Laden, but held back from saying where he might be hiding.

"There are areas where we think it is most likely he is, and they remain the same," said Meyers, who was speaking to reporters in Washington. "They haven't changed in months," said Myers.

Asked whether the al-Qaida leader was believed to be in Pakistan, the general replied: "Don't know that. We think in that border region somewhere. We don't know where it is precisely."

The Sunday Express said it was also told in London by "a senior Republican close to the White House and the Pentagon" that bin Laden had been located.

"They have found bin Laden," the source - described as an "intimate" of the family of U.S. President George W. Bush - was quoted as saying. "They now know where he is within a manageable area which can be watched and controlled."

The Sunday Express said bin Laden's whereabouts had been discovered from "a combination of CIA paramilitaries and special forces, plus image analysis by geographers and soil experts."

"They studied the background in bin Laden's last video and matched it to rocks in the Toba Kakar region," the newspaper said.

"A two-man special forces surveillance unit them infiltrated the area," it said, adding that they picked up their first clues that bin Laden was in the area within a week.

Bin Laden Buzz http://mensnewsdaily.com/archive/m-n/metcalf/2004/metcalf022204.htm
February 22, 2004 by Geoff Metcalf

London’s Sunday Express is reporting US and British Special Forces have found Waldo, Woof, Wenda, Wizard Whitebeard, and Odlaw…as well as 50 Waldo-watchers.

In other words, the al Qaeda grand Pooh-Bah, Osama bin Laden has allegedly been cornered in a mountainous area in northwest Pakistan, near the Afghanistan border…AND Mullah Mohammed Omar is thought to be with him.

Is this premature articulation or prelude to a Bush campaign landslide? Who knows? It has been reported that bin Laden has been:
a. In a cave along the Pakistan/Afghan border
b. In a five star hotel in Tehran
c. Dead
d. Dying
e. Living with Elvis at an undisclosed location
f. None of the above

The Sunday Express quotes "a US intelligence source," as saying THE most wanted bad guy and "up to 50 fanatical henchmen" (including the Mad Mullah) are inside a ten square mile patch of dirt and rock "north of the town of Khanozai and the city of Quetta".

Unidentified sources claim, "He is boxed in," and US special forces were "absolutely confident" that he could not escape. Gee, didn’t we hear that same report about Tora Bora?

Supposedly, bin Laden moved into the area, "in the desolate Toba Kakar mountains," about one month ago.

The area has been, and is, under surveillance from a geostationary spy satellite while US and British Special Forces await orders to move in…..Huh?

IF (and this remains a huge honking ‘if’) we know where bin Dirtbag is, why wait?

IF (there’s that word again) we know where he is, why not carpet bomb those ten grid squared with bunker busters? Oh yeah, Weather, Terrain, Timing…(not necessarily in that order) and an implied ‘Jones’ to be able to confirm, “we got him” without having to use five Regiments of forensic geeks peeling DNA off charred rocks.

General Richard Meyers, chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, has confirmed US forces were engaged in "intense" efforts to capture bin Laden, but claims, "There are areas where we think it is most likely he is, and they remain the same…They haven't changed in months".

Meyers maintains, “We don't know where it is precisely." that Waldo is, but the Sunday Express claims, "a senior Republican close to the White House and the Pentagon" this past week that bin Laden had been located.

Bin Laden's whereabouts had been discovered from "a combination of CIA paramilitaries and special forces, plus image analysis by geographers and soil experts".
"They studied the background in bin Laden's last video and matched it to rocks in the Toba Kakar region," the newspaper said.
"A two-man special forces surveillance unit them infiltrated the area," it said, adding that they picked up their first clues that bin Laden was in the area within a week.
"Other teams then slipped in," the Sunday Express quoted its source as saying. "To avoid any alert, helicopters were not used."
This new offensive operation comes in the wake of rising speculation that the US military is planning a spring offensive in Afghanistan to capture bin Laden.



