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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 02:30 PM Original message |
Telecommunications cables into Iran/ME severed... |
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TCJ70 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
1. I think it means that... |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 02:32 PM Original message |
Please, explain. n/t |
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TCJ70 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
8. Explain what? How cables get cut/break? n/t |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 02:38 PM Response to Reply #8 |
16. Of course. That was my original question after all. n/t |
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TCJ70 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 02:42 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. OK... |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 02:43 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. Anchors? ... Ok. n/t |
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TCJ70 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 02:49 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Yep. Anchors... |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 03:49 PM Response to Reply #25 |
38. * |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 02:43 PM Original message |
Like with underground power lines; digging in the wrong place. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
2. Once is an accident. Twice is suspicious. Thrice is intentional |
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TheDebbieDee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 02:36 PM Response to Reply #2 |
14. I agree! This sounds like the signal for the start |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 03:58 PM Response to Reply #2 |
42. This is scary. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 04:13 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. The government is not cut off |
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sharp_stick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
3. It means the tinfoil hats are going on! |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 02:34 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. What does tinfoil have to do with something that is admitted by |
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sharp_stick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 02:35 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. ATT owned one of the two lines |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 02:40 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. Did I express a "conclusion"? I asked how this could happen. n/t |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 02:42 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. You asked how it could happen |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 02:43 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. So where is the goddamned ship that fucked up the cables? |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 02:52 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. Who knows? |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 03:10 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. two were cut yesterday... |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 03:17 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. Here is the type of cable used for undersea applications: |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 03:45 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. This is an Anchor |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 04:18 PM Response to Reply #32 |
46. well hell... |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 03:42 PM Response to Reply #29 |
35. Assuming you know where the cables are |
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timtom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 04:58 PM Response to Reply #27 |
55. Life has become so interesting since 2000. |
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moodforaday (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 09:46 AM Response to Reply #27 |
70. You suffter from a "failure of imagination", |
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Ghost Dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 04:19 PM Response to Reply #3 |
47. The third, cut this morning, is in the Gulf off Dubai: |
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moodforaday (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 09:35 AM Response to Reply #3 |
69. Third one: |
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gkhouston (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
4. ... |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 02:42 PM Response to Reply #4 |
19. So, what's tinfoil about wanting to know how three |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 03:22 PM Response to Reply #19 |
34. Not the how but the why.... |
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TalkingDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 10:05 AM Response to Reply #34 |
71. Why? That's incredibly obvious. |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 09:20 AM Response to Reply #71 |
73. In responce... |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 10:13 AM Response to Reply #73 |
74. Holy God... |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 10:31 AM Response to Reply #74 |
75. Now this... |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
5. That doesn't sound good. |
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smiley_glad_hands (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
6. Its either coincidence. |
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DCKit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 04:38 PM Response to Reply #6 |
48. Three cables in two days, two serving the ME and one to India |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 04:48 PM Response to Reply #48 |
52. Why? |
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DCKit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 05:58 PM Response to Reply #52 |
60. Why would you assume I think it's military? |
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librechik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
9. DON'T GET ME STARTED! |
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snappyturtle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
10. Sounds like a plan to me...by whom? To avoid being called a |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 07:36 PM Response to Reply #10 |
66. If the citizens of Iran can't go online to the rest of the world |
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snappyturtle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 02:22 PM Response to Reply #66 |
72. Sad but true point . n/t |
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ReverendDeuce (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
11. Hillary Clinton cut the cables!!!1111 |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
13. It happens |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 03:46 PM Response to Reply #13 |
37. I think three is a more than a bit suspicious. |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 04:17 PM Response to Reply #37 |
45. I don't know if its EVER happened |
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kitkat65 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 02:37 PM Response to Original message |
15. Verizon and AT&T are two of the companies involved with illegal spying, yes? |
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JBoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 02:50 PM Response to Reply #15 |
26. Maybe they cut the undersea cables to buy time while they reconnect everything |
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TomClash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 02:42 PM Response to Original message |
20. Gee ya think its psy-ops? |
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zorahopkins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
24. I'm Supposed To Email Some Information To Nigeria |
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Angela Shelley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 03:01 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. They only need your birthdate, SSN and your bank account number |
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zorahopkins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 05:10 PM Response to Reply #28 |
56. I Know! |
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windbreeze (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 11:52 PM Response to Reply #24 |
68. I just have to say this.... |
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sabbat hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
30. it is more than just Iran |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 03:15 PM Response to Original message |
31. It's a technical support outsourcing nightmare. |
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Angela Shelley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 03:21 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. Uh Oh, big time ... |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 04:45 PM Response to Reply #31 |
49. Yup.. That was my first thought too.. serves 'em right.. n/t |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
39. If so, who's the most likely culprit? |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
40. Would the Neo-cons in Our Government Do Such a Thing? |
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Roland99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 03:56 PM Response to Original message |
41. Repaired with new taps in place? |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 04:16 PM Response to Reply #41 |
44. *Sigh* |
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Roland99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 04:48 PM Response to Reply #44 |
51. I know that...I guess I should start putting :sarcasm: on almost every post of mine. |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 04:49 PM Response to Reply #51 |
53. Apologies to you |
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Roland99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 04:53 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. Ah, no worries. I guess with paranoia and conspiracy buffs all over, ya can't tell sometimes. |
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conscious evolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 06:02 PM Response to Reply #44 |
61. The US has been taping undersea |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 08:21 PM Response to Reply #61 |
67. That's my point |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 04:47 PM Response to Original message |
50. If this is such a common occurrence, how many times has this happened before? |
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arcos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 06:16 PM Response to Reply #50 |
63. I don't know about the Middle East... |
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arcos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 05:30 PM Response to Original message |
57. It happens all the time... |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 05:34 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. OMG, rational and cool-headed dialogue! |
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arcos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 06:18 PM Response to Reply #58 |
64. LOL! |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 05:51 PM Response to Original message |
59. India and Pakistan |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 06:07 PM Response to Original message |
62. This is a test, this is only a test |
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mogster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 07:23 PM Response to Original message |
65. Is this a response to the 'cyber-attacks' agaist the US lately? |
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burgundy floppy hat (42 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 11:32 AM Response to Reply #65 |
76. it's a troll, at the level of Bush... |
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