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- iching, on 02/04/2008, -11/+189Three cables in one day was too much for a mere coincidence. It was either some kind of Loch Ness monster or a sub. Now, who has a lot of subs?
- Napoleone, on 02/04/2008, -9/+170SUBWAY eat fresh.™
- inactive, on 02/04/2008, -4/+144So we're at 4 cables down now. Ships anchors have been ruled out. Anyone still calling this coincidence? Hope not. Then what is this? Well, all I know is that this has happened before, and we ended up with the first world war: http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0QUY/is_200 ...
- iching, on 02/04/2008, -9/+148The US Navy and its Cable Cutting Sub
Cable cutters have been of extreme interest to the US Navy. Operation of cable cutters is presently being extended to all depths of the world's oceans. The design and construction of cable cutters cover an extensive area of the engineering fields. The general method used for cutting is a mechanical technique usually involving a cutter impinging on an anvil to cut the cable or wire. In some cases scissor-like devices have been used.
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/shi ... - techne1, on 02/04/2008, -2/+114While I'm not one for conspiracy theories, I can't help but wonder what really happened to these cables. They are, after all, vital parts of the area's communications infrastructure, and this area is generally a politically "hot" zone... And we all know that in modern warfare, communications are primary targets... just sayin'
- iching, on 02/04/2008, -12/+96The only 2 countries that were unaffected were Israel and Iraq, the only two close Anglo-American allies in the region, both remaining completely unaffected by the cable cuts, leading to theories for the causes of the cuts, which have so far been given as having been caused by ships dragging their anchors across the cables. The fact that two rare incidents have happened in the same week, and both with cables owned by the same company, on either sides of Israel and the importance of the Internet to telecommunications and business, lends suspicion to the events.
http://mathaba.net/rss/?x=580589 - chingy1788, on 02/04/2008, -5/+88Scientologists trying to take down anonymous
- syroncoda, on 02/04/2008, -27/+100subs make cuts easily. not like this wasn't planned at all. too coincidental to have 4 backbone cables cut within days of eachother.
i blame united states and israel. mark my words. - ShyGuy91284, on 02/04/2008, -4/+69It's the dolphins. We always knew they were intelligent... They are now beginning to overthrow us!
- overtoke, on 02/04/2008, -9/+74The cables were damaged on purpose to block/delay the opening of the Iran Oil Bourse - read up about it. Island of Kish.
"The long-awaited Iranian Oil Bourse, a place for trading oil, petrochemicals and gas in various non-dollar currencies, will soon open.
Iran's Finance Minister Davoud Danesh-Jafari told reporters the bourse will be inaugurated during the anniversary of the Islamic Revolution (February 1-11) at the latest.
"All preparations have been made to launch the bourse; it will open during the Ten-Day Dawn (the ceremonies marking the victory of the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran)," he said.
also, read this completely relevant, and prophetic article
http://www.energybulletin.net/12125.html
"Americans cannot allow this to happen, and if necessary, will use a vast array of strategies to halt or hobble the operation’s exchange:
Sabotaging the Exchange—this could be a computer virus, network, communications, or server attack, various server security breaches, or a 9-11-type attack on main and backup facilities" - CraigCarlyle, on 02/04/2008, -2/+53*****' Jared!
- jlhoben, on 02/04/2008, -7/+56Sawfish. Nothing to see here people, move on.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/images/40626000/jpg/_4 ... - Shootfast, on 02/04/2008, -5/+47UN: Perhaps it just snapped on its own?
- TwineHornet, on 02/04/2008, -14/+56More evidence that it's the Cloverfield monster.
- THEROC, on 02/04/2008, -0/+42Interesting article about the NSA and undersea fiber-optic cables:
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-529826.html - londubh, on 02/04/2008, -4/+41Mossad or CIA?
- iching, on 02/04/2008, -0/+37Thanks, I didn't know about that important piece of history.
- terracottapai, on 02/04/2008, -1/+37Dugg for superscript.
- mrloco, on 02/04/2008, -4/+39It's like a series of tubes.
- Professr, on 02/04/2008, -2/+34It fell down some stairs, that's all. Just some stairs.
