Posted on 02/05/2008 10:48:57 PM PST by B-Chan
From our "eyes open" and be ready for the ME to go hot, not only are sources in Israel reporting that unofficially folks are being told to ready their safe rooms, but we now see that telecommunications cable breaks servicing that part of the world are now up to 5!
"A total of five cables being operated by two submarine cable operators have been damaged with a fault in each. These are SeaMeWe-4 (South East Asia-Middle East-Western Europe-4) near Penang, Malaysia, the FLAG Europe-Asia near Alexandria, FLAG near the Dubai coast, FALCON near Bandar Abbas in Iran and SeaMeWe-4, also near Alexandria. " Source Link
About the drop in the price of gold today: Could this be a 'beat down' to let big players in on the cheap before something goes hot?? We're scanning for more "telecom breaks" which might be a precursor to things getting ugly. That could be very bad for the equities markets as well...
Worries in Israel
There's a small chance - but worth mentioning - that all hell is about to break loose in the Middle East wars. A snip from an email to me from inside Israel this morning notes that "in any case such a fast and prayer day as we are having today has not been called for since immediately before the second intifada."
Is this a bad thing? /sarc
There’s a submarine going from one cable to another.
That is only true on days of the week ending in "y".
Captain Nemo has been spotted!
All Internet connections with Iran were disrupted with the previous cable cut. BFLR.
Regarding the gold price:
Beat-R-Down!
Good scenery there, probably.
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1963607/posts?page=236#236
5 Cables now...
http://www.albawaba.com/en/countries/UAE/221875
“Who cuts undersea cables in the Middle East?”
Posted: 05-02-2008 , 10:53 GMT
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “A total of five cables being operated by two submarine cable operators have been damaged with a fault in each. These are SeaMeWe-4 (South East Asia-Middle East-Western Europe-4) near Penang, Malaysia, the FLAG Europe-Asia near Alexandria, FLAG near the Dubai coast, FALCON near Bandar Abbas in Iran and SeaMeWe-4, also near Alexandria.
© 2008 Mena Report (www.menareport.com)”
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http://www.menareport.com
http://www.menareport.com/en/business/221875
236 posted on 02/05/2008 11:04:55 PM PST by Cindy
I’m reading on other (lesser) sites that the cable cuts are not at 9. Very interesting.
My guess is that it’s for something that could happen but not something that’s going to happen. We’ll probably react after Iran detonates nukes in a western country. ...don’t want to hurt the imports/economy with any oil shortages before then.
Cable cuts all over the mideast area...
Israel safe room warnings...
Iran launching ‘satellite’ on what appears to be a Shahab-3 rocket...
Iran’s uranium enrichment program hard at work...
Our soldiers being asked if they’d shoot American citizens if ordered to...
Lots of weird crap coming down right now....
Chart incomplete. Where’s Satan giving power to George?
China’s market crashed this morning.
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