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Fifth Cable Cut To Middle East
You may have noticed a number of stories recently about undersea cables getting cut around the world. Apparently the total is now up to 5, but the scariest part of this is that Iran is now offline. You can also read Schneier's comments on this coincidence. Update: 02/06 17:42 GMT by Z : As a commenter notes, though the country of Iran is obviously experiencing some networking difficulties, it is not offline.
wtf, mate?
IWARS.
People, in general, disappoint me. Politicians even more so.
Okay something is going on, I'm not usually one for conspiracy theories but shit. How do 5 connections get cut? Someone in one of the other articles said it could have been under sea volcanic activity but does account for all 5? I would have to say something weird is going on if you ask me. If anything I'm not buying a lottery ticket today, the planets have aligned and its not in our favor.
Your analysis of the true state of the Internet in Iran is not only accurate, but also dooms my own shorter analysis down the page to a -1, Redundant, so thanks for that.
Anyway, I agree with you that saying this is a government conspiracy is silly. I think we all know what's really going on here: the dolphins are chewing through the cables in order to take down our communications in advance of their planned invasion to take back the land. We'll all be living in the ocean within the week.
I just tried several of the university sites and they are going through. You are right.
Well, this article was a complete waste of time. Maybe you guys should read up on the facts before posting:
http://cryptogon.com/?p=1980
"A communications disruption could mean only one thing: invasion."