- jabrthel, on 02/04/2008, -4/+34I blame crabs... or lobsters. Pinching their claws, angry that we laid cable onto their sea-land.
- schnikies79, on 02/04/2008, -23/+52I blame china and russia. Mark my words.
See, I can throw out completely baseless accusations too! No one ever does anything but the US and Israel.... - bassgoonist, on 02/04/2008, -1/+28Dugg for unicode use ☺͢ ۩
- inactive, on 02/04/2008, -3/+27Crab people, Crab people, Crab people, Crab people, Crab people, etc
- Chompy, on 02/04/2008, -16/+38This is the same Egyptian government whose official report claimed that the pilot of EgyptAir 990 couldn't possibly have suicided because "Egyptians don't commit suicide". Something else may have caused this disruption, but anyone who believes anything the Egyptian government says is a fool.
- tenrec, on 02/04/2008, -3/+25Before jumping to conclusions, wait for the reports from the repair ships. They will haul up both ends and splice together. If the cables were cut then it will be obvious. During the cold war several transatlantic cable breaks were blamed on the Soviets. Turned out to be seismic activity.
- richardiscool, on 02/04/2008, -1/+22...geostationary?
- inactive, on 02/04/2008, -3/+23The cables were intentionally cut.
The problem is that most people don't know how the cables are structured, layed out, or even set up for that matter. It's not like a gigantic cat5 or anything.
They're well protected from both animals AND the elements, and for something to sever it or disrupt... either some pretty big ***** animal (Godzilla?) or there was a group of humans who did it. - NoStoppingUs, on 02/04/2008, -7/+27they make "fruity cheerios" now. clearly just a fruit loops wannabe.
i told my mom to never ***** buy me fruity cheerios again or her ass is going back to the store. - sleepwalkers, on 02/04/2008, -5/+24Dugg because I'm a sheep.
- inactive, on 02/04/2008, -4/+23SeaOrg , scientology is screwing the internet to fight anon.
- JoshuaH, on 02/04/2008, -5/+22Scientologists..
- Hellman109, on 02/04/2008, -0/+16Well when divers get to the cable the method of cutting them should be apparent.
However I guess you could cut it deliberatly and make it look like an accident... - Andysan, on 02/04/2008, -0/+16It doesn't take a LOT of submarines to cut four cables. Now make a list of who has at least four subs -- maybe no more than two could have done it.
- mrASSMAN, on 02/04/2008, -7/+22"The most violent aggressors in the region are the United States and Israel."
WOW. You have a poor grasp of history. - empirefalling, on 02/04/2008, -1/+16Both.
- shlolz, on 02/04/2008, -2/+17Dugg for being funny.
- empirefalling, on 02/04/2008, -9/+23That is a logical choice.
- sfacets, on 02/04/2008, -2/+16When a government volunteers such information, it usually means something.
- theheyes, on 02/04/2008, -2/+15"I saw it! It's alive! It's huge!"
- skew009, on 02/04/2008, -3/+16It's not about reading them in this case. It's about severing communications channels for banking institutions.
- Nekiruhs, on 02/04/2008, -1/+14Unidentified *****-cable-cutting Objects
- lndmn01, on 02/04/2008, -3/+16Communications between the US and Arab countries is extremely crucial right now. Saudi Arabia along with several other Middle Eastern countries are considering dropping the peg of their currencies to the US dollar. This could mean that oil would no longer be valued in $s which would be the straw that would effectively break the camels back(the US economy). If anything, reduced communications between the US and these countries would be bad for the US....
- NoStoppingUs, on 02/04/2008, -2/+15look.
i just heard kurt russell is at the super bowl.
i dont have time for your ridiculous nonsense. - Myztry, on 02/04/2008, -2/+14Cloverfield....
- inactive, on 02/04/2008, -0/+12Well, they do have a Sea Org!
- JaredXM, on 02/04/2008, -3/+15You called?
- ipodman, on 02/04/2008, -2/+14It was Wall-E.
- skew009, on 02/04/2008, -1/+13Ding Ding Ding!
- skew009, on 02/04/2008, -0/+11Then you would probably be wrong
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