IF (there’s that word yet again), coalition forces have located Osama, it raises a gaggle of interesting tangents.

Will Pakistan cooperate? Recently Pakistani soldiers and paramilitary types have been ‘meeting’ with the tribal leaders who control the desolate region targeted. Reportedly, they are serious as a heart attack and have been threatening the tribal honchos with draconian reprisals for failure to comply. How draconian? “Give up bin Laden or we will destroy your homes, kill your family and lay waste to the region.” THAT draconian. Remember the U.S. isn’t saying that…the Pakistanis are…we’re just looking the other way….
When weather permits, do they bomb the snot out of the area or try to grab Osama? "US helicopters already sited on the Afghanistan border will swoop in to extricate him," the newspaper says. Donkeys are the only transport." Conventional wisdom is they want bin Laden alive if possible…or at least an identifiable body.
WHEN do the teams hear “Execute, Execute, Execute…” on the radio? "The timing of that order will ultimately depend on President Bush," the paper says. "Capturing bin Laden will certainly be a huge help for him as he gets ready for the election."
IF (I know…) this is legit and the raid to capture bin Laden is contingent only on weather…the political fallout will be ‘interesting’.

The capture or confirmed death of bin Laden would be a huge benefit to the Bush campaign. The administration could and would claim success in two wars (Afghanistan and Iraq), a remarkable economic recovery, AND the death or capture of Saddam Hussein, his two demonic sons, and the mastermind of 9/11.

Even a George Soros funded ‘October Surprise’ would be overshadowed by devastating success of the Bush administration. Democrat whining that the administration sandbagged on scooping bin Laden for ‘political’ purposes is a dog that ain’t gonna hunt…overshadowed by the epic reality that “We got the s.o.b.!”

Bin Laden Buzz http://mensnewsdaily.com/archive/m-n/metcalf/2004/metcalf022204.htm
February 22, 2004 by Geoff Metcalf

London’s Sunday Express is reporting US and British Special Forces have found Waldo, Woof, Wenda, Wizard Whitebeard, and Odlaw…as well as 50 Waldo-watchers.

In other words, the al Qaeda grand Pooh-Bah, Osama bin Laden has allegedly been cornered in a mountainous area in northwest Pakistan, near the Afghanistan border…AND Mullah Mohammed Omar is thought to be with him.

Is this premature articulation or prelude to a Bush campaign landslide? Who knows? It has been reported that bin Laden has been:
a. In a cave along the Pakistan/Afghan border
b. In a five star hotel in Tehran
c. Dead
d. Dying
e. Living with Elvis at an undisclosed location
f. None of the above

The Sunday Express quotes "a US intelligence source," as saying THE most wanted bad guy and "up to 50 fanatical henchmen" (including the Mad Mullah) are inside a ten square mile patch of dirt and rock "north of the town of Khanozai and the city of Quetta".

Unidentified sources claim, "He is boxed in," and US special forces were "absolutely confident" that he could not escape. Gee, didn’t we hear that same report about Tora Bora?

Supposedly, bin Laden moved into the area, "in the desolate Toba Kakar mountains," about one month ago.

The area has been, and is, under surveillance from a geostationary spy satellite while US and British Special Forces await orders to move in…..Huh?

IF (and this remains a huge honking ‘if’) we know where bin Dirtbag is, why wait?

IF (there’s that word again) we know where he is, why not carpet bomb those ten grid squared with bunker busters? Oh yeah, Weather, Terrain, Timing…(not necessarily in that order) and an implied ‘Jones’ to be able to confirm, “we got him” without having to use five Regiments of forensic geeks peeling DNA off charred rocks.

General Richard Meyers, chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, has confirmed US forces were engaged in "intense" efforts to capture bin Laden, but claims, "There are areas where we think it is most likely he is, and they remain the same…They haven't changed in months".

