Abdulmutallab Says More Attacks On The Way

Yemen’s Foreign Minister, Abu Bakr al-Qirbi said today that he expects hundreds of militant al-Qaeda extremists are planning terror attacks. Al-Quibri is pleading for help from the international community for training against terrorist forces. The Foreign Minister acknowledges numerous al-Qaeda operatives in Yemen, including some of their leaders. In response to the Christmas Day bombing attempt, al-Qibri said, “They may actually plan attacks like the one we have just had in Detroit. There are maybe hundreds of them — 200, 300.”

The perpetrator of the Christmas Day bombing attempt on Northwest Airlines flight 253, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, is said to have told FBI agents that there are more people just like him who are ready to carry out attacks. Abdulmutallab said there are extremists in Yemen and they plan to strike very soon. This statement is backed by the taped message from the Yemen al-Qaeda leader that was released four days before Christmas. In the statement, the al-Qaeda leader boasted of what was planned for Americans, saying, “We are carrying a bomb to hit the enemies of God.”

Abdulmutallab claims to have trained in Yemen under al-Qaeda, for more than a month. With his training complete, he strapped himself with 80 grams of a high explosive (PETN) that was sewn into his underwear and went undetected by standard airport security screenings. The amount of PETN Abdulmutallab had on his person was more than one-and-a-half times the amount carried by Richard Reid, the “shoe bomber”, in 2001. The “underwear bomb” was powerful enough to blow a hole in the side of an aircraft. The tragedy was averted due only to the fact that the bomb’s detonator did not work.

Based on the actions of Abdulmutallab, the claim of responsibility by al-Qaeda and the presence of the terrorist group in Yemen, Foreign Minister al-Oirbi said he believes it is the responsibility of countries with strong intelligence capabilities to warn Yemen and other countries of movement by terrorist suspects. Foreign Minister al-Qirbi called on the United States, Britain and the European Union to “work in a very joint fashion in partnership to combat terrorism.”

Drunk with Power? Senator Max Baucus Slurs on Senate Floor

The video shows Finance Committe Chairman, Senator Max Baucus giving a speech on the floor of the Senate. Senator Baucus’ speach is slurred and he appears to be intoxicated.

Al Qaeda Claims Responsibility for Christmas Day Bombing of Northwest Airlines Flight 253

The Al Qaeda extremist group based in Yemen is claiming responsibility for the Christmas Day attempted bombing of a Northwest Airlines passenger jet bound for Detroit. Umar Farouk Abdulmuttalab acting as a suicide bomber was provided with a “technically advanced device” that he was supposed to detonate while on board the aircraft. A statement from the Al Qaeda group claims an unspecified technical fault for the botched bombing.

In their statement, the extremist Al Qaeda group, also known as AQAP, let it be known the bomber had their blessing in his response to the recent U.S. attacks in Yemen. The group’s statement also included new warnings of attacks in the Arabian Peninsula specifically against foreign embassies. “We call on all Muslims … to throw out all unbelievers from the Arabian Peninsula by killing the crusaders who work in embassies or elsewhere,” the statement read. The Al Qaeda statement went on to praise Abdulmutallab and thumb their noses at American intelligence and security. “[Abdulmutallab] managed to penetrate all devices and modern advanced technology and security checkpoints in international airports … defying the large myth of American and international intelligence, and exposing how fragile they are, bringing their nose to the ground.”

With Al Qaeda’s claim of responsibility for the attempted attack, both the U.S. and Yemen officials find themselves under even greater pressure to bring the network under control. Both governments acknowledge cooperation in the fight against Islamist extremists. A senior security aide to Yemen’s president recently said his government was working with the U.S. government to rid his country of Al Qaeda.

Over the summer Al Qaeda members appeared to be retreating from Afghanistan and Pakistan and seeking safe haven in Yemen. A Saudi Al Qaeda member who had taken refuge in Yemen was unsuccessful in his August assassination attempt against the Saudi Arabia’s leader of the war on terror, Prince Mohammed bin Nayyeff al Saud. The Al Qaeda group is seeking revenge against Yemen and the U.S. for the deaths caused by the December 17 attack against Al Qaeda cells based in Yemen.

While the government works to protect the people of Yemen, Al Qaeda supporters along with government opposition, have staged protests against the government’s operations to stop Al Qaeda. The opposition claims many women and children have lost their lives in the attacks against the extremists.

While analysts who specialize in Yemen and Al Qaeda are saying the group has limited support within the unstable country, the government is not overly confident. The analysts warn that Al Qaeda could try to capitalize on the anger over the civilian casualties and gain a stronger hold on the country.

UK Scientist Steps Down During Climategate Investigation

The United Nations Climate Change Conference 2009 in Copenhagen that is scheduled for next week will take place under the cloud of Climategate. First the hacked file-dump that took place more than a week ago exposed emails and falsified data that has been the source for global warming hysteria. Now, Universities on both sides of the pond are investigating the emails and data that have been exposed.

The Associated Press is reporting today that the director of the Climate Research Unit at England’s University of East Anglia, is stepping down from his post. Phil Jones’ resignation comes after the emails revealing the theory that man-made global warming is a hoax were released on the internet. Included in the emails were directives from Jones for others to delete specific messages and to falsify data.

An independent investigation into allegations that Jones altered the way global temperature data was presented is expected to take place. The allegations against the director and the data that was leaked include over a decade’s worth of correspondence that point to the fabrication of the entire global warming movement.

Penn State Meteorology Professor Michael Mann, is also being accused of exaggerating or fabricating global warming data. The Daily Collegian is reporting that Penn State officials are investigating whether Mann and his colleagues distorted data on global warming. According to the report, a committee assigned by PSU will read all 300 email messages to determine if further inspection is necessary.

