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Mon Feb-04-08 02:39 PM
Response to Reply #19 |
| 29. I wondered why I had had so little spam the last few days. n/t |
| -4th Undersea Cable Break: Between Qatar and UAE |
spotbird |
Feb-04-08 10:54 AM |
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If you start a war, and no one on the ground can report on it, would the outside world know? |
yurbud |
Feb-04-08 10:58 AM |
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Well, there are the Plain Old Telephone systems |
psychopomp |
Feb-04-08 11:02 AM |
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when Reagan did the Grenada invasion, the press had to watch from a distance |
yurbud |
Feb-04-08 11:04 AM |
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POTS uses the same cables. |
Warren Stupidity |
Feb-05-08 06:36 AM |
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It could be anything, but it is something. |
spotbird |
Feb-04-08 11:04 AM |
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Maybe people got tired of the spam. |
mahatmakanejeeves |
Feb-04-08 11:51 AM |
#19 |
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I wondered why I had had so little spam the last few days. n/t |
anitar1 |
Feb-04-08 02:39 PM |
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Or a nasty flaw in the cable itself. |
aquart |
Feb-04-08 09:33 PM |
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Think we're invading Qatar? Not a chance. |
aquart |
Feb-04-08 09:15 PM |
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There must be a satellite backup ? |
Champion_Jack |
Feb-04-08 11:05 AM |
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Whose satellites are they? |
Jack Rabbit |
Feb-04-08 11:07 AM |
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Satellites are bad for real-time data |
dmesg |
Feb-04-08 11:59 AM |
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Satellite is the backbone |
Pavulon |
Feb-04-08 09:23 PM |
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The perils of outsourcing... |
dbackjon |
Feb-04-08 11:07 AM |
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two things |
boricua79 |
Feb-04-08 11:08 AM |
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I agree completly |
nels25 |
Feb-04-08 11:22 AM |
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This might be related |
spotbird |
Feb-04-08 11:27 AM |
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My understanding is that international calls from cellphones |
PaulaFarrell |
Feb-04-08 11:30 AM |
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I agree this is no accident |
The Croquist |
Feb-04-08 05:49 PM |
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"preventing communication between military assets on the ground for Iran" |
Thor_MN |
Feb-04-08 06:59 PM |
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Except, of course, that we have money in Qatar. |
aquart |
Feb-04-08 09:34 PM |
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Riverbend, Dar Jamahl, al jazeera, iraqi oil workers, indy journalists all are net-based. won't be |
yurbud |
Feb-04-08 11:08 AM |
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So Iran does indeed still have access to the internet? |
leftchick |
Feb-04-08 11:11 AM |
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Iran doesn't seem to be affected at all by these cuts |
reorg |
Feb-04-08 03:15 PM |
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According to what I've read here on DU |
kgfnally |
Feb-04-08 03:44 PM |
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You can check out these Wiki articles for yourself |
reorg |
Feb-05-08 07:50 AM |
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It's been tried before |
eyeontheprize |
Feb-04-08 11:18 AM |
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According to Slashdot, it's not a break |
dmesg |
Feb-04-08 11:31 AM |
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Do they know who is doing it? nt |
spotbird |
Feb-04-08 11:42 AM |
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A quick recap of the cable situation, again per Slashdot |
dmesg |
Feb-04-08 11:57 AM |
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If we didn't have the Israel, U.S., U.K. intent to take out Iran, we might |
higher class |
Feb-04-08 01:05 PM |
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When in doubt, blame the Jews? |
aquart |
Feb-04-08 09:37 PM |
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You're observant. I usually list Israel last, however, in light of John Bolton |
higher class |
Feb-05-08 12:04 AM |
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AH! Well this is now interesting. |
aquart |
Feb-04-08 09:35 PM |
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Here comes WWIII folks. Cut communications, here comes Israel. |
sarcasmo |
Feb-04-08 11:35 AM |
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Something fishy going on |
edwardlindy |
Feb-04-08 11:47 AM |
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Some of the past threads about this |
mogster |
Feb-04-08 12:24 PM |
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Iran won't be opening their oil bourse this week or any time soon now. |
smiley_glad_hands |
Feb-04-08 12:34 PM |
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smokymirror.com has some dire analysis of these not-accidental cable cuttings |
Impeachment_Monkey |
Feb-04-08 03:51 PM |
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Mossad? n/t |
guruoo |
Feb-04-08 12:42 PM |
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according to the Khaleej Times Online it's already the 5th break |
reorg |
Feb-04-08 02:06 PM |
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Navy Seals |
CANDO |
Feb-04-08 02:22 PM |
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yes, maybe but who's navy? UAE and Qatar were put on notice by Iran |
ohio2007 |
Feb-04-08 02:57 PM |
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Just a guess on my part. |
CANDO |
Feb-05-08 03:14 PM |
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I'm not sure that this is actually a bad thing. |
superconnected |
Feb-04-08 02:31 PM |
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Who's going to fix it and is there going to be spy equipment included |
Joanne98 |
Feb-04-08 03:29 PM |
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Don't know much about SmokyMirror.com, but it's got some stuff on the cable-cuttings |
Impeachment_Monkey |
Feb-04-08 03:53 PM |
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And there's this rogue US satellite coming down somewhere no-one is saying |
ConcernedCanuk |
Feb-04-08 05:43 PM |
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Prelude for a future attack? Submarines do this kind of sabotage |
Jersey Ginny |
Feb-04-08 09:35 PM |
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Im reluctant to dismiss this.. |
sendero |
Feb-05-08 06:52 AM |
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What an amazing series of coincidences. |
sofa king |
Feb-05-08 07:06 AM |
#49 |
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