Comments on: Incident number four: Another undersea cable cut http://michellemalkin.com/2008/02/05/incident-number-four-another-undersea-cable-cut/ news and commentary from a conservative perspective Tue, 14 Feb 2012 10:01:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: GaijinBob http://michellemalkin.com/2008/02/05/incident-number-four-another-undersea-cable-cut/comment-page-1/#comment-238445 GaijinBob Thu, 07 Feb 2008 17:13:49 +0000 http://michellemalkin.com/2008/02/05/incident-number-four-another-undersea-cable-cut/#comment-238445 <strong>DaveC</strong> said:<blockquote>I know.. it’s ‘Cloverfield, part II; Cairo’</blockquote>Do <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaiju" rel="nofollow">kaiju</a> count as part of nature? DaveC said:
I know.. it’s ‘Cloverfield, part II; Cairo’

Do kaiju count as part of nature?

]]> By: Pro Cynic http://michellemalkin.com/2008/02/05/incident-number-four-another-undersea-cable-cut/comment-page-1/#comment-238005 Pro Cynic Thu, 07 Feb 2008 03:13:49 +0000 http://michellemalkin.com/2008/02/05/incident-number-four-another-undersea-cable-cut/#comment-238005 <strong>The conspiracy...</strong> to cut undersea telecommunications cables. To the Middle East. Twice might be a coincidence, even in this region. But four times? Something is up.... The conspiracy…

to cut undersea telecommunications cables. To the Middle East.

Twice might be a coincidence, even in this region. But four times? Something is up….

]]> By: procopy http://michellemalkin.com/2008/02/05/incident-number-four-another-undersea-cable-cut/comment-page-1/#comment-237827 procopy Wed, 06 Feb 2008 23:31:05 +0000 http://michellemalkin.com/2008/02/05/incident-number-four-another-undersea-cable-cut/#comment-237827 Five? http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/theuae/2008/February/theuae_February155.xml&section=theuae Five?
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/theuae/2008/February/theuae_February155.xml&section=theuae

]]> By: CMD http://michellemalkin.com/2008/02/05/incident-number-four-another-undersea-cable-cut/comment-page-1/#comment-237274 CMD Wed, 06 Feb 2008 16:37:19 +0000 http://michellemalkin.com/2008/02/05/incident-number-four-another-undersea-cable-cut/#comment-237274 I haven't seen any news stories highlight this yet, but it appears these cable disruptions have entirely severed Tehran's trunkline connections to the outside world. <a href="http://www.internettrafficreport.com/asia.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.internettrafficreport.com/asia.htm</a> I haven’t seen any news stories highlight this yet, but it appears these cable disruptions have entirely severed Tehran’s trunkline connections to the outside world.

http://www.internettrafficreport.com/asia.htm

]]> By: DaveC http://michellemalkin.com/2008/02/05/incident-number-four-another-undersea-cable-cut/comment-page-1/#comment-237088 DaveC Wed, 06 Feb 2008 13:24:17 +0000 http://michellemalkin.com/2008/02/05/incident-number-four-another-undersea-cable-cut/#comment-237088 I know.. it's 'Cloverfield, part II; Cairo' I know.. it’s ‘Cloverfield, part II; Cairo’

]]> By: radio relay http://michellemalkin.com/2008/02/05/incident-number-four-another-undersea-cable-cut/comment-page-1/#comment-236835 radio relay Wed, 06 Feb 2008 04:09:17 +0000 http://michellemalkin.com/2008/02/05/incident-number-four-another-undersea-cable-cut/#comment-236835 That was my thought, too, Sanddog. I worked in the network control center for IBM Global Services a few years back, and multiple, simultaneous cable cuts were not unusual... never made the news either... guess they didn't realize it was a mole hill they could turn into a mountain. That was my thought, too, Sanddog.

I worked in the network control center for IBM Global Services a few years back, and multiple, simultaneous cable cuts were not unusual… never made the news either… guess they didn’t realize it was a mole hill they could turn into a mountain.

]]> By: Sanddog http://michellemalkin.com/2008/02/05/incident-number-four-another-undersea-cable-cut/comment-page-1/#comment-236769 Sanddog Wed, 06 Feb 2008 02:57:57 +0000 http://michellemalkin.com/2008/02/05/incident-number-four-another-undersea-cable-cut/#comment-236769 When I was in the Navy, cut subcables were a regular occurrence. The only thing that surprised me about this is that it made the news. When I was in the Navy, cut subcables were a regular occurrence. The only thing that surprised me about this is that it made the news.

]]> By: JoAnn in VA http://michellemalkin.com/2008/02/05/incident-number-four-another-undersea-cable-cut/comment-page-1/#comment-236657 JoAnn in VA Wed, 06 Feb 2008 00:25:48 +0000 http://michellemalkin.com/2008/02/05/incident-number-four-another-undersea-cable-cut/#comment-236657 Scarey thought, but it kind of makes sense to preactice cutting local cables and training say, 4 different groups on how to do so effectively before doing a bigger run on a foreign target whose communications you want to really disrupt. Or am I just being a little too paranoid? Scarey thought, but it kind of makes sense to preactice cutting local cables and training say, 4 different groups on how to do so effectively before doing a bigger run on a foreign target whose communications you want to really disrupt. Or am I just being a little too paranoid?

