Cutting The Enemys Lines of Communication
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Let's not split hairs here, we're all familiar with the strategic disadvantage of not having access to Google.
Hi Karrie, you look good in green. :smile:
Hi Karrie, you look good in green. :smile:
Thanks ITN.
As for your comment about Google, since you're late to the game you probably don't realize that we covered it in the last thread on this. Google is what took the cables out.
As for your comment about Google, since you're late to the game you probably don't realize that we covered it in the last thread on this. Google is what took the cables out.
Related Update:
New cable laid after Middle East internet disruption
http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2008/02/06/tech-undersea-cable.html
New cable laid after Middle East internet disruption
http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2008/02/06/tech-undersea-cable.html
Bear's a main stream junkie one of big brothers little cubs, believes every main stream source of crap but refuses to consider all the other indepentent articles that came before this CBC issue. I wonder why they're so late to inform? Could it be they're covering thier late lapdog asses?
hahaha
You can buy a mig too on ebay :lol:
I agree, they want to cut themself from the west. They don't want to live in the civilization full of uncivilized businessmen.
As usual, in tune with your ilk as if by telepathy and consistantly off course.
Nothing you have posted is news, it's conjecture and opinion disguised as independant news...in other words...BS, no wonder why you would call it an 'article'. The rest of us call it toilet paper.
Sure somewhere in there, there was something worthy reading, but the BULK of it was pure tripe, which is why you likely think it better then that short concice piece by the leftest media elite.
I know you missed it. It wouldn't support your dellusions and false accusations...
But carry on as you were beave. The humour is well worth watching.
Quote: In the wake of extensive internet disruptions and slowdowns experienced across a large swath of the Middle East and India last week, a new, more resilient fibre-optic cable is being laid in the Mediterranean Sea between Egypt and France, a spokesman for cable provider FLAG Telecom said Wednesday.
The new line — known as the FLAG Mediterranean Cable — will provide a different route from the one used by the two cables that severed last week and be "fully resilient" against such cuts, according to FLAG, which stands for Fibre-Optic Link Around the Globe.
"We are still treating this as a crisis," a FLAG spokesman said, speaking on condition of anonymity in line with company policy. "But the new cable will provide a diversity in routes and be more resilient."
The company said a second repair ship has reached a spot about eight kilometres north of the Egyptian port of Alexandria, where two internet cables were cut last Wednesday.
Repairs on a third cable, between the Emirates and Oman, that was cut Friday also have begun as another FLAG vessel arrived at the site, 56 kilometres north of Dubai in the Persian Gulf.
The two unusual incidents slowed businesses and hampered personal internet usage in the Middle East and India. Governments in the region appeared to operate normally, apparently because they switched to backup satellite systems.
Cause of disruptions still unknown
The FLAG spokesman said the company was still trying to determine how the cables were cut. He declined to comment on whether the two incidents were somehow linked but said he didn't believe the company was deliberately targeted.
There has been widespread speculation the cuts were caused by ships' anchors dragging along the bottom of the sea in stormy weather. But Egypt's telecommunication ministry said Sunday no ships were registered near the location when the first two cables were cut.
FLAG said the repair on those two cuts would be completed within six to seven days. The two cables were identified as being owned by FLAG and SEA-ME-WE 4, or South East Asia-Middle East-West Europe 4 cable, owned by a consortium of 16 international telecommunication companies.
The company has said it was able to fully restore circuits to some customers and switch others to alternate routes.
The FLAG spokesman did not elaborate on what made the new Egypt-to-France cable different from the ones that were severed but said it would take months to set up.
Egyptian media reported last week that state-owned Telecom Egypt "sealed a deal" with an unnamed partner for a new 3,000-km-long undersea cable between Egypt and France that would take more than 18 months to complete.
Large-scale internet disruptions are rare, but East Asia suffered nearly two months of outages and slow service after an earthquake damaged undersea cables near Taiwan in December 2006.
The new line — known as the FLAG Mediterranean Cable — will provide a different route from the one used by the two cables that severed last week and be "fully resilient" against such cuts, according to FLAG, which stands for Fibre-Optic Link Around the Globe.
"We are still treating this as a crisis," a FLAG spokesman said, speaking on condition of anonymity in line with company policy. "But the new cable will provide a diversity in routes and be more resilient."
The company said a second repair ship has reached a spot about eight kilometres north of the Egyptian port of Alexandria, where two internet cables were cut last Wednesday.
Repairs on a third cable, between the Emirates and Oman, that was cut Friday also have begun as another FLAG vessel arrived at the site, 56 kilometres north of Dubai in the Persian Gulf.
The two unusual incidents slowed businesses and hampered personal internet usage in the Middle East and India. Governments in the region appeared to operate normally, apparently because they switched to backup satellite systems.
Cause of disruptions still unknown
The FLAG spokesman said the company was still trying to determine how the cables were cut. He declined to comment on whether the two incidents were somehow linked but said he didn't believe the company was deliberately targeted.
There has been widespread speculation the cuts were caused by ships' anchors dragging along the bottom of the sea in stormy weather. But Egypt's telecommunication ministry said Sunday no ships were registered near the location when the first two cables were cut.
FLAG said the repair on those two cuts would be completed within six to seven days. The two cables were identified as being owned by FLAG and SEA-ME-WE 4, or South East Asia-Middle East-West Europe 4 cable, owned by a consortium of 16 international telecommunication companies.
The company has said it was able to fully restore circuits to some customers and switch others to alternate routes.
The FLAG spokesman did not elaborate on what made the new Egypt-to-France cable different from the ones that were severed but said it would take months to set up.