Meyers maintains, “We don't know where it is precisely." that Waldo is, but the Sunday Express claims, "a senior Republican close to the White House and the Pentagon" this past week that bin Laden had been located.

Bin Laden's whereabouts had been discovered from "a combination of CIA paramilitaries and special forces, plus image analysis by geographers and soil experts".
"They studied the background in bin Laden's last video and matched it to rocks in the Toba Kakar region," the newspaper said.
"A two-man special forces surveillance unit them infiltrated the area," it said, adding that they picked up their first clues that bin Laden was in the area within a week.
"Other teams then slipped in," the Sunday Express quoted its source as saying. "To avoid any alert, helicopters were not used."
This new offensive operation comes in the wake of rising speculation that the US military is planning a spring offensive in Afghanistan to capture bin Laden.



IF (there’s that word yet again), coalition forces have located Osama, it raises a gaggle of interesting tangents.

Will Pakistan cooperate? Recently Pakistani soldiers and paramilitary types have been ‘meeting’ with the tribal leaders who control the desolate region targeted. Reportedly, they are serious as a heart attack and have been threatening the tribal honchos with draconian reprisals for failure to comply. How draconian? “Give up bin Laden or we will destroy your homes, kill your family and lay waste to the region.” THAT draconian. Remember the U.S. isn’t saying that…the Pakistanis are…we’re just looking the other way….
When weather permits, do they bomb the snot out of the area or try to grab Osama? "US helicopters already sited on the Afghanistan border will swoop in to extricate him," the newspaper says. Donkeys are the only transport." Conventional wisdom is they want bin Laden alive if possible…or at least an identifiable body.
WHEN do the teams hear “Execute, Execute, Execute…” on the radio? "The timing of that order will ultimately depend on President Bush," the paper says. "Capturing bin Laden will certainly be a huge help for him as he gets ready for the election."
IF (I know…) this is legit and the raid to capture bin Laden is contingent only on weather…the political fallout will be ‘interesting’.

The capture or confirmed death of bin Laden would be a huge benefit to the Bush campaign. The administration could and would claim success in two wars (Afghanistan and Iraq), a remarkable economic recovery, AND the death or capture of Saddam Hussein, his two demonic sons, and the mastermind of 9/11.

Even a George Soros funded ‘October Surprise’ would be overshadowed by devastating success of the Bush administration. Democrat whining that the administration sandbagged on scooping bin Laden for ‘political’ purposes is a dog that ain’t gonna hunt…overshadowed by the epic reality that “We got the s.o.b.!”

Get off the pot.

Your grasp of the geopolitical terrorist situation and our (USA) need to act first and talk later is so skewed that you probably have to walk sideways to avoid banging into parking meters.

It's a damn shame you weren't in the Twin Towers on September 11th. Given the fact that you would have "..whined your way to the front of the line.." going out - at least you'd appreciate the Bush administration's correct, properly measured, and direct responses.

Give Hillary a big smootch at your next rally (...preferably where the sun don't shine...), aye.

John

...and you will also be grumpy, and have people put dead fish in your SUV.

And, there's a real problem there with Dave.

He apparently can't get pregnant, so he's going to be a very grandkidless and grumpy old man.

Tee hee.

John

All of the correcuption in the cigarette taxes occurs downstream of the farms and tobacco sales barns. If the Feds taxed the tobacco there, and distributed the money to the states based on monthly in-state purchase volume - all the Mob, middlemen and other cheats would be taken out of the picture. Simple, but effective IMHO.

TTN/QBID has another potential outlet via that company in Louisianna (..ask skunksyard, I forget the name..). And yes, you read that right. The CONTRACT that Fwankie and spam-o-ramaville are waving about is so much toilet paper until QBID puts up a signal, and the subsidiaries have subscibing customers.

If the contract was worth a squat, Fwankie should be able to pre-sell advertising and generate revenue therefrom.

