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aquart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-03-08 03:18 PM
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19. Yeah, that would be your first thought.
Not that it really qualifies as thinking.

Let me know when you can come up with a reason for it, aside from the evil Jews just like that sort of thing.
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  -Ships did not cause Internet cable damage Donk Yore  Feb-03-08 03:03 PM   #0 
  - so what the hell happened? NT  boricua79   Feb-03-08 03:04 PM   #1 
  - did it have something to do with the opening of Iran's oil bourse this week?  ursi   Feb-03-08 09:33 PM   #63 
     - One of the opening shots in WWI  DBoon   Feb-03-08 10:53 PM   #64 
     - gee, could the Bush admin be that desperate??  ursi   Feb-03-08 11:08 PM   #65 
     - interesting.  robinlynne   Feb-04-08 12:32 PM   #94 
     - you nailed it!  lala_rawraw   Feb-04-08 12:09 AM   #71 
     - maybe...but then again...  boricua79   Feb-04-08 05:49 AM   #80 
  - Frogmen, Then? Great White Sharks? Crocodiles?  Demeter   Feb-03-08 03:05 PM   # 
  - Trained dolphins?  tanyev   Feb-03-08 04:21 PM   #33 
  - Sharks with lasers on their head?  boricua79   Feb-04-08 05:50 AM   #81 
     - I know this is not a laughing matter, but that got me...  iris5426   Feb-04-08 11:27 AM   #90 
     - actually....  sentelle   Feb-04-08 11:38 AM   #91 
  - We have the most advanced  jaksavage   Feb-04-08 10:28 AM   #86 
  - Sounds shady  HughMoran   Feb-03-08 03:05 PM   #2 
  - what countries were effected by this again?  mihalevich   Feb-03-08 03:08 PM   #3 
     - Egypt, Dubai and NOW Qatar. nt  gateley   Feb-03-08 03:09 PM   #6 
     - Generally pro Western middle east countries?  mihalevich   Feb-03-08 03:12 PM   #9 
     - List of nations friendly to the US...  Pavulon   Feb-03-08 03:12 PM   #10 
     - Maybe the target is the friendliness between those nations and the US  AlienGirl   Feb-03-08 03:32 PM   #27 
     - I heard on NPR that nearly half of India's bandwidth was lost  HughMoran   Feb-03-08 03:12 PM   #11 
     - Probably intereupt their ability to use VOIP for tech support calls two :) n\t  raebrek   Feb-04-08 11:51 AM   #93 
     - I think there are more countries  CJCRANE   Feb-04-08 06:23 AM   #82 
     - a link  Donk Yore   Feb-03-08 03:14 PM   #13 
     - You're linking to STORMFRONT?!?!?  lurky   Feb-03-08 03:17 PM   #16 
        - I deleted it  Donk Yore   Feb-03-08 03:18 PM   #18 
        - What a surprise.  aquart   Feb-03-08 03:19 PM   #21 
        - I deleted it  Donk Yore   Feb-03-08 03:21 PM   #23 
        - Curious: What is Stormfront?  jwirr   Feb-03-08 05:18 PM   #37 
        - Neo-Nazi / White supremacist site. n/t  lurky   Feb-03-08 05:31 PM   #39 
           - Thank you. That is one site I want to stay away from.  jwirr   Feb-03-08 06:26 PM   #47 
        - I'm not surprised by the StormFront link  LostinVA   Feb-04-08 12:52 PM   #98 
           - I was  Donk Yore   Feb-05-08 09:36 AM   #117 
     - only two countries were NOT affected- israel and iraq.  QuestionAll   Feb-04-08 11:40 PM   #116 
  - A FOURTH cable was destroyed, too? Yikes -- that's a little too many for  gateley   Feb-03-08 03:08 PM   #4 
  - link?  Joanne98   Feb-03-08 05:26 PM   #38 
     - Internet problems continue with fourth cable break  Robb   Feb-03-08 05:32 PM   #40 
  - Does Israel own any subs?  DJ13   Feb-03-08 03:09 PM   #5 
  - my first thoughts too...  Viva_La_Revolution   Feb-03-08 03:15 PM   #14 
  - Why would the evil Israelis  Pavulon   Feb-03-08 03:22 PM   #24 
