Nazar Ahmad Vaid person
also: Nasser Ahmed, N-A-Z-I-R, Bayid, Vahid, Biad, Viyad, Nasr Ahmed, Mohamed Vaid, Mohamed Viyad
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Pakistancountry · 6CIAintelligence service · 2Finatra Communicationsorganization · 2James DeAndraperson · 2U.S. Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcementorganization · 2M&R Investmentorganization · 1MEC Enterprises USA Inc.organization · 1Arnold Raphaelperson · 1George H.W. Bushperson · 1Najud Tradingorganization · 1Islamic Questorganization · 1BCCIorganization · 1Seymour Hershperson · 1
Claims (7)
Nazar Ahmad Vaid member_of
Atomic Energy Commission documented
“50 high-speed electronic switches used to trigger nuclear bombs. At the time of the arrest, U.S. Customs agents seized several letters directly linking him to S.A. Butt, B-U-T-T, the director of Pakistani Atomic Energy Commission. Butt was …”
▶ The Colonels corner Prelude to terror final chapter @ 36:30
BCCI financed_via
Nazar Ahmad Vaid documented
“in the 1970s to obtain technology and resources for the enrichment of uranium and reprocessing of plutonium. Vaid reportedly offered to pay for the switches in gold later determined to have been supplied by BCCI. U.S. federal officials, how…”
▶ The Colonels corner Prelude to terror final chapter @ 36:58
James DeAndra pardoned
Nazar Ahmad Vaid documented
“A very special deal got worked out. I bet. Bayid ultimately pleaded guilty to one count of illegal attempting to export the switches known as Krytron. Krytron. K-R-Y-T-R-O-N-S. Without a license. U.S. District Judge James DeAndra, D-E-A-N-D…”
▶ The Colonels corner Prelude to terror final chapter @ 37:28
Nazar Ahmad Vaid founded
Najud Trading documented
“September 11, 2001, Bayid had established in Texas a string of companies with foreign affiliations. Three in particular stand out. On July 22, 2002, Bayid used his name, Nasser Ahmed, and his brothers, Mohamed, I must spell it, I-Q-B-A-L, B…”
▶ The Colonels corner Prelude to terror final chapter @ 39:29
Nazar Ahmad Vaid founded
MEC Enterprises USA Inc. documented
“Nasr Ahmed signed the incorporation papers for yet another company. This company was called MEC, all capital letters, Enterprises USA Inc. The signature above those words are Nasr Ahmed, and it simply reads V.A.T., V.A.I.D. The sole shareho…”
▶ The Colonels corner Prelude to terror final chapter @ 42:33
Nazar Ahmad Vaid founded
Finatra Communications documented
“that dealt with metal machining, which you would need for high-speed centrifuges to enrich uranium. The parts were transhipped to Dubai as a front company and to end users like Libya, but all made their way to Pakistan. The first known U.S.…”
▶ The Colonels corner Prelude to terror final chapter @ 44:05
CIA recruited
Nazar Ahmad Vaid host_asserted
“November 1st, 2002. More than one CIA source said that Viyad is a CIA asset and was doing all of this to ensure all of those front companies, it was later rumored, were CIA front companies in order to help Pakistan acquire all of the nuclea…”
▶ The Colonels corner Prelude to terror final chapter @ 46:24
Mentions (14)
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In each case, the defendant received a very kind treatment from authorities who allowed the Nuclear Proliferation Network to continue operating. In 1984, a federal agent arrested Nazar Ahmad Vaid. His first name is N-A-Z-I-R. He was a 33-ye…
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in the 1970s to obtain technology and resources for the enrichment of uranium and reprocessing of plutonium. Vaid reportedly offered to pay for the switches in gold later determined to have been supplied by BCCI. U.S. federal officials, how…
▶ 37:28
A very special deal got worked out. I bet. Bayid ultimately pleaded guilty to one count of illegal attempting to export the switches known as Krytron. Krytron. K-R-Y-T-R-O-N-S. Without a license. U.S. District Judge James DeAndra, D-E-A-N-D…
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probation. At Vahid's sentencing, both the judge and the prosecutor agreed that Vahid was not a foreign agent. Deandra described him as a businessman, trying to expedite what he thought was a business deal. Just three weeks later, Biad was …
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later revealed that there had been a fix on the Viad case and that the CIA had arranged to handle all of it. Because his conviction in deportation, Viad was prohibited from ever returning to the U.S. His name appears on a U.S. Bureau of Imm…
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Viyad has entered the country more than half a dozen times during the past several years by simply dropping his last name and becoming Nasser Ahmed. Viyad fraudulently obtained multiple visas from the ambassador's office in Pakistan to re-e…
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September 11, 2001, Bayid had established in Texas a string of companies with foreign affiliations. Three in particular stand out. On July 22, 2002, Bayid used his name, Nasser Ahmed, and his brothers, Mohamed, I must spell it, I-Q-B-A-L, B…
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an organization established to present the correct position of Islam to non-Islamic people. The contact person for Islamic Quest is listed as the same guy. Mohamed Vaid signed the incorporation papers for both companies on the same day, Jul…
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Nasr Ahmed signed the incorporation papers for yet another company. This company was called MEC, all capital letters, Enterprises USA Inc. The signature above those words are Nasr Ahmed, and it simply reads V.A.T., V.A.I.D. The sole shareho…
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that dealt with metal machining, which you would need for high-speed centrifuges to enrich uranium. The parts were transhipped to Dubai as a front company and to end users like Libya, but all made their way to Pakistan. The first known U.S.…
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was a company called F-I-N-A-T-R-A, Finatra Communications. That company was incorporated by a third person in Houston. In 1996, the shareholders was Mohamed Viyad and Nasser Ahmed. Both were listed as residents of Houston. In 1999, the Viy…
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Finatra Group of Companies. Nasser Viyad also operates a branch of Finatra in Pakistan. In 1997, in a magazine, it referred to Viyad as the chief executive for Viyad Cyber Cafe in Karachi, which reported its first establishment in Pakistan.…
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In 2004, the U.S. Customs was planning to detain Viad on his next trip to the U.S. after being warned by a reporter that Viad was traveling frequently between the two countries. In 2004, a U.S. Customs agent told Viad's son that there would…
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November 1st, 2002. More than one CIA source said that Viyad is a CIA asset and was doing all of this to ensure all of those front companies, it was later rumored, were CIA front companies in order to help Pakistan acquire all of the nuclea…