The whole deck of cards is pure BS, until QBID launches. We all hope they do that, but it sure isn't in the bag at this point. As I understand it, Subway has been paid to pump the deal this time around - so the situation is looking better than it has in a looooooonnnnnnnnnnnngggggg time - and the s-p is still pretty darned cheap for a Casino Money gamble.

You just need to remember that if Fwankie's lips are moving (..and in sight..) he's probably BSing you.

No lauch = no beef....... ".................WHERE'S THE BEEF..................."?!?

John

You need to send Ralph a check, Dave............

You're certainly welcome to your opinion Dave, but I don't believe that position or justification can be sold to the percentage who disagree. Time will tell, as the battle lines have already been drawn.

The US tax code is a giant kludge that needs to be scrapped for a national sales tax, anyway. Then, when the "haves" buy a yacht, a Rolls, outrageously expensive ugly artwork, etc., they will pay the appropriate taxes - and not be able to hide it as a corporate tax or personal business deduction, etc.

We're still paying excise taxes on tires that was added for WWII, the current system is hosed. It's kind of like cigarette taxes, which should be payed once when the tobacco leave the farm. That would take the Mafia and bogus counterfeit cigarette label switchers out of the picture - and put that money back in the general till.

John

QBIDs contract with T-W is basically of no value to T-W until TTN can get its signal up. At that juncture, T-W is just a conduit who will receive money from its subsidiaries and affiliates who choose to take that signal.

The contract simply provides a vehicle for T-W's subsidiary distributors to obtain and provide the TTN channel to their subscribers. First the subscribers have to request the programming from their cable/sat source in sufficient numbers to justify carrying it. Then the advertising has to be sold. Some time after profitable revenue is realized - then T-W itself might sit up and take notice.

I equate the situation to one of Service Master having a national contract with Ford, but the actual work takes servicing of the Ford dealers at the local level. After a multitude of Ford delears start having successful relationships with Service Master Ford HQ might consider letting them clean production plants and/or the HQ.

It's not a guarantee, it will take time, and QBID is going to have to earn it with hard quality work (...a foreign concept to Fwankie, IMHO ).

No launch - no money, no money - no expansion; "..............WHERE'S THE BEEF................"?!?

John

O/T: It's also going to be interesting when the fact that the Kennedy's have pimped Kerry on the public comes to light, since they can't get that arseport drunk, Terrible Teddy, elected to promote their liberal "..tax-spend and keep the eyes off us rich people.." agenda.

With a $3/4 Billion Heinz inheritance coming his way, it's amazing that the malleable muttering mob, and the union thugs, think he gives a rat's tush about them over the long haul.

"....GOooooooooooooooooooooooooooo NADER...."!!! At least he's a thinking man's liberal.

John

This is the address listed under company info at Pinsheets.com & in the last 10QSB..:
One World Trade Center
Suite 800
Long Beach
CA 90831
USA
Phone: 562-983-8045

Have your looked there? You could also call the Trasfer Agent: Signature Stock Transfer, Inc., Plano, TX 75093

John

Exterior and interior of facilities, and any products you see.

If any of the bosses, etc., snap them too.

John

There are lots of ISP or services ( Earthlink.net for one ) where you can upload your photos.

Then you can copy the link from there to a post here the same way you post stock charts and pictures here.

John

Evidence grows of Iran nukes
Fri 20 February, 2004 17:50

By Louis Charbonneau

VIENNA (Reuters) - Western diplomats who follow the U.N. nuclear agency are increasingly certain Iran had an atomic weapons programme after recent reports that essential components had been found for making nuclear fuel or nuclear bombs.

Diplomats on the nuclear agency's governing board and a U.S. official said on Thursday U.N. inspectors in Iran had discovered components which were usable in advanced centrifuges for extracting enriched uranium.

Tehran repeated on Friday it had no such equipment, contradicting multiple reports that the U.N.'s International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) had discovered such technology.

"There was a report that they found (advanced P2 enrichment centrifuge) parts in some military base, which was not true," Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi told Reuters.