]]> By: AlohaGuy http://michellemalkin.com/2008/02/05/incident-number-four-another-undersea-cable-cut/comment-page-1/#comment-236654 AlohaGuy Wed, 06 Feb 2008 00:24:33 +0000 http://michellemalkin.com/2008/02/05/incident-number-four-another-undersea-cable-cut/#comment-236654 <blockquote>Does this mean that, when I call Customer Service, I may actually get to speak to someone in the USA, and not in India or the Middle East? Yay! </blockquote> Only if you press 2 for Espanol...

Does this mean that, when I call Customer Service, I may actually get to speak to someone in the USA, and not in India or the Middle East? Yay!

Only if you press 2 for Espanol…

]]> By: Neocon News » Fourth internet cable cut in the Middle East. http://michellemalkin.com/2008/02/05/incident-number-four-another-undersea-cable-cut/comment-page-1/#comment-236624 Neocon News » Fourth internet cable cut in the Middle East. Tue, 05 Feb 2008 23:49:50 +0000 http://michellemalkin.com/2008/02/05/incident-number-four-another-undersea-cable-cut/#comment-236624 [...] Michelle Malkin links to this from ABC: …Undersea cable damage is hardly rare–indeed, more than 50 repair operations were mounted in the Atlantic alone last year, according to marine cable repair company Global Marine Systems. But last week’s breaks came at one of the world’s bottlenecks, where Net traffic for whole regions is funneled along a single route. [...] [...] Michelle Malkin links to this from ABC: …Undersea cable damage is hardly rare–indeed, more than 50 repair operations were mounted in the Atlantic alone last year, according to marine cable repair company Global Marine Systems. But last week’s breaks came at one of the world’s bottlenecks, where Net traffic for whole regions is funneled along a single route. [...]

]]> By: Blind_Mule http://michellemalkin.com/2008/02/05/incident-number-four-another-undersea-cable-cut/comment-page-1/#comment-236611 Blind_Mule Tue, 05 Feb 2008 23:31:49 +0000 http://michellemalkin.com/2008/02/05/incident-number-four-another-undersea-cable-cut/#comment-236611 <blockquote>fred5676 said: Maybe a subversive group of fed-up customers sick and tired of a heavily-accented guy named ‘Bill’ trying to help them with computer problems.</blockquote> LMAO, would you like a slurpy with your tech support.

fred5676 said:
Maybe a subversive group of fed-up customers sick and tired of a heavily-accented guy named ‘Bill’ trying to help them with computer problems.

LMAO, would you like a slurpy with your tech support.

]]> By: hadsil http://michellemalkin.com/2008/02/05/incident-number-four-another-undersea-cable-cut/comment-page-1/#comment-236609 hadsil Tue, 05 Feb 2008 23:28:32 +0000 http://michellemalkin.com/2008/02/05/incident-number-four-another-undersea-cable-cut/#comment-236609 Who benefits? Who benefits?

]]> By: see-dubya http://michellemalkin.com/2008/02/05/incident-number-four-another-undersea-cable-cut/comment-page-1/#comment-236600 see-dubya Tue, 05 Feb 2008 23:21:30 +0000 http://michellemalkin.com/2008/02/05/incident-number-four-another-undersea-cable-cut/#comment-236600 Very interesting. Here are a couple of fun speculations that I don't take very seriously: 1. Iran now has <a href="http://www.spacedaily.com/news/submarine-05f.html" rel="nofollow">submarines</a>, or 2. Someone doing the repairs is going to put a little eavesdropping doodad on all the fiber-optic traffic in and out of the ME. Hope it's us. Very interesting. Here are a couple of fun speculations that I don’t take very seriously:

1. Iran now has submarines, or
2. Someone doing the repairs is going to put a little eavesdropping doodad on all the fiber-optic traffic in and out of the ME.

Hope it’s us.

]]> By: reine.de.tout http://michellemalkin.com/2008/02/05/incident-number-four-another-undersea-cable-cut/comment-page-1/#comment-236596 reine.de.tout Tue, 05 Feb 2008 23:18:10 +0000 http://michellemalkin.com/2008/02/05/incident-number-four-another-undersea-cable-cut/#comment-236596 A related article: http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1202064583974&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull A related article:

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1202064583974&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

]]> By: nyc123me http://michellemalkin.com/2008/02/05/incident-number-four-another-undersea-cable-cut/comment-page-1/#comment-236587 nyc123me Tue, 05 Feb 2008 23:12:26 +0000 http://michellemalkin.com/2008/02/05/incident-number-four-another-undersea-cable-cut/#comment-236587 Four? I guess coincidence is possible, but.. Four? I guess coincidence is possible, but..

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