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This could really be something to be taking note of.



http://www.whatdoesitmean.com/index1067.htm

NewHeart

Interestingly, no credible sources seem to have reported any nefarious intent behind the disruption of internet services to the middle east and east asia...although that is not outside the realm of possibility. But to attribute sabotage to the US that would negatively impact it's own economy seems unlikely. Apparently, the nearly simultaneous fiber-optic cable cuts are under investigation. Should be interesting to see the results.

http://www.toptechnews.com/story.xhtml?s...SVR&page=2

gus

Re: "...credible sources..."

What/were/who is to be considered credible source?

The CFR controls American media

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPlvdSQ6cAM

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(ISV) 2Timothy 3:16...

" All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,..."

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Movie About Ron Paul And Fox News

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_sW1yGcIz0



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So? Somebody always "controls" one or more of the media. Did I say the media was a credible source?

Fact is, I've seen no evidence of anything out of the ordinary. I looked all over the internet and couldn't find anything newsworthy from any reputable source about the cable cuts. Certainly no "historical precedents." Hysterical precedent, maybe...but nothing historical. Coming up with another conspiracy just adds more fuel to another fire - and keeps fear at a fevered pitch. I would hate to be called to accounts for contributing to it.

gus

Hmmm. Not sure if that would be considered funny on all fronts.

Here's one for ya, and it's true: Ron Paul ran the 100yd dash in 9.7 seconds in his youth.




gus

Re: "...newsworthy from any reputable source .."

How do one determine a "reputable source"?

Re: "Coming up with another conspiracy just adds more fuel to another fire - and keeps fear at a fevered pitch."

Is this not an example:

'Earth-Shattering' Events Worry Chertoff

http://www.wtopnews.com/?nid=251&pid=0&s...138&page=1

I wonder why Chertoff did'nt mention any concern about a possible cyber attack on a major bank? I read not to long ago that the defense and state departments detect something like 5 mill unauthorized computer-network probes and from an economic standpoint, a cyberattack on a major bank would have been more devastating than 9/11.

Mr. B

Re: "a cyberattack on a major bank would have been more devastating than 9/11."

"cyberattack" does not result in loss of life....therefore could not be more devasting than 9/11.

when does this sripture kick in?..." But as these things start to occur, raise yourselves erect and lift YOUR heads up, because YOUR deliverance is getting near.”(Luke 21:28)

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Hmm. Well, didn't see any new conspiracies there. The threat of another terrorist attack is very real...and its greatest ally is complacency. People react to terror by being terrorized. That means, it's worked. The answer is to eliminate either the causes of fear or the emotion of fear.

Wikipedia says:

If my boss doesn't sleep well at night it's probably because he's not been afforded the opportunity to do what needs to be done - and he's working with a population only half-committed to the cause. His responsibility is much weightier than the man-on-the-street who, if he doesn't smell smoke or see people jumping out of windows, thinks all is well. How unfortunate that Americans are only into "prevention" after a disaster has occurred.

gus

I said from an "economic stand point" it would. For a death toll I would have picked a nuclear bomb. Or I should say the journalist more than likely would.

re: when does this sripture kick in?..." But as these things start to occur, raise yourselves erect and lift YOUR heads up, because YOUR deliverance is getting near.”(Luke 21:28)

When Bob King receives immortallity.

US Navy Intercepts Russian Bombers

Associated Press
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iZnc4...AD8UOC0700

2008-02-11

By LOLITA C. BALDOR – 24 minutes ago

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Associated Press has learned that U.S. fighter planes intercepted two Russian bombers flying unusually close to an American aircraft carrier in the western Pacific during the weekend.

A U.S. military official says that one Russian Tupolev 95 buzzed the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz twice, at a low altitude of about 2,000 feet, while another bomber circled about 50 nautical miles out. The official was speaking on condition of anonymity because the reports on the flights were classified as secret.

The Saturday incident, which never escalated beyond the flyover, comes amid heightened tensions between the United States and Russia over U.S. plans for a missile defense system based in Poland and the Czech Republic.

From ABC News http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/...tion=world

Conspiracy theories emerge after internet cables cut

By Simon Lauder

Posted Mon Feb 4, 2008 3:14pm AEDT
Updated Mon Feb 4, 2008 4:03pm AEDT

When two cables were cut off the Egyptian port city of Alexandria last week, about a 100 million internet users were affected, mainly in India and Egypt.

When two cables were cut off the Egyptian port city of Alexandria last week, about a 100 million internet users were affected, mainly in India and Egypt. (AFP: Ammro Maraghi)

* Audio: Third cable cuts 'a bad coincidence' (The World Today)

Is information warfare to blame for the damage to underwater internet cables that has interrupted internet service to millions of people in India and Egypt, or is it just a series of accidents?

When two cables in the Mediterranean were severed last week, it was put down to a mishap with a stray anchor.

Now a third cable has been cut, this time near Dubai. That, along with new evidence that ships' anchors are not to blame, has sparked theories about more sinister forces that could be at work.

For all the power of modern computing and satellites, most of the world's communications still rely on submarine cables to cross oceans.

When two cables were cut off the Egyptian port city of Alexandria last week, about a 100 million internet users were affected, mainly in India and Egypt.

The cables remain broken and internet services are still compromised.

Telecommunications analyst Paul Budde says the situation demonstrates how interconnected the world is.

"It clearly shows we are talking about a global network and a global world that we are living in," he said.

"So wherever something happens we all get, in one way or another, affected by it."

'Information warfare?'

It was assumed a ship's anchor severed the cables, but now that is in doubt and the conspiracy theories are coming out.

Egypt's Transport Ministry says video surveillance shows no ships were in the area at the time of the incident.

Online columnist Ian Brockwell says the cables may have been cut deliberately in an attempt by the US and Israel to deprive Iran of internet access.

Others back up that theory, saying the Pentagon has a secret strategy called 'information warfare'.

But Mr Budde says it is far more likely to be a coincidence.

"It is absolutely strange, of course, that that happens. At the moment it really looks like bad luck rather than anything else," he said.

Telecommunications professor at the University of Melbourne, Peter Gerrand, says Australia is in a far better position than India to withstand a cable breakage.

"We've got, in effect, five really major separate cables, each with high capacity, most of which have plans for upgrading their capacity in the next few years," he said.

Professor Gerrand does not believe Australia is vulnerable to the types of major disruptions that India and Egypt have seen.

"I gather India has most of its capacity on two cables - one's to its west and one to its east - so when the western cable got cut near Egypt, all this traffic had to then pass through a single cable and that's what's caused these very huge delays," he said.

Australia's protection zones

As it happens, Australia's protection against such incidents was boosted just last week.

Activities that could damage submarine communications cables have been prohibited off Perth's City Beach since Friday.

Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) submarine cable protection manager Robyn Meikle says the events in the Middle East highlight the importance of submarine cables to all international communications.

"Here in Australia, over 99 per cent of all of our international communications carried through these cables lie at the bottom of the sea," she said.

"That's why the Australian Communications Authority [ACMA] has played a major role in declaring protection zones over our cables of national significance in Australia.

"Each of the zones, for instance, has restrictions to do with anchoring, which are aimed at preventing the sort of damage that has happened in recent times in the Middle East.

"ACMA declares protection zones over what are considered to be the main cables of national significance, and they're the ones that carry the bulk of the traffic," she said.

"So really, they are the most important cables that the industry relies on to carry all communications in and out of Australia."