Middle East Fibre sabotage

[Ynot]

that's 4 under-sea fibre trunk cables that have been cut so far

Iran is pretty much cut off from the rest of the world, internet wise, now

let's speculate....

*edit*
this says it all
http://www.internettrafficreport.com/asia.htm

[Merlock]

Well, unless Iran suddenly explodes and is wiped off the face of the earth soon, I can't see much of a reason for such sabotage. But I'm usually blind to politics.

[Pensive Patrick]

How do we know it's sabotage? As far as I know that's speculation.

[Ynot]

4 high speed, underwater, trans-continental fibre cables have been severed

as a result, Iran is now "off the grid"

Yes, speculation
but, come on - what would you call it, if not sabotage?

I feel America's going to do something stupid in the next few days....

[Merlock]

Aye, seems more like some infiltrated spies at work, actually.

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/images/iran-next.jpg

See, he even has the wrench to dismantle the fibre with. :P

Edit: Note that since I'm blind to politics, I don't support any sides and I just found this funny...

[Pensive Patrick]

Okay, sorry. This is the first I've heard of it. I guess it is on such a large scale that anything outside of government would have had difficulty doing it.

[Spartiate]

Woah, that's actually pretty interesting. Have there been any official reports?

[Ynot]

Have there been any official reports?
Various news sources are reporting it
but no-one seems to agree on the cause

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7222536.stm

[Spartiate]

Guess we'll have to wait and see if the story develops.