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2008-02-01 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

Ships anchor cuts all INTERNET service to IRAN

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Posted by 3dc 2008-02-01 15:59|| || Front Page|| [11133 views ] Top

#1 Wasn't us.

Posted by Halliburton Deep Sea Division 2008-02-01 16:16|| 2008-02-01 16:16|| Front Page Top

#2 wow...3rd cable cut. What are the odds?

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2008-02-01 16:23|| 2008-02-01 16:23|| Front Page Top

#3 They have been having some pretty bad weather down there causing ships to drag anchor.

Posted by crosspatch 2008-02-01 16:53|| 2008-02-01 16:53|| Front Page Top

#4 But this is the part I love ...

""It may take sometime to fix the cut but we are rerouting the traffic to another cable in the U.K. and U.S., the bandwidth utilization will go down," the official said."

All your email are belong to us ...

Posted by crosspatch 2008-02-01 16:55|| 2008-02-01 16:55|| Front Page Top

#5 My prayers have been answered.....thanks, Allan.

Posted by Alaska Paul">Alaska Paul 2008-02-01 17:36|| 2008-02-01 17:36|| Front Page Top

#6 Can ya hear me now?

Posted by Deacon Blues">Deacon Blues 2008-02-01 18:17|| 2008-02-01 18:17|| Front Page Top

#7 wow...3rd cable cut. What are the odds?

OP Mullah DeCap has begun...

~:)

Posted by RD">RD 2008-02-01 18:40|| 2008-02-01 18:40|| Front Page Top

#8 The Tin Foil Hat bunch is saying "the US did it so they could attack Iran"

Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2008-02-01 19:00|| 2008-02-01 19:00|| Front Page Top

#9 Very nice...

Posted by CB 2008-02-01 19:01|| 2008-02-01 19:01|| Front Page Top

#10 Couldn't happen to a nicer bunch of whack-jobs.

Posted by Crusader 2008-02-01 19:12|| 2008-02-01 19:12|| Front Page Top

#11 Geez, that wasn't hard to do at all...

Posted by tu3031 2008-02-01 19:20|| 2008-02-01 19:20|| Front Page Top

#12 WAFF.com Thread > ITAR TASS > RUSSIA SENDS 12-PLANE BOMBER FORMATION OVER THE ARTIC. Part of 40-total AF-Navy AIREX. You name it - they sent/flew it.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2008-02-01 19:24|| 2008-02-01 19:24|| Front Page Top

#13 Dare US-Russ WAR over Internet services???

Posted by JosephMendiola 2008-02-01 19:25|| 2008-02-01 19:25|| Front Page Top

#14 Accident, coincidence, habit.

Definably a habit at this point. Anchors awayward and all that.

Posted by Grealing Hapsburg2949 2008-02-01 20:30|| 2008-02-01 20:30|| Front Page Top

#15 Blame it on the "Mucky-Muck Sediment Liquefier®" - another fine product from HED (Halliburton Earthquake Division).

Posted by Mullah Richard 2008-02-01 20:52|| 2008-02-01 20:52|| Front Page Top

#16 "The Tin Foil Hat bunch is saying 'the US did it so they could attack Iran'"

Any chance they're right for once, SP'oD?

(fingers crossed....)

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2008-02-01 21:14|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/] 2008-02-01 21:14|| Front Page Top

#17 I doubt the powers that in Iran are all that shook up over this.

Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2008-02-01 22:07|| 2008-02-01 22:07|| Front Page Top

#18 Somebody is sending a message.
Somebody else no longer can.

Who benefits from disrupting Egypt and Iran communications?
Iran.
Gaza.
What COULD be the connection? Hmmmmm.

HEY, it was the JOOS!

Posted by Internet moonbat and wire transfer office 2008-02-01 22:28|| 2008-02-01 22:28|| Front Page Top

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