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Urgent: Cable Cuts Now Total Five
Urbansurvival.com ^ | 2008.02.05 | George Ure

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."


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Israel; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 200802; cables; cutcables; internet; iran; israel; middleast; submarinecables; telecom; underseacables; underwatercables
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To: avid

Chicom sub?


41 posted on 02/06/2008 12:52:15 AM PST by RSmithOpt (Liberalism: Highway to Hell)
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To: Secret Agent Man
Where’s Satan giving power to George?

A)Bush B)Soros C)Clooney D)All ?

Great chart BTW

42 posted on 02/06/2008 1:08:18 AM PST by ninonitti
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To: JerseyHighlander

What? No chemtrails?


43 posted on 02/06/2008 1:10:09 AM PST by B-Chan (Catholic. Monarchist. Texan. Any questions?)
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To: B-Chan

Pray for my son Jaime and Daughter-in-law, Nancy! They live in Jerusalem. I am concerned because they have not had internet at the home for some time. We cannot Skype. We are concerned.


44 posted on 02/06/2008 1:27:04 AM PST by Shery (in APO Land)
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To: B-Chan

cable-cutting not having the intended effect.
oil futures are down


45 posted on 02/06/2008 1:47:15 AM PST by patch789
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To: Dr.Zoidberg

That was during the Clinton years, when BJ was considering banning guns.


46 posted on 02/06/2008 3:13:13 AM PST by Jabba the Nutt (Just laugh at them!)
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To: B-Chan
There's always a small chance that all hell is about to break loose in the Middle East!!!
47 posted on 02/06/2008 3:39:29 AM PST by ricks_place
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To: B-Chan
Yes, and how many times
must a cable get cut
before we see there's a plan ...

The answer, my FRiend
is swimmin' in the sea;
the answer is swimmin' in the sea.

48 posted on 02/06/2008 4:15:03 AM PST by NonValueAdded (What Would Hobson Choose?)
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To: Dog; jeffers

ping


49 posted on 02/06/2008 4:16:29 AM PST by Cap Huff
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To: Dr.Zoidberg

Our soldiers being asked if they’d shoot American citizens if ordered to...

I've somehow missed this little gem. Where did it come from?

I heard that kook comment during the early years of the Clinton Administration. Just ignore these idiots.

50 posted on 02/06/2008 4:25:23 AM PST by Erik Latranyi (Too many conservatives urge retreat when the war of politics doesn't go their way.)
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To: Secret Agent Man

You’re video is shocking and mind boggling. I can’t believe that the Marine Corps has sunk so low as to train it’s troops to fight and kill it’s own Civilians who won’t submit to being disarmed and “displaced”.
I would not only have disobeyed such an unlawful order, I would have made every effort to go over to the people’s side.


51 posted on 02/06/2008 4:40:09 AM PST by BnBlFlag (Deo Vindice/Semper Fidelis "Ya gotta saddle up your boys; Ya gotta draw a hard line")
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To: My Favorite Headache

Say what?


52 posted on 02/06/2008 4:41:13 AM PST by Dog
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To: fr_freak
You're very correct. Yes, many would fire, but only if they *had* to for *very* valid reasons. (And most wouldn't fire on their family members for *any* reason.)

The people who are in the position to actually give such orders, never would. Heck, they'd probably organize a coup if the "grand high mucky-mucks" ever lost their minds and ordered such things.

Soldiers are people, too.

53 posted on 02/06/2008 5:21:07 AM PST by Marie (Why is it that some people believe everything that happens is the will of G-d - except Israel?)
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To: fr_freak
The story at that link is complete BS. Only someone who has never actually been in the military would believe that you could find more than just a few fringe types in the US military who would be willing shoot their own family members, or any other American without a damn good reason. It's always the anti-military left-wingers who think that US military guys are just brainwashed robots, instead of regular Americans.

I was in the army in the late 1960's. We in the First Army trained one summer in riot control. Mostly we drilled in line and wedge formations with bayonets mounted. We were instructed that the commanders had seven levels of force to call upon. The seventh was the order given to shoot. These would be Americans that we would shoot.

I seem to recall reading about veteran demonstrations being routed by the Army in the early 1900's. I believe some were killed. Perhaps some FR historians know more about this.

54 posted on 02/06/2008 5:49:50 AM PST by LoneRangerMassachusetts (<I>)
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To: B-Chan
"...All posts by B-chan are intended for entertainment purposes only...

Anything derived from a site called "urbansurvival.com" is bound to have high entertainment value!

55 posted on 02/06/2008 7:03:43 AM PST by -=SoylentSquirrel=-
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To: fr_freak

Well, the guy later said he had changed his mind about it.

It made me pause because I do remember the story that the same thing was being asked in a questionnaire at 29 Palms in the 90’s. Almost all of the lower level marines (I believe it’s the marines) asked would not do it. Higher ups were more likely to say yes.


56 posted on 02/06/2008 7:27:43 AM PST by Secret Agent Man
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To: Erik Latranyi
Like I said, Alex Jones.

The man is a raving lunatic truther and sucker for every last convoluted, asinine, idiot conspiracy theory out there.

Feh!

57 posted on 02/06/2008 10:19:28 AM PST by Dr.Zoidberg (Mohammedanism - Bringing you only the best of the 6th century for fourteen hundred years.)
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