"What we have is a research project that hasn't been implemented yet. There are no (P2 centrifuge) parts in any place in Iran. They are just trying to create a fuss about this."

But one diplomat said the U.N. inspectors had found several assembled centrifuges based on the "P2" design, which is a Pakistani version of the European-developed "G2" centrifuge.

"The centrifuges were apparently assembled but the Iranians say they never put uranium into them," the diplomat said.

Several Western diplomats dismissed the Iranian denials.

"The aggregate of evidence clearly demonstrates that Iran is pursuing a covert nuclear programme in the best case and in the worst case a covert weapons programme. The evidence points to the latter," a diplomat said.

The circle of diplomats who agree with the U.S. line that Iran has a nuclear weapons programme appears to be widening, with even some non-Western diplomats saying it was becoming increasingly difficult to give Tehran the benefit of the doubt.

WEAPONS-GRADE MATERIAL

Experts say that acquiring weapons-grade material is the biggest hurdle that countries seeking to make an atomic bomb must overcome.

In October, Iran gave the Vienna-based IAEA a declaration of its nuclear programme but made no mention of anything related to P2 technology, which some diplomats are now saying was a serious omission.

"We don't view that the information Iran provided was complete or correct," one of the diplomats said.

Iran's P2 designs, components and centrifuges are among the items IAEA chief Mohamed ElBaradei is expected to discuss in detail in a report expected to be circulated next week.

Experts say the P2 is twice as productive as the first-generation "P1", which Iran has learned to mass-produce to outfit its underground Natanz enrichment facility with tens of thousands of the machines.

Tehran had kept its P1 centrifuge technology hidden from the IAEA but acknowledged last year it had secretly purchased enrichment technology through a global nuclear black market.

A key player in the global black market was the father of Pakistan's atomic bomb, Abdul Qadeer Khan, who Malaysian police said on Friday sold Iran centrifuge parts for $3 million in the mid 1990s. It was unclear if this was P1 or P2 technology.

Western diplomats said both the P1 and P2 centrifuge almost certainly came from Khan through "middlemen". Diplomats said Libya also acquired P1 and P2 technology through Khan. After months of denials by Pakistani officials that their country had provided any nuclear aid to any foreign country, Khan recently admitted to leaking nuclear technology to Iran, North Korea and Libya.

Certainly is nice that GDubya scared that tin-pot Lybian dictator into submission by putting an end to Hussein.

IAEA Says Libya Made Plutonium, Imported Uranium
Fri February 20, 2004 12:53 PM ET

VIENNA (Reuters) - Libya secretly produced a small amount of plutonium, imported enriched uranium and engaged in a number of other activities aimed at producing a nuclear weapon, a report by the U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Friday.

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) also said (these) "failures show that over an extended period of time Libya was in breach of the... safeguards agreement," which is a key part of the nuclear non-proliferation treaty.

Among the numerous breaches of Libya's obligations to report its nuclear activities to the IAEA, the agency listed "failure to declare the import of UF6 (slightly enriched uranium) in 1985, 2000 and 2001 and its subsequent storage...and the import of uranium compounds in 1985 and 2002."

The report said Libya also failed to declare "the separation of a small amount of plutonium." Plutonium and highly enriched uranium are the two substances used to form the core of a nuclear bomb.

UF6 gas is the form of uranium in enrichment centrifuges to produce enriched uranium.

In December, Libya said it was scrapping its nuclear, biological and chemical weapons programs and invited U.S., British and international experts to help it disarm.

IAEA chief Mohamed ElBaradei will travel next week to Libya to meet senior Libyan officials and review progress in the IAEA's dismantling of the country's nuclear weapons program.

