February 02, 2008

MUCH OF THE MIDDLE EAST IS INTERNET INACCESSIBLE

I'm waiting for an update that shows ALL the links .. but here is more confirmation of what I noticed ...

MUCH OF THE MIDDLE EAST IS INTERNET FREE

February 1, 2008 at 11:29 am
(Blogging, Conspiracy Theories, DesertPeace Editorial)

(Ben Heine © Cartoons)
By the above headline I am not implying that Internet access is free….
I’m not one that usually believes in International Conspiracy Theories… but THIS is too much of a coincidence not to be related to one.

For most of this week there has been virtually no Internet connectivity to much of the Middle East. This has caused many problems to merchants and to areas of education… needless to say, the Blogesphere…

Why do I suspect something ‘fishy’…. Israel has not been affected at all. Most of what is disseminated from Israel via the Internet is not the same nature as what is transmitted by DesertPeace or like minded people, but rather from the zionists themselves. It just seems too coincidental for Israel not to have it’s fingers in this particular pie…. there is way too much that Israel would not want to be written about at this particular time.

Hopefully the problems will be solved soon and news can once again get out to the world….

AlJazeera posted THIS about the situation…

CNN also covers the problem….

The Jerusalem Post carried THIS AP Report….

27 Comments
Mayer Amschel Bauer said, February 1, 2008 at 4:17 pm
Third cable break today. I work with Submarine Cable Systems, and generally they are so reliable that you can go years without seeing a single break. Now three in the same area - in three days? Sabotage, beyond all doubt.

Mayer Amschel Bauer said, February 1, 2008 at 4:21 pm
This from the BBC on the latest break:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7222536.stm

Mayer Amschel Bauer said, February 1, 2008 at 4:34 pm
And Iran is unreachable.
http://www.internettrafficreport.com/asia.htm

ralphie said, February 1, 2008 at 4:42 pm
****************NOW is a good time to see which “middle eastern” (hint hint wink wink) websites are still funcional.

Tom Westergaard said, February 1, 2008 at 4:49 pm
I’ve only checked one Middle East site, presstv.ir and they’re still available from the USA. I’ll do some more checking but if there were one site the powers-that-be would have at the top of their list to interrupt it would be presstv.ir .The site is hosted in Tehran.
Ref:
http://whois.domaintools.com/presstv.ir
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=41268&sectionid=351020101

Fiona said, February 1, 2008 at 5:06 pm
I’m generally not one to get caught up in conspiracy theories either, but this smells more than fishy, it stinks. After reading the articles Steve linked to, then finding the latest one today from CNN regarding the cable being cut off Dubia, I had my suspicions. Now checking out the links Mayer provided, my alarm bells are ringing loud and clear. Quite startling to see Iran with “0″ connectivity (Current Index: 0, Response Time: 0, Packet Loss: 100%).

pissedoffpatriot said, February 1, 2008 at 5:13 pm
It is my personal opinion the US special ops have ‘damaged’ these cables in preparation for upcoming operations either in Pakistan or some Israeli coordinated op. That or else they needed to install taps to circumvent foreign telecoms so they have complete unfettered access as in the US. Either way it is part of a broader plan and we know our ‘Napolean’ (Bush) is getting desperate to attack Iran for his Israeli masters before he gets exiled to his Argentina ‘farms’

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Tom Westergaard said, February 1, 2008 at 5:59 pm
President Ahmadinejad’s blog is still available. It’s hosted on a dedicated server in Tehran.
Ref:
http://www.ahmadinejad.ir
http://whois.domaintools.com/ahmadinejad.ir
Kavosh ISP is online - it’s an Internet Service Provider located in Iran
http://217.218.80.9/
http://whois.domaintools.com/217.218.80.9
Same thing with Khayamnet
http://www.khayamnet.net/
http://whois.domaintools.com/khayamnet.net
Here are some other sites located in Iran. I haven’t checked them all to see if they’re hosted in Iran but a couple I tried were still online:
http://www.farsisites.com/Computers/ISP/

