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A fifth undersea communications cable damaged (Whats going on?)
Digital Silence ^ | February 6, 2008, 9:21 am

Posted on 02/06/2008 10:34:16 AM PST by maquiladora

What is going on?? It appears that a fifth undersea communications cable has been damaged. The latest...an estimated 1.7 million Internet users in the UAE have been affected by the recent undersea cable damage.

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.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: alexandria; bandarabbas; cabletapping; dubai; egypt; falcon; flag; internet; internetcable; iran; isolatedincidents; malaysia; offshore; penang; prelude; seamewe4; subarinecables; submarinecables; underseacables; underwatercables
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To: maquiladora
Not a ship...but perhaps a sub? Iran?

My bet is that naval forces, particularly US ones, are now alert and will be watching...and may well already know what is going on.

21 posted on 02/06/2008 10:40:13 AM PST by Jeff Head (Freedom is not free...never has been, never will be. (www.dragonsfuryseries.com))
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To: maquiladora
CAPTAIN NEMO STRIKES!


22 posted on 02/06/2008 10:40:33 AM PST by weegee (Those who surrender personal liberty to lower global temperatures will receive neither.)
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To: maquiladora

What is the nature of the damage? You can’t find the reason for the damage until you evaluate the type and scope of the damage. You have a link to that?


23 posted on 02/06/2008 10:41:08 AM PST by Zuben Elgenubi
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To: JOAT
FIVE is deliberate, targeted action.

And not subtle either. I don't know who's doing it or why -- but I sure know that somebody is up to something.

24 posted on 02/06/2008 10:41:27 AM PST by ClearCase_guy
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To: maquiladora

Iran just launched a couple of addditional subs recently. The Iranian people are getting too much info from outside. They fear uprising.

Step in Russia fresh off their suggestion that they would pre-emptively nuke us. They floated the idea in the press that it might signal another “Imperialist Expansion” about to be undertaken the the evil US.

According every leftwing nutjob rag in the US has picked up on that and run with it.

In the meantime Iran gets a twofer...cut off their own people and blame it on the US.

Push the button Mr. President.


25 posted on 02/06/2008 10:41:50 AM PST by Khepri (Fred Thompson, he's a hundred miles away son - READY TO STRIKE!)
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To: weegee

20,000 jihads under the sea


26 posted on 02/06/2008 10:42:15 AM PST by purpleraine
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To: glide625

If true, hilarious.


27 posted on 02/06/2008 10:42:30 AM PST by 3AngelaD (They screwed up their own countries so bad they had to leave, and now they're here screwing up ours)
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To: maquiladora

When you attempt to advance beyound the year 632 then anything is possible in the cult of mohammedism.


28 posted on 02/06/2008 10:42:36 AM PST by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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To: maquiladora
Almost impossible this is a coincidence, so whats happening here?

*hiding cable cutters behind my back* No idea. Nope...must be some kinda crazy coincidence.

29 posted on 02/06/2008 10:42:54 AM PST by Digital Sniper (Hello, "Undocumented Immigrant." I'm an "Undocumented Border Patrol Agent.")
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To: maquiladora

SeaMeWe? Who’s the joker who came up with that one!?


30 posted on 02/06/2008 10:43:39 AM PST by knittnmom (...surrounded by reality!)
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To: Digital Sniper

Perhaps we cut off Iran before we strike?


31 posted on 02/06/2008 10:43:56 AM PST by Scythian
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To: maquiladora

32 posted on 02/06/2008 10:43:56 AM PST by OSHA (The Procrastinators Club is full of poseurs and frauds. Think about it.)
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To: Born Conservative

“Bush...”

You forgot “Women and minorities hit hardest” (standard MSM meme), “Hillary/Pelosi promises investigation and impeachment,” and “Kuchinich blames aliens — but promises to impeach Bush anyway...”


33 posted on 02/06/2008 10:44:00 AM PST by piytar
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To: Paleo Conservative
Who is doing this?


34 posted on 02/06/2008 10:44:17 AM PST by South40 (Amnesty is a slap in the face to the USBP!)
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To: maquiladora

Made in China.


35 posted on 02/06/2008 10:44:50 AM PST by Berlin_Freeper (GO Huckabee! GO-GO! Oh Huckabeegoodtonight!)
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To: Khepri

Iran is not cut off


36 posted on 02/06/2008 10:45:17 AM PST by nuconvert (There are bad people in the pistachio business.)
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To: glide625

The article you linked to is quite plausible; ties up a lot of loose ends...


37 posted on 02/06/2008 10:46:10 AM PST by LambSlave
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To: EggsAckley
There was a communications blackout in Syria just before their airstrike on the nuclear site. It affected phone networks in Lebanon at the time.

Makes you wonder if this is the prelude to something happening in the region...

Some more things to remember, which may be coincidence or not :

* The San Jacinto has docked outside Haifa, Israel. "The American boat can anchor at Haifa Port and use Tomahawk missiles to attack targets in Tehran," Yiftah Shafir from the Israel Institute for National Security Studies explained the expected arrival of the American missile boat, the San Jacinto. .... However, security officials refused to confirm the reason for the arrival of the American boat in Israel.

* A Russian aircraft carrier is expected to set anchor soon at the Syrian port of Tartus, after preparations are completed there for anchoring the huge ship. - http://www.thebulletin.us/site/news.cfm?newsid=19263183&BRD=2737&PAG=461&dept_id=618959&rfi=6

38 posted on 02/06/2008 10:47:20 AM PST by maquiladora
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To: Paleo Conservative
Who is doing this?

_____________________________________

I think it's that guy....you know....

39 posted on 02/06/2008 10:47:27 AM PST by wtc911 ("How you gonna get back down that hill?")
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To: Khepri
Push the button Mr. President

What? And derail the train to Legacyville?

Surely you jest!
40 posted on 02/06/2008 10:47:27 AM PST by mkjessup (Any SOB who calls John F'in Kerry "his dear friend" will NEVER get my vote, no way, no how.)
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