In light of these developments, President Barack Obama is expected to attend the Conference in Copenhagen and the U.S. Congress continues to push for Cap & Trade legislation.

Climategate: It’s all a HOAX

Global Warming has been debated for many years. The believers of this religion serve to deliver the message that humans are destroying the planet. Specifically, Americans are single-handedly causing the warming of the earth through innovation and technological advancement.  Al Gore has made millions of dollars as the Supreme Leader of the organized movement to force Americans to call the HazMat Team if they break a light bulb in their home.  He has nudged his propaganda disguised as education into the public school system in America and the mainstream media perpetuates the movement with story after story of the fate of the world at the hands of her inhabitants. 

Critics have argued that the theory behind Global Warming just doesn’t make since. Many have questioned the scientific data used in the claims. Average citizens scratch their heads when they hear Global Warming reports on the evening news; following the weather report of record lows and the earliest snow fall in 50 years. Common folk have often asked. “ If God created the earth and man, how is it that human advancement would have the ability to destroy the planet?”  Many Christians are confident in their faith and belief that God is responsible for temperature changes and to think humans could affect it is nothing short of arrogant.

Last Thursday, so many of the Global Warming questions were answered by computer hackers who managed to obtain files from the Climatic Research Unit (CRU) based at the University of East Anglia. A very large file (61 mb) was downloaded and posted on the internet. 

THINK:  Have you heard this story in the mainstream media?

The Director of the CRU, Phil Jones, has acknowledged the files that contain papers, documents and emails, are real.  The emails are particularly damaging and offer very clearly the degree to which the data and information offered to the public has been manipulated.    Included in the damaging evidence are prominent names in the Global Warming Scientific Community:  Phil Jones, Benjamin Santer, Michael Mann, Kevin Trenberth, Jonathan Overpeck, Ken Briffa and Tom Wigley.  This small, elite, community was named by Professor Wegman in his report to the National Academy of Science (NAS).

When questioned about the data and methodology used to obtain it, Phil Jones has been quoted as saying, “We have 25 years or so invested in the work. Why should I make the data available to you when your aim is to try and find something wrong with it?” 

The information revealed in the emails includes evidence as to how Professor Wegman;s  “community of scientists” published and peer-reviewed each other’s work.  The emails show how the group controlled the process including the manipulation of major journals like Science and Nature. One of the “community members” was Andrew Weaver, editor of the Journal of Climate.

The group went on to control the global weather data used by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), including the crucial chapters and preparation of the Summary for PolicyMakers (SPM).   They also had a left wing channel to the New York Times through Andy Revkin.  The emails between Revkin and the community are extremely telling and should at the very least call into question his journalistic integrity. 

Here are samples of the emails exposed:

Manipulation of evidence:

I’ve just completed Mike’s Nature trick of adding in the real temps to each series for the last 20 years (ie from 1981 onwards) and from 1961 for Keith’s to hide the decline.

Private doubts about whether the world really is heating up:

The fact is that we can’t account for the lack of warming at the moment and it is a travesty that we can’t. The CERES data published in the August BAMS 09 supplement on 2008 shows there should be even more warming: but the data are surely wrong. Our observing system is inadequate.

Suppression of evidence:

Can you delete any emails you may have had with Keith re AR4?

Keith will do likewise. He’s not in at the moment – minor family crisis.

Can you also email Gene and get him to do the same? I don’t have his new email address.

We will be getting Caspar to do likewise.

Fantasies of violence against prominent Climate Sceptic scientists:

Next time I see Pat Michaels at a scientific meeting, I’ll be tempted to beat the crap out of him. Very tempted.

Attempts to disguise the inconvenient truth of the Medieval Warm Period (MWP):

……Phil and I have recently submitted a paper using about a dozen NH records that fit this category, and many of which are available nearly 2K back–I think that trying to adopt a timeframe of 2K, rather than the usual 1K, addresses a good earlier point that Peck made w/ regard to the memo, that it would be nice to try to “contain” the putative “MWP”, even if we don’t yet have a hemispheric mean reconstruction available that far back…

The following note is part of a long series of communications that discusses how to squeeze scientists who disagree out of the peer review process.

“This was the danger of always criticizing the skeptics for not publishing in the “peer-reviewed literature”. Obviously, they found a solution to that–take over a journal! So what do we do about this? I think we have to stop considering “Climate Research” as a legitimate peer-reviewed journal. Perhaps we should encourage our colleagues in the climate research community to no longer submit to, or cite papers in, this journal. We would also need to consider what we tell or request of our more reasonable colleagues who currently sit on the editorial board…What do others think?”

“I will be emailing the journal to tell them I’m having nothing more to do with it until they rid themselves of this troublesome editor.”“It results from this journal having a number of editors. The responsible one for this is a well-known skeptic in NZ. He has let a few papers through by Michaels and Gray in the past. I’ve had words with Hans von Storch about this, but got nowhere. Another thing to discuss in Nice!”

The complete file download is available here. 

While the information revealed in the file was obtained through e-mail theft by hackers, it does not change the facts contained therein.  Science is dependent on accurate and complete data that can be replicated.  The Global Warming hysteria appears to have been being pushed forward on unproven theory and manipulated and false data.

THINK:  Have you heard from anyone in the media, Congress or the president call for an immediate investigation into this matter?  Has there been a call to stop all taxes, tax increases and regulations related to “saving the planet?”

Keep a close eye on this one. The media is investigating the whistle-blower, not the truth behind the hoax.  Those who seek to control through the myth of global warming are not going to go away quietly.