Shocker: Cable Cuts May Have Been Sabotage

For two weeks they were telling us it was a rogue boat anchor. Now they say it may have been sabotage? Say it isn’t so.

Damage to several undersea telecom cables that caused outages across the Middle East and Asia could have been an act of sabotage, the International Telecommunication Union said on Monday.

“We do not want to preempt the results of ongoing investigations, but we do not rule out that a deliberate act of sabotage caused the damage to the undersea cables over two weeks ago,” the UN agency’s head of development, Sami al-Murshed, told AFP.

Of course it was sabotage. Five cables at various locations throughout the Middle East would not go out all at the same time. Duh.

– Powered By Stuffr! –

Technorati Tags: cable, anchor, middle east, sabotage
Sphere: Related Content

Posted on February 18, 2008
135 words · print

Comments are closed.

Leave a reply

Name (required)

Email (required)

Website

Comments

If this is your first time commenting, your comment will be held for moderation. Once your comment is approved by Slobokan, any future comments will not be held for moderation. Comments may be edited or deleted at the discretion of Slobokan, and may be re-produced at any time for the purpose of discussion, argument, or ridicule. This policy is not open for debate. If you do not agree, do not comment. It's that simple.