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Anchor Cut Persian Gulf Internet Cable

Source unknown; severance raises questions of sabotage

By Matt Cantor,  Newser Staff

Posted Feb 8, 2008 5:41 PM CST

(Newser) – The severed Internet cable in the Persian Gulf was the work of a 5.5-ton ship’s anchor, the AP reports. A crew from the FLAG telecommunications company, which owns the cable, found the anchor near Dubai and hauled it up; how the cut occurred...   Read full story »

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