"Internet blackouts are impacting large tracts of Asia, the Middle East and North Africa after four undersea cable connections were severed.
Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Bahrain, Pakistan and India, are all experiencing severe problems."
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=41601§ionid=351020502
Cutting communication cables before launching a war has happened before:
"At the outset of the [first world] war, the Germans had five transatlantic cables that ran through the English Channel. One went to Brest in France, another to Vigo in Spain, one to Tenerife in North Africa and two to New York via the Azores. The English cable ship Telconia cut them all in England's first offensive action in the war. This left a cable that ran between West Africa and Brazil that was largely American-owned that the Germans could use. In short order the allies ended that source of direct cable communications with the overseas world. Consequently, Germany was forced to use their powerful wireless station at Nauen, just a few miles outside Berlin. From this moment, German messages were routinely picked from the air and began pouring into the offices of British Naval Intelligence. In order to capture this flood of information, four new allied listening stations were established along the English coast with direct wires to Admiral Hall's offices. The positive result from this investment could not be overemphasized."
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0QUY/is_2004_July/ai_n6142317/pg_2
Just when people thought the war with Iran was off at least until the Democrats take over the White House...
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