Iran: U.S. and Israel cut internet cables

[December]

A report says U.S. and Zionist regimes are the two anti-Muslim states that intentionally cut the internet cables to the Muslim world.

These two countries exhibit a strong and anti-Muslim bias in their foreign relations. They also have the technical ability to carry out clandestine sabotage operations on the sea floor, according to an article on the Opednews website.

Israel and the U.S. have exhibited a pattern of violently destructive policies towards Muslim peoples and nations, especially in the Middle East region, Richard Sauder wrote.
Optic fibers were cut in France, Alexandria, Dubai, Bandar Abbas of Iran, one cable between Qatar and the UAE, one in Egypt's Suez, and finally one near Penang, Malaysia, the article reported.

The U.S. Navy has long had special operations teams that can go out in submarines and deploy undersea, on the seabed itself, specifically for this sort of operation, he wrote.

Sauder pointed out that Iran will open its own Oil Bourse soon, which will be trading in ""non-dollar currencies."" This has massive geo-political and economic implications for the United States and its economy.

READ MORE - http://www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=162889

[Go Fish]

:lmao: That's hilarious! Thanks, December.

[jafar00]

Well it does make you wonder who did it and why? All of the cut cables bar one were serving "Muslim" countries. The only Middle East countries not affected were Israel, Lebanon, and Iraq. Iran was for a time, completely cut off.
If it stopped at the 2 cables just outside Al Iskandariyah, you may have been able to believe it was just a dopey ship's captain dragging his anchor, but to have 7 (I heard up to 9 in some reports) cables cut over this short period is just too much to be an accidental coincidence.

[December]

Iran was for a time, completely cut off.

And as always - the Zionist media of America didn't report it.
But the story about Iran's speed boats was on the front pages just to show how "Evel Iranian regime is".

This just proves that american media is controled by the government and Pentagon.

[Go Fish]

I haven't seen anything confirming any such damage to the cables. As far as I'm concerned it's just another attempt by Achmedinejad to garner sympathy.
Considering the fact that satellite and even LOS data links handle most of the internet traffic these days, what effect did it have? If it ever happened, that is.......[hr]SCHOONOVER:M Yeah, I've seen the reports online and on a few blogs. The blogs that claim that also claim Iran is offline altogether, which we know is not true.
http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/wavlength/archive/2008/02/analyst_relax_severed_internet.shtml

[bishop]

anything's possible and i wouldn't rule out a test-run to cut iran off from the rest of the world... i personally believe bush chose to go after iraq because of saddam's decision to switch to the euro - and whenever the inevitable happens, and we go to war with iran, it will likely be for economic reasons as well..

but that said, the blackout affected egypt, saudi arabia, qatar, the UAE, kuwait, bahrain, pakistan and india. i don't believe that this was some intentional attack against iran.

[Go Fish]

There are surface plots of all vessels in the vicinity of the breaks, and ships' logs, tide charts, and GPS data can show whether there were any anchors dropped/dragged over the cables. That will all certainly be part of any investigation.
Funny how none of this happened the last 2 times we went to war with Iraq, huh?

[BoogyMan]

December, you claim the American media didn't cover this, a dubious claim that is easily dispelled with some google searching. You also parrot the accusation the U.S. and Israel cut those cables as if it were fact.

Lets see your proof.

[apdst]

And as always - the Zionist media of America didn't report it.

Hell, I saw this story on The Drudge Report. So much for the Right Wing Conservative Zionist cover up.

[jafar00]

I haven't seen anything confirming any such damage to the cables. As far as I'm concerned it's just another attempt by Achmedinejad to garner sympathy.
Considering the fact that satellite and even LOS data links handle most of the internet traffic these days, what effect did it have? If it ever happened, that is.......[hr]SCHOONOVER:M Yeah, I've seen the reports online and on a few blogs. The blogs that claim that also claim Iran is offline altogether, which we know is not true.
http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/wavlength/archive/2008/02/analyst_relax_severed_internet.shtml


I have clients and staff all over the middle east. I couldn't contact my guys in Iran for several days, the egyptian staff had intermittent service, and people across UAE that I know had almost no service or severe timeouts. It happened alright. I experienced it first hand as a significant part of my business was basically cut off.

[potter]

This reminds me of the baseless paranoid accusations the U.S. is always throwing around.....

[Go Fish]

I haven't seen anything confirming any such damage to the cables. As far as I'm concerned it's just another attempt by Achmedinejad to garner sympathy.
Considering the fact that satellite and even LOS data links handle most of the internet traffic these days, what effect did it have? If it ever happened, that is.......[hr]SCHOONOVER:M Yeah, I've seen the reports online and on a few blogs. The blogs that claim that also claim Iran is offline altogether, which we know is not true.
http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/wavlength/archive/2008/02/analyst_relax_severed_internet.shtml


I have clients and staff all over the middle east. I couldn't contact my guys in Iran for several days, the egyptian staff had intermittent service, and people across UAE that I know had almost no service or severe timeouts. It happened alright. I experienced it first hand as a significant part of my business was basically cut off.


Okay, now I believe it. Have you gotten an explanation of what really happened? Your service provider should have an explanation. I am all ears on this one.

[BoogyMan]

We talked about the cable cuts when they first happened at the URL below:
http://www.democracyforums.com/showthread.php?tid=11079

I have seen no proof posted, however, of the specious claim that the US and Israel are the culprits.

[Go Fish]

Da Saddam Tahkin Jabout! :clapper:

[jafar00]

I have seen no proof posted, however, of the specious claim that the US and Israel are the culprits.


There is no proof so far and probably never will be when it comes to shadowy Mossad and US shenanigans. The finger got pointed towards Israel though since it was one of only a couple of unaffected countries in the region, and the fact that Iran, Israel's bitterest enemy was the only one 100% cut off.

It's just too much to believe that so many cables could be cut all at once just by accident. Someone with the technical expertise to do it must have done it on purpose.

[Keith Hamburger]

Given that such incidents virtually never happen, to have 7-9 in one region within a couple of weeks pretty much guarantees that someone did it intentionally.

There aren't many countries that would really have the capabilities. Maybe Britain. Maybe Russia. Maybe China. Maybe France or Germany. Definitely the US. Doubtfully Israel (by themselves). Once you consider who has the capability and the motive then the choices are considerably narrowed.

As to the contention that "most traffic is carried by satellite", that's not the case. This has been pointed out in many of the articles on the subject.

I do have to agree that December is wrong in claiming that it hasn't been reported at all in the US media, but the coverage has been fairly sparse considering the implications of it all. It seems to me that this should be front page news throughout the world but it's really been buried, at least in the US.

Keith