5th undersea cable cut!

[Joshua Zeidner]

On 2/7/08, Charles Jones <charles.jones at ciscolearning.org> wrote:
> I've read most of the conspiracy theories regarding why anyone would
> want to take Iran off the net. The one that makes the most sense i,s
> that it was done to delay the opening of the "Iran Oil Bourse", which
> was due to open between Feb 1-11. What is the Bourse? (see
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranian_Oil_Bourse) Basically a trading
> market where Iran will sell their oil, petrochemicals, and gas. Why
> would we want to stop that? Because they are not allowing US dollars to
> be traded, effectively banning the US from their market, which would
> have major impact on the value of the dollar.
>
> http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=37468&sectionid=351020103
>
> Interestingly, I also found an article (
> http://www.energybulletin.net/12125.html ) that was published over two
> years ago. The article was about the then "proposed" Iranian Oil Bourse,
> and how it was deemed to be a serious danger to the Amercian financial
> market and economy. The article goes on to predict what would happen if
> the Bourse actually came online. The *first* in the list of predicted
> possible actions is:
>
> "Sabotaging the Exchange—this could be a computer virus, network,
> communications, or server attack, various server security breaches, or a
> 9-11-type attack on main and backup facilities."
>
> Hmmm isn't this exactly what we are seeing? ... and right before the
> Iranian Oil Bourse is due to go online...coincidence?

 hold on... when was the oil bourse due to go online?  link?

 -jmz


>If this is really
> happening, I feel sorry for whoever gets elected President, as that is
> one heck of a hot potato that will be dropped in their lap.
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