     - Why would that stop them just ask the survivors of the USS Liberty  sce56   Feb-03-08 08:11 PM   #56 
     - Wow. Never knew this. Do you have any idea of what their motivation was?  IsItJustMe   Feb-03-08 08:43 PM   #59 
     - I have heard they tried to blame it on the Egyptians to bring the US in on their side  sce56   Feb-03-08 11:34 PM   #68 
     - Thanks. I swear, the longer I live, the more cynical I become. That story blew my mind.  IsItJustMe   Feb-04-08 08:05 PM   #107 
     - The Israeli soldiers were massacring Egyptian POWs in the town of El Arish  Hardhead   Feb-04-08 12:34 PM   #96 
     - So hiroshima is still on the table for the US...  Pavulon   Feb-03-08 11:29 PM   #66 
        - Ok well I'll play that game  sce56   Feb-04-08 01:20 AM   #74 
     - Because that's just what they are. n/t  Megahurtz   Feb-04-08 03:41 PM   #105 
  - Yeah, that would be your first thought.  aquart   Feb-03-08 03:18 PM   #19 
  - Iran owns subs and north Korean semi submersables  ohio2007   Feb-03-08 08:51 PM   #60 
  - Persian Gulf nations that have subs  Lasher   Feb-04-08 03:29 AM   #78 
  - they do, and they are superb  antifaschits   Feb-04-08 07:07 AM   #83 
  - Scuba gear check, shaped charge check  Pavulon   Feb-03-08 03:11 PM   #7 
  - Gaza border breach was closed today, they got the message. n/t  CK_John   Feb-03-08 03:11 PM   #8 
  - Who is "they"?  aquart   Feb-03-08 03:20 PM   #22 
     - And we certainly wouldn't want to miss any of your childish responses.  TheWatcher   Feb-04-08 01:54 PM   #103 
     - Maybe some relatives of yours?  Megahurtz   Feb-04-08 03:44 PM   #106 
  - How would ships damage the cables in that area?  LiberalFighter   Feb-03-08 03:14 PM   #12 
  - countries  mihalevich   Feb-03-08 03:17 PM   #17 
  - How did that answer either of my questions?  LiberalFighter   Feb-03-08 03:32 PM   #28 
  - Dragging anchor.  TomInTib   Feb-03-08 03:19 PM   #20 
  - Gee, I wonder who would want to interrupt information coming out of that area?  PSPS   Feb-03-08 03:16 PM   #15 
  - Probably not the people who TAP all of it..  Pavulon   Feb-03-08 03:32 PM   #26 
  - One cable and accident . . .  Richard D   Feb-03-08 03:22 PM   #25 
  - Dick Cheney  bigbrother05   Feb-03-08 03:33 PM   #29 
  - Mini subs or spiteful Clown Fish.  alfredo   Feb-03-08 03:35 PM   #30 
  - What technical skills are required to locate undersea cables?  FarCenter   Feb-03-08 03:41 PM   #31 
  - IRAN  mihalevich   Feb-03-08 04:09 PM   #32 
     - Iran lost essentially all Internet service  FarCenter   Feb-03-08 04:25 PM   #34 
        - True, but  mihalevich   Feb-03-08 04:38 PM   #35 
           - From the post you replied to  Lone_Star_Dem   Feb-03-08 06:30 PM   #48 
           - You don't know what you're talking about do you  onenote   Feb-05-08 10:21 AM   #120 
           - Iran has been bragging about what their special forces can do.  ohio2007   Feb-03-08 08:36 PM   #58 
  - Many of these countries were cut off from International Banking  Ichingcarpenter   Feb-03-08 04:52 PM   #36 
  - Now That's Rather Significant  Demeter   Feb-03-08 05:46 PM   #41 
  - Two words: IRAN BOURSE. eom  Karenina   Feb-03-08 05:52 PM   #44 
  - Aren't we wiretapping SWIFT?  Marie26   Feb-04-08 03:35 PM   #104 
  - Probably the CIA  Baby Snooks   Feb-03-08 05:48 PM   #42 
  - Umm Yeah, we TAP this shit  Pavulon   Feb-03-08 11:39 PM   #70 
  - Sharks, a new mutant variety of sharks with a taste for cable wire  Lydia Leftcoast   Feb-03-08 05:51 PM   #43 
  - Sharks with fricking lasers on their foreheads.  Thor_MN   Feb-03-08 09:21 PM   #62 
  - funny.  robinlynne   Feb-04-08 12:32 PM   #95 