Egyptian media reported last week that state-owned Telecom Egypt "sealed a deal" with an unnamed partner for a new 3,000-km-long undersea cable between Egypt and France that would take more than 18 months to complete.
Large-scale internet disruptions are rare, but East Asia suffered nearly two months of outages and slow service after an earthquake damaged undersea cables near Taiwan in December 2006.
If you compare this CBC article to those posted earlier you'll see they've craftily mixed cable damage with cable instalation storys and neglected to mention seven of the nine severed cables. It's an example of obfuscation and story steering common in the mainstream. A tiny brushing peck on the cheek of truth to hide a tongue sucking deep throated juicey kiss of conspiracy.
I can't believe I'm about to do this...
But here it goes, I'm about to defend the CBC...
The reason those 'other' cables are missing from the story, is likely because there is no definitive evidence to support the stories of their damage.
Or...
They've been proven to be false reports at this time.
Which is actually decent journalism. Especialy considering the source.
But again, I can see ahy you wouldn't get the CBC report beave, it's free of blame and innuendo. Which again, is out of the norm for the CBC.
Big Media and The New World Order
The Murdoch Empire
by Stephen Lendman
Global Research, February 7, 2008
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For Big Media, truth is a scarce commodity and in times of war it's the first casualty, or as esteemed journalist John Pilger noted: "Journalism (not truth) is the first casualty (of war). Not only that: it('s)....a weapon of war (by its) virulent censorship....by omission (and its) power....can mean....life and death for people in faraway countries, such as Iraq."
Famed journalist George Seldes put it another way by condemning the "prostitution of the press" in an earlier era when he covered WW I, the rise of fascism, and most major world and national events until his death in 1995 at age 104. He also confronted the media in books like "Lords of the Press." In it and others, he condemned their corruption, suppression of the truth, and news censorship before the television age, and said "The most sacred cow of the press is the press itself, (and the press is) the most powerful force against the general welfare of the majority of the people."
Orwell also knew a thing or two about truth and said telling it is a "revolutionary act in times of universal deceit. " Much else he said applies to the man this article addresses and the state of today's media. He was at his allegorical best in "Animal Farm" where power overwhelms freedom, and "All animals are equal but some....are more equal than others." And he observed in "Nineteen Eighty-Four" that "Those who control the present control the future (and) Those who control the future control the past."
Today's media barons control the world as opinion makers. Like in Orwell's world, they're our national thought control police gatekeepers sanitizing news so only the cleansed residue portion gets through with everything people want most left out - the full truth all the time. They manipulate our minds and beliefs, program our thoughts, divert our attention, and effectively destroy the free marketplace of ideas essential to a healthy democracy they won't tolerate.
None more ruthlessly than Murdoch and the info-entertainment empire he controls. Its flagship US operation is Fox News that Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR) calls "the most biased name in news....with its extraordinary right-wing tilt." In response, Murdock defiantly "challenge(s) anybody to show me an example of bias in Fox News Channel" because in his world the entire political spectrum begins and ends with his views. For him and his staff, "fair and balanced," we report, you decide" means supporting the boss. Alternative views are biased, verboten and rarely aired. But they're hammered when they are as the "liberal" mainstream that's code language for CNN and other rivals at a time all media giants match the worst of Fox and are often as crude, confrontational and unprofessional.
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The Murdoch Empire
by Stephen Lendman
Global Research, February 7, 2008
Email this article to a friend
Print this articleFor Big Media, truth is a scarce commodity and in times of war it's the first casualty, or as esteemed journalist John Pilger noted: "Journalism (not truth) is the first casualty (of war). Not only that: it('s)....a weapon of war (by its) virulent censorship....by omission (and its) power....can mean....life and death for people in faraway countries, such as Iraq."
Famed journalist George Seldes put it another way by condemning the "prostitution of the press" in an earlier era when he covered WW I, the rise of fascism, and most major world and national events until his death in 1995 at age 104. He also confronted the media in books like "Lords of the Press." In it and others, he condemned their corruption, suppression of the truth, and news censorship before the television age, and said "The most sacred cow of the press is the press itself, (and the press is) the most powerful force against the general welfare of the majority of the people."
Orwell also knew a thing or two about truth and said telling it is a "revolutionary act in times of universal deceit. " Much else he said applies to the man this article addresses and the state of today's media. He was at his allegorical best in "Animal Farm" where power overwhelms freedom, and "All animals are equal but some....are more equal than others." And he observed in "Nineteen Eighty-Four" that "Those who control the present control the future (and) Those who control the future control the past."
Today's media barons control the world as opinion makers. Like in Orwell's world, they're our national thought control police gatekeepers sanitizing news so only the cleansed residue portion gets through with everything people want most left out - the full truth all the time. They manipulate our minds and beliefs, program our thoughts, divert our attention, and effectively destroy the free marketplace of ideas essential to a healthy democracy they won't tolerate.
None more ruthlessly than Murdoch and the info-entertainment empire he controls. Its flagship US operation is Fox News that Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR) calls "the most biased name in news....with its extraordinary right-wing tilt." In response, Murdock defiantly "challenge(s) anybody to show me an example of bias in Fox News Channel" because in his world the entire political spectrum begins and ends with his views. For him and his staff, "fair and balanced," we report, you decide" means supporting the boss. Alternative views are biased, verboten and rarely aired. But they're hammered when they are as the "liberal" mainstream that's code language for CNN and other rivals at a time all media giants match the worst of Fox and are often as crude, confrontational and unprofessional.
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And your point would be?
I would love for you to find me one post, other then the ones in this thread where I have stated MSM is anything but garbage?
I can however go find you at least 50, where I have stated the same thing you are implting with this lovely Op/Ed piece. Only I don't use Op/Ed pieces to support it.