Re: undersea cable cut and internet problem!

["worried security" <worriedsecurity () googlemail com>]

On Feb 2, 2008 6:20 PM, worried security <worriedsecurity () googlemail com> wrote:
> On Jan 31, 2008 4:05 PM, crazy frog crazy frog <i.m.crazy.frog () gmail com> wrote:
> > http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/01/31/dubai.outage/index.html
>
>
> Although people have probed into the possibilities of false flag
> government involvement or a terrorist attack on these cables in this
> incident, it doesn't appear to hold much water with the public after
> monitoring commentry across the internet.
>
> n3td3v post to his news group a day or so ago about an incident, which
> *was* a terrorist act against internet cables, but isn't related to
> this case. Interesting all the same.
>
> Article teaser snippet:
>
> "about four kilometre-length of NITEL's high capacity fibre optic cables were
> destroyed around Carter Bridge in Lagos when some vandals opened a
> cable duct, poured inflammable liquid like petrol in the duct and set
> the cables ablaze. The cables burnt over the night into the early
> hours of the next day before the site was located by NITEL officials."
>
> n3td3v news group link (members only):
> http://groups.google.com/group/n3td3v/browse_thread/thread/2632bf0a282c7db5
>
> direct link to article (public access):
> http://allafrica.com/stories/200801310420.html

Ships did not cause Internet cable damage:

"Damage to undersea Internet cables in the Mediterranean that hit
business across the Middle East and South Asia was not caused by
ships, Egypt's communications ministry said on Sunday, ruling out
earlier reports."

n3td3v news group link (members only):
http://groups.google.com/group/n3td3v/browse_thread/thread/f615d8a63a37ce55

direct link to article (public access):
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/theworld/2008/February/theworld_February77.xml&section=theworld&col

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