February 05, 2008
Fourth Undersea Cable Failure in Middle East
The first two affected India, Pakistan, Egypt, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, and Bahrain. The third one is between the UAE and Oman. The fourth one connected Qatar and the UAE. This one may not have been cut, but taken offline due to power issues.
The first three have been blamed on ships' anchors, but there is some dispute about that. And that's two in the Mediterranean and two in the Persian Gulf.
There have been no official reports of malice to me, but it's an awfully big coincidence. The fact that Iran has lost Internet connectivity only makes this weirder.
EDITED TO ADD (2/5): The International Herald Tribune has more. And a comment below questions whether Iran being offline has anything to do with this.
EDITED TO ADD (2/5): A fifth cut? What the hell is going on out there?
1 posted on
02/06/2008 8:09:16 AM PST by
sionnsar
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To: nuconvert
2 posted on
02/06/2008 8:09:50 AM PST by
sionnsar
(trad-anglican.faithweb.com |Iran Azadi| 5yst3m 0wn3d - it's N0t Y0ur5 (SONY) | UN: Useless Nations)
To: sionnsar
Yeah, good question. And, is it the good guys or the bad guys. I wouldn’t put it past Iran to cut itself off from the rest of the world in order to accomplish some horrific act that they don’t want reported. I can also see that cutting them off might aid the West, depending on “what’s up.” But which one of these, or even something else, I can’t even guess.
4 posted on
02/06/2008 8:11:30 AM PST by
MizSterious
(Deport all the illegals to sanctuary cities.)
To: sionnsar
Once is happenstance, twice is coincidence.
Three times is enemy action. And FIVE!?!
The only question is, is this Al Quida, Or the NSA?
5 posted on
02/06/2008 8:11:38 AM PST by
pangenesis
(Legalize freedom - vote Ron Paul!)
To: sionnsar
Testing to see if I still have net capability.
And to make sure I'm logged in.
7 posted on
02/06/2008 8:11:50 AM PST by
Allegra
(A chicken in every pot and a pair of new socks every day.)
To: sionnsar
Too many unislamic ideas have been leaking into Iran via the Internet. Mohammed didn’t have the web, why should Iranians?
12 posted on
02/06/2008 8:14:29 AM PST by
Fresh Wind
(Scrape the bottom, vote for Rodham!)
To: sionnsar
La Plume de ma tante est sur la table.
REPEAT: La Plume de ma tante est sur la table.
The Eagle flies at midnight.
REPEAT: The Eagle flies at midnight.
16 posted on
02/06/2008 8:16:32 AM PST by
chs68
To: sionnsar
17 posted on
02/06/2008 8:17:14 AM PST by
GOP Poet
To: sionnsar
Seems like a good predecessor to an attack. No immediate images of baby milk factories in rubble.
22 posted on
02/06/2008 8:20:11 AM PST by
elfman2
("As goes Fallujah, so goes central Iraq and so goes the entire country" -Col Coleman, USMC ,4/2004)
To: sionnsar
A friend in Bahrain has had no problems with the internet so far.
To: sionnsar
34 posted on
02/06/2008 8:23:42 AM PST by
sourcery
(Electile Disfunction: The inability to get excited about any of the available candidates)
To: sionnsar; fanfan; marinamuffy
The first two affected India, Pakistan, Egypt, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, and Bahrain. The third one is between the UAE and Oman. The fourth one connected Qatar and the UAE. This one may not have been cut, but taken offline due to power issues. Only one Gulf country seems to be unaffected for the most part.
Coincidence?
I think not.
37 posted on
02/06/2008 8:24:40 AM PST by
Allegra
(A chicken in every pot and a pair of new socks every day.)
To: sionnsar
This is FUD, pure and simple.
Try the link to the government of Iran. it works.
Try the traffic report that says they've lost connectivity. it shows ONE FREAKING SERVER that is not responding, the one that ITR happens to check.
Give it a rest, folks.
40 posted on
02/06/2008 8:26:14 AM PST by
Izzy Dunne
(Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
To: sionnsar
Oh come on. Everyone knows it’s Israel trying to isolate the bad guys right before the big strike!
Seriously, there are some good comments on that Schneier link. I wouldn’t jump to any conclusions at thise point.
45 posted on
02/06/2008 8:28:11 AM PST by
saganite
(Lust type what you what in the “tagline” space)
To: sionnsar
...the scariest part of this is that Iran is now offline And we should be scared because......?
50 posted on
02/06/2008 8:34:52 AM PST by
theDentist
(Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll.)
To: sionnsar; Peanut Gallery
55 posted on
02/06/2008 8:39:54 AM PST by
Professional Engineer
(www.pinupsforvets.com --- In other news, K7UGA, what a dude.)
To: sionnsar
What happen?
Somebody set us up the bomb.
To: sionnsar
How do you make a computer out of the stone-age ?
62 posted on
02/06/2008 8:45:01 AM PST by
yourmind
(; ))
To: sionnsar
HI HI HI HI HI HI HI HI HI HJI
64 posted on
02/06/2008 8:46:31 AM PST by
yourmind
(; ))
To: sionnsar
two ways to solve a crime
1...follow the money
2. listen to what you don’t hear
Hear any American authorized comments or speculations ?
me either
69 posted on
02/06/2008 8:50:01 AM PST by
advertising guy
(------> male..................)
To: sionnsar
Allah is not happy with muzzl’ems using the internet, the degenerate tool of the infidel. He is cutting th cables.
85 posted on
02/06/2008 9:13:13 AM PST by
Right Wing Assault
("..this administration is planning a 'Right Wing Assault' on values and ideals.." - John Kerry)
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