The IAEA is preparing reports on Libya and Iran ahead of its March 8 Board of Governors meeting.
© Reuters 2004. All Rights Reserved.
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John

Source Gives Details of Iran Nukes Deal
By ROHAN SULLIVAN Associated Press Writer

http://www.ajc.com/news/content/news/ap/ap_story.html/Intl/AP.V0983.AP-Malaysia-Nuclea.html

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP)--Rogue Pakistani scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan sold nuclear weapons-making equipment to Iran for $3 million and had enriched uranium shipped to Libya for its atomic program, police said Friday, citing the alleged financier of an international trafficking network.

In the first insider's account of the black-market nuclear program, Buhary Syed Abu Tahir told Malaysian police that Khan asked him to send two containers of used centrifuge parts from Pakistan to Iran in 1994 or 1995.

Tahir also said Libya received enriched uranium from Pakistan in 2001, police said.

President Bush has called Tahir the ``chief financial officer and money launderer' of the network run by Khan, who gave the Islamic world its first atomic bomb.

Tahir is in Malaysia and has been questioned by authorities about his connections to Khan in this Southeast Asian country.

A report released by police Friday provides a detailed account of the network headed by Khan, the father of Pakistan's nuclear program, who confessed earlier this month to leaking nuclear technology to Iran, Libya and North Korea.

Police said the 12-page report on Tahir's Malaysian connections will be given to the International Atomic Energy Agency, the Vienna, Austria-based U.N. organization that oversees the international Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty.

Malaysian authorities say they will cooperate if the IAEA seeks further action.

Tahir told Malaysian authorities he organized the shipment of two containers of centrifuge parts from Dubai to Iran aboard an Iranian merchant ship, the report says. Centrifuges are machines that can enrich uranium for weapons and other purposes.

``Payment for the two containers of centrifuge units, amounting to about $3 million,' was paid by an unnamed Iranian, the report said.

``The cash was brought in two briefcases and kept in an apartment that was used as a guesthouse by the Pakistani nuclear arms expert each time he visited Dubai,' the report says, identifying Khan as the arms expert.

Tahir said Khan told him ``a certain amount' of enriched uranium was flown to Libya from Pakistan on a Pakistani airliner in 2001, and a ``certain number' of centrifuges were flown to Libya direct from Pakistan in 2001-02, the report said.

Malaysian officials said earlier that Tahir broke no Malaysian laws, but they would keep him under surveillance.

Tahir, 44, is married to a Malaysian and has permanent residency status here.

Tahir vacated his apartment in one of Kuala Lumpur's most exclusive suburbs Wednesday after an Associated Press reporter sought him out for comment on allegations he was a key deputy in the smuggling network.

He is a former business associate of Kamaluddin Abdullah, the son of Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, who promised the police investigation would be conducted ``without fear or favor.'

A Malaysian company controlled by Kamaluddin, Scomi Precision Engineering, has acknowledged making 14 ``semifinished components' _ which may amount to thousands of parts--for a Dubai-based company, Gulf Technical Industries, under a contract negotiated by Tahir. They were seized in October while being shipped from Dubai to Libya.

Authorities say the parts were for centrifuges, but Scomi says it did not know what the parts were for.

The release of the police report comes as the international investigation into Tahir widened to Kazakhstan.

The Kazakh intelligence agency, the National Security Committee, is investigating allegations that an affiliate of a company linked to Tahir, SMB Computers, was dealing with highly enriched uranium, spokesman Kenzhebulat Beknazarov said.

SMB is a Dubai-based company established by Tahir and his brother that Bush alleged Tahir used as a front to organize the clandestine movement of parts for centrifuges.

Malaysian Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar complained Friday that his nation has been unfairly singled out by Bush in calling for a crackdown on the international nuclear black market.

``Malaysia should not be dragged into the debate of being a country that is involved in the supply of components or otherwise for weapons of mass destruction,' Sayed Hamid said. ``We have no capability.'

He said most nuclear weapons came from Europe and the United States, ``but nothing has been talked about these people.'


