Doug’s Dynamic Drivel

In the past week there have been 4 majorin the n cut or otherwise disabled. It was originally reported that the first two (which run side by side) FLAG Telecom and SEA-ME-WE4 had been severed by a ship’s anchor last Wednesday, however ’s communications ministry said, today, that this was not the case (thanks to Greg Laden for this link)

The transport ministry added that footage recorded by onshore video cameras of the location of the cables showed in the area when the cables were damaged.

‘The ministry’s maritime transport committee reviewed footage covering the period of 12 hours before and 12 hours after the cables were cut and no ships sailed the area,’ a statement said.

‘The area is also marked on maps as a no-go zone and it is therefore ruled out that the damage to the cables was caused by ships,’ the statement added.

A third cable, FLAG’s FALCON, was damaged two days later off the coast of the Emirate of Dubai. Now we discover a fourth cable in the Middle East, that connects Qatar with the UAE has been damaged in some manner (thanks to Greg Laden for this link)

Internet services in Qatar have been seriously disrupted because of damage to an undersea telecoms cable linking the Gulf state to the UAE, the fourth such incident in less than a week.

Qatar Telecom (Qtel) said on Sunday the cable was damaged between the Qatari island of Haloul and the UAE island of Das on Friday.

The cause of damage is not yet known, but ArabianBusiness.com has been told unofficially the problem is related to the power system and not the result of a ship’s anchor cutting the cable, as is thought to be the case in the other three incidents.

Now y’all know I love a good conspiracy theory. Great entertainment they are. Nevertheless, you have to admit that four fiber optic cable breaks in a global hot spot, when fiber breaks on undersea cables are a relatively rare event, in less than a week, stretches the concept of probability of co-incidence rather thin. I’m left to wonder just and a scenario that keeps popping into my head is that of IT warfare and this is a probe, by the US intelligence agencies, perhaps military “intelligence” of what it will take to completely isolate the electronically in preparation for a strike against . If that’s the case folks, and I’m not saying it is, just wondering that’s all, then don’t expect their to be an election in November because there won’t be. A state of Emergency will be declared and the election canceled - all the appropriate legislation to allow this has already been passed. Just something more to consider.

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