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To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (48839)	8/9/2005 6:23:40 PM
From: IQBAL LATIF	Respond to of 50167

<His cell phone numbers were found in Al Libby’s telephone index after which American and Pakistani intelligence agencies put him on their watch list, intelligence officials said, adding that he was arrested after the Cellular Call Tracking System (CCTS) that was installed in several locations countrywide phone calls made by him to Italy, Germany and the UK. “He called someone in the UK on Thursday, called someone else in Italy on Friday and made two long phone calls to somebody in Germany on Saturday,” officials said. He would put his cell phone off after making calls due to which intelligence agencies could not trace his exact location, officials added.> Osama Bin Yousaf important Qaeda operative: officials By Mubasher Bukhari LAHORE: Osama Bin Yousaf, arrested from Faisalabad on Sunday, is said to be an important Al Qaeda operative, a close aide of Abu Faraj Al Libby and Amjad Hussain Farooqi and was in contact with other Al Qaeda operatives in Pakistan and Europe, intelligence officials told Daily Times on Monday. “Bin Yousaf confessed to being part of the Al Qaeda network and to have provided logistic support to militants,” officials added. His cell phone numbers were found in Al Libby’s telephone index after which American and Pakistani intelligence agencies put him on their watch list, intelligence officials said, adding that he was arrested after the Cellular Call Tracking System (CCTS) that was installed in several locations countrywide phone calls made by him to Italy, Germany and the UK. “He called someone in the UK on Thursday, called someone else in Italy on Friday and made two long phone calls to somebody in Germany on Saturday,” officials said. He would put his cell phone off after making calls due to which intelligence agencies could not trace his exact location, officials added. However, the CCTS traced his location while he was calling overseas after which a team arrived in Faisalabad to hunt him down, they said. “He made a phone call to Peshawar on Sunday and was arrested after that. Law enforcement agents were onto him as soon as he finished his call,” officials added. He told his interrogators that he went to Afghanistan in 1992 and got guerrilla training, officials said, adding that he was injured combating rivals in Afghanistan in 1993 and returned to Pakistan. He again went to Afghanistan in 1995 where he was introduced to Al Qaeda leaders, officials added. Maps of Italy, Germany, Pakistan and the UK, three credits cards, a computer, dozens of CDs, three grenades, two AK-47s and hundreds of bullets were seized from his possession, officials added.

To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (48839)	8/9/2005 9:02:21 PM
From: JD	Respond to of 50167

The ZEH invasion of California starts: No More Electric Bills Aug. 15, 2005 issue - Nicholas and Loan Gatai used to cringe when they received power bills that routinely topped $200. Last September the Sacramento, Calif., couple moved into a new, 1,500-square-foot home in Premier Gardens, a subdivision of 95 "zero-energy homes" just outside town. Now they're actually eager to see their electric bills. The grand total over the 10 months they've lived in the three-bedroom, stucco-and-stone house: $75. For the past two months they haven't paid a cent... msnbc.msn.com ------------------------------------------------------- 10 years from now this will be the rule rather than the exception, and the cost of choosing the ZEH option will only add about $30 per month to one's mortgage. I still think that 10-20 years from now we will have almost limitless, very cheap energy from a variety of sources. And those 'experts' promoting the 'peak oil' paradigm have got it exactly backwards...within a few years solutions like ZEH homes will make it very evident that numerous cheap alternatives to oil are being proved (and improved) monthly. Once this happens, instead of the experts talking about how we are going to run out of oil in X years, the market is going to realize that there will be only a very limited number of years left to utilize the remaining oil inventory...and this will create a 'rush to market' that will drive the price down to just over the cost of production. Hope I don't chase away too many readers with my optimism, ggg...