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Aha......... I found the latest Fehwuss Fwankie "..LUNCH DATE.." cop-out..:

The Desert Sun - February 18th, 2004

PALM SPRINGS -- Triangle Multi-Media Limited Inc., a locally based media company, soared in trading Tuesday following market speculation that the company will soon launch a 24-hour gay and lesbian cable television channel.

On Tuesday, more than 801 million shares changed hands on the Pink Sheets, an obscure stock exchange for sometimes troubled or emerging companies where huge money managers oftentimes trade on fractions of a penny -- as in the case of Triangle Multi-Media.

The company?s stock closed Tuesday at a fraction of a penny, at 0.0024.

Triangle Multi-Media President Frank Olsen, who was not available for immediate comment, has stated previously that he hopes to have a 24-hour transmission of sample programming available by May 1 to be distributed by satellite, and to theaters and hotel conference rooms.

Funny how he never manages to get info like that into his official public Fluff-O-Grams.

John

Not much choice but to wait, since it's a talent all QBIDrs have had to develop.

How about making the calls though, from anyone else the reports would be highly suspect.

John

New engine technology takes a lot of time due to the resistance built into the "system"; just like gas-saving carburettors and fuel-injection.

Why don't you give them a call and let us know what's up.

John

It would be nice if you would call both entities and see what you can drag out of them.

You're one of the few who could do that, and be believed.

John

That's works. Besides, I want someone to share the bruises with.

John

That goes back to the primary issue, execution. 'Breadburgers' are not a hot menu item.

I'm sure that the TW sub-distributors have been pitched "..blue sky.." from numerous people a lot better at it than Fatso & kwew.

No "..Launch..", no chance in Hell, IMHO. All it would have taken was a $250K to Dish Network two years ago. So far the only thing F.O. has proven he can do is move furniture from one location to another - that of it which was not repossessed in the interim, anyway.

John

OBTW: You've been drafted/promoted.............

Hello, and welcome........

Per Dave's note, he and I were just kicking around old subjects. When I looked for an ENCI board there wasn't one. "..Boardz are my t-h-a-n-g.." - so I plunked this one in here.

This will NOT be an extension of the ECNC/ECNT bash-fest elsewhere, as all trash or O/T posts will end up in the crap-can for the writer to sort out with Matt Brown.

The eye-cash technology has it's place. In fact it really has some super opportunities (..previously blown..), so I hope the new crew can execute on them.

John

Take your camera and snap some outside and inside photos if you can.

John

Looks pretty solid at 0.0017.

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jc,

The problem with flying on that "..contract.." bit, is that many companies that have contracts with other companies never execute on them.

Example: Lots of Contract Technical Personnel Services ( Job Shops ) who provide engineering talent to major corporations like Martin-Marietta Aeorospace, 'Boing-Boing' Aviation, IBM, P&G, GM, Ford, etc., will publish a blurb in CEWeekly ( a trade paper ) saying "..they have a contract.." with the particular client for a HUGE new program. However, in the long run, they may never place a person on the project for numerous reasons; i.e.: not really in FAVOR with the client.

QBID's deal, as I understand it, is that TW will pump their signal through the magic light-pipe "if" and "..ONLY IF.." the distributors they service ASK for it based on customer demand. Post-TitGate there may not be a tremendous drive to add new fringe programming, which of course is secondary to QBID doing a LAUNCH - that we've benn waiting how long for now....................

".............WHERE:S THE BEEF............."?!?

John

Yo Dave,

Looks like you got your Buy-Op today. Silly me, I thought it would hold around 0.0020.

John

Howdy,

I haven't received any emails from Cape Canaveral or Houston today, pursuant to yesterday's fluff-o-gram.

Do we a "..LAUNCH..", or is it just another pack your own PB&J and BYO can of Pride Cola again...?!? Tee hee.

John

As an employee, I'm sure he was required to do things that may have gone against his better judgement. If you choose to belittle him on those grounds, it would appear that the problem you perceive doesn't lie with Manny.

