OT: 5th undersea cable cut!

[Kristian Erik Hermansen]

On Feb 7, 2008 1:00 AM, 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? 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.

Good info, but we have to add "OT" to the thread so that people can
filter this convo if they like.  I wonder if any Linux machines in
Iran were harmed :-)  Does the Iran government run Linux or Windows
primarily?  Btw, everyone should read "The Prize" by Daniel Yergin,
which explains all the oil conspiracies that people mention with
actual facts...heh.  You may be right about the oil exchange though...
-- 
Kristian Erik Hermansen
"Know something about everything and everything about something."