  - this whole event stinks to high heaven! or low sea floors!  ursi   Feb-03-08 06:16 PM   #45 
  - hmmm... curious  nadinbrzezinski   Feb-03-08 06:19 PM   #46 
  - Godless Warmongering Bastard and the New Word Nazis want all communications  Jesuswasntafascist   Feb-03-08 06:38 PM   #49 
  - We have that down to a science  Pavulon   Feb-03-08 11:32 PM   #67 
     - Hey, let him go, he's on a roll ....  ohio2007   Feb-04-08 12:49 PM   #97 
  - Godzilla  Teaser   Feb-03-08 06:51 PM   #50 
  - Can't trust any Media...Can't Trust Gov't Reports...Can't Trust...Can't Trust...  KoKo01   Feb-03-08 07:12 PM   #51 
  - Testing the ability to disrupt communications before the coming Iran Bombing Campaign  NoodleyAppendage   Feb-03-08 07:13 PM   #52 
  - kick  mdmc   Feb-03-08 07:55 PM   #53 
  - or an Iranian internal purge to cast off the satanic information age and return to the dark ages  ohio2007   Feb-03-08 08:11 PM   #57 
  - I can see it now. Did I cut the right cable? [reply] No! Damn it! The other one.  IsItJustMe   Feb-03-08 08:52 PM   #61 
  - Just like we did in Iraq,,Oh wait no  Pavulon   Feb-03-08 11:36 PM   #69 
  - "Bank on it" was a pun, referring to the disruption of financial transfers prior to bombing.  NoodleyAppendage   Feb-04-08 12:29 AM   #72 
  - Same thought - looking for  kelligesq   Feb-04-08 10:47 AM   #89 
  - a possible 4rth cable cut. ( Iranians denied access to the outside ? but by whom ? )  ohio2007   Feb-03-08 07:59 PM   #54 
  - Those tubes are vulnerable  treestar   Feb-03-08 08:05 PM   #55 
  - The answer will be apparent once they can actually see the break.  Xithras   Feb-04-08 12:41 AM   #73 
  - If someone intentionally broke the cable, why would they not try to make it look unintentional?  Dumak   Feb-04-08 01:41 AM   #75 
  - Internet cable damage  Sandy2k   Feb-04-08 01:42 AM   #76 
  - Ships did not cause Internet cable damage  Sandy2k   Feb-04-08 01:56 AM   #77 
  - Blame "al-Qaeda in the Mediterranean" for this one.  pinniped   Feb-04-08 04:50 AM   #79 
  - Iran oil bourse scheduled  Javaman   Feb-04-08 09:21 AM   #84 
  - The rule of thumb.  buckrogers1965   Feb-04-08 10:06 AM   #85 
  - Probably a sub....  LeftHander   Feb-04-08 10:35 AM   #87 
  - times 4  Donk Yore   Feb-04-08 10:45 AM   #88 
  - All you need is scuba gear  Pavulon   Feb-04-08 09:11 PM   #110 
  - Iran attack will happen before Bush leaves office.  sarcasmo   Feb-04-08 11:42 AM   #92 
  - you taking bets wolf man ?  ohio2007   Feb-04-08 01:04 PM   #100 
     - What are we betting? I am not far from Ohio by the way, LOL.  sarcasmo   Feb-04-08 01:33 PM   #101 
  - Anybody seen Cloverfield?  TrogL   Feb-04-08 12:55 PM   #99 
  - Possibly connected to recent earthquake in Rift Valley region ??  eppur_se_muova   Feb-04-08 01:39 PM   #102 
  - It's an act of War against Iran! Step #1  gerrilea   Feb-04-08 09:00 PM   #108 
  - Internet....Porn and youtube watch out!  Pavulon   Feb-04-08 09:09 PM   #109 
     - I will do some research...but I suspect the majority of communications  gerrilea   Feb-04-08 09:40 PM   #111 
  - Here's an Article from Dr. Richard Sauder, PhD  gerrilea   Feb-04-08 10:02 PM   #112 
  - proving that having a ph.d doesn't make you smart  onenote   Feb-05-08 10:11 AM   #119 
  - We're going into Pakistan... n/t  The Village Idiot   Feb-04-08 10:45 PM   #113 
  - Israel is going into Iran....n/t  The Village Idiot   Feb-04-08 10:47 PM   #114 
  - DU is going into convulsions....n/t  The Village Idiot   Feb-04-08 10:52 PM   #115 
  - Digital World: The underwater cable libel  Phx_Dem   Feb-05-08 09:53 AM   #118 
 

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