Although I never met Manny face-to-face, I know him to be a stand-up guy, a conscientious amd hard worker, a great Dad to his somewhat challenged daughter, and someone I'd be proud to have as a next door neighbor.

What most people fail to realize is how close the original company came to really making a go of it by providing services to a major NYC based online brokerage firm. Manny was instrumental in furthering the development of that relationship. The failure to close on it (..and another major opportunity with a Midwestern utility company..) rested squarely with the HQ in CA. Especially as that situation was effected by bad and intentionally destructive advice given to the CEO by those closest to him; totally apart from the SEC debacle(s).

John

MoneyTV - this week:

http://www.moneytv.net/ealert.htm

John

Hi Dave,

I haven't kept up with all the perturbations and migrations of eConnect since the major meltdown. The remnants, however, are currently trading as ENCI: http://www.investorshub.com/boards/board.asp?board_id=2313

I completely lost touch with Manny, who was one of the nicer people I've ever 'not met' - virtual organizations and all that. I just hope he didn't end up taking it on the chin.

Fortunately, he had teaching credentials in NY in addition to his market expertise. So, I presume he's managed to stay afloat - hopefully even improve his situation.

Later,

John

And.... Believe it or not. The phone number in the previous PR really works.

John

EyeCashNetworks Announces Corporate Update and Progress of Payment Solutions Over the Internet

LAS VEGAS, Jan 28, 2004 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- EyeCashNetworks, Inc. (Pink Sheets: ECNI) a leading provider of next generation payment solutions www.EyeCashNetwork.com is pleased to announce that the company is moving forward with its payment solution device the eCashPad for secure payments over the internet.

In September of 2003 the company finalized their joint venture with Fluid Cash LLC, to enhance and develop new technologies for payment solutions. The two companies are working aggressively to bring the eCashPad System online.

Chris Jensen, Chief Executive Officer of EyeCashNetworks stated, "We are pleased with the progress we have made with our technologies and now have a better idea of what is needed to fulfill the needs of our customers. There is so much credit card and debit card fraud over the Internet. The eCashPad swipe device offers a secure payment solution for those who are weary of making purchases of goods and services over the Internet. We are currently working with several customers including our partner, Fluid Cash LLC, to bring this technology along with others to the market place."

The company is also pleased to announce that they have relocated their office to:
EyeCashNetworks
Hughes I Center
3960 Howard Hughes Parkway
5th Floor
Las Vegas, NV 89109
Phone # 702-990-3632

The company has also set up an investor relation's email for investor questions. Please use this service if you have any questions about the company or our partners. Info@EyeCashNetwork.com .
About EyeCashNetworks

EyeCashNetworks, Inc. is focused on delivering next-generation e-payment solutions. The Company develops proprietary hardware, software and transaction-processing services and believes that hardware-originated transactions are the future of Internet commerce and will benefit both the customer and the merchant. Located in Las Vegas Nevada and established in 1997, EyeCashNetworks is positioned to become a leader in the implementation of technologies, products and services that enhance the manner in which businesses and consumers benefit from various forms of e-commerce.

SOURCE EyeCashNetworks, Inc.
CONTACT: Allen F. Treffry, +1-562-495-8222, for EyeCashNetworks
URL: http://www.eyecashnetwork.com

Still puttering along...........:

ECNI - EyeCashNetworks, Inc. Com ($0.001)
Primary Venue: Pink Sheets
Best Bid: Unpriced
Best Ask: 0.005 (1 shares) *
* Quoted on the Pink Sheets
TRADE DATA Last Sale: 0.0050
Change: +0.0006
Percent Change: +13.64
Tick: Down
Daily High: 0.0050 Daily Low: 0.0045
Opening Price: 0.0050 Volume: 3,678,712

This is still a workable technology for eventually being able to directly fund a stock trading account, without the hassles of FedEx or wires. It will certainly be interesting to see if they can ever make it happen.

"...Sweet dreams and flying machines.......". Oh well..........

John