Mayer Amschel Bauer said, February 1, 2008 at 6:10 pm
4th cable break; this time between Sri Lanka & Suez. My antennae are going crazy. This is absolutely NOT accidental; working with these systems is my job, and I have never ever (in over ten years) seen more than one major cable break at a time - and that’s usually worldwide. Four in less than a week - all within a couple of thousand miles? Do me a favour! The odds against are so astronomical as to be not even worth thinking about.
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/third-undersea-cable-reportedly-cut/story.aspx?guid=%7B1AAB2A79-E983-4E0E-BC39-68A120DC16D9%7D
(This article says the third; it’s actually the fourth).

Mayer Amschel Bauer said, February 1, 2008 at 6:12 pm
4th cable break; this time between Sri Lanka & Suez.
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/third-undersea-cable-reportedly-cut/story.aspx?guid=%7B1AAB2A79-E983-4E0E-BC39-68A120DC16D9%7D
(This article says the third; it’s actually the fourth).

Jhoffa_ said, February 1, 2008 at 6:13 pm
1) Repeated seismic activity in the area keeps breaking the cables.
2) An attack is being planned.
3) Data collection devices are being installed.
4) A means of controlling these cables or their traffic is being installed in preparation for a future attack.
5) President Nero, or the juz, or both, are engaging in a silly form of collective punishment because they aren’t getting anywhere fast with sanctions.

Sirk said, February 1, 2008 at 6:13 pm
As Tom Westergaard wrote, presstv.ir does seem to be operational and accessible via the web.
After reading about the CIA dirty tricks all over the world since its inception, could what we are seeing as presstv.ir really be a mock-up?
I agree with you all that this does seem more than a little ‘fishy.’

Heather said, February 1, 2008 at 6:38 pm
Terrorist attack on the way? Military action against Iran? Pakistan? We all now Dubya is looking for an excuse to kick off military action to boost his party’s election chances. Keep an eye on this story, I think we are in for a very bumpy ride.

Oscar said, February 1, 2008 at 8:38 pm
my god, I can hardly ready what it says in the entry because that font is just unreadable.

Oscar said, February 1, 2008 at 8:39 pm
read, not ready

Fran said, February 1, 2008 at 9:54 pm
Where re Israel’s submarines these days, the ones they bought from Germany?

Tom Westergaard said, February 1, 2008 at 10:31 pm
Sirk,
I don’t take anything — anything — that the U.S. government says at face value. If they tell me what time of day it is I’m still going to check my watch. However, regarding presstv.ir: It would be virtually impossible for the CIA or another entity to set up a phony news bureau within Iran using an Iranian web host. Presstv.ir is widely known around the world. It requires Iranian government permission and cooperation in order to exist. If the Iranian government did not approve of presstv.ir for whatever reason presstv.ir would be out of business. If it was a phony news organisation set up without Iranian government approval the Iranian government would say so publicly. Since presstv.ir is a division of the Iranian Al Alam News Channel, and both alalam.ir and presstv.ir sites list IP addresses inside Iran the Iranian government must officially approve of both sites.
http://whois.domaintools.com/alalam.ir
http://whois.domaintools.com/presstv.ir
Regards,
Tom

harmonie22 said, February 1, 2008 at 11:02 pm
I like your philosophy. I believe the Palestinians and Israelis can live in peace too. I’m not Palestinian or Israeli, but a dual national by birth- Arab & American. I even wrote a poem about it recently too- check it out if your interested:
http://theperceptionpoint.wordpress.com/2008/01/31/lice-on-a-scalp/
good luck to you.
peace.

Tom Westergaard said, February 1, 2008 at 11:07 pm
Sirk,
I don’t take anything — anything — that the U.S. government says at face value. If they tell me what time of day it is I’m still going to check my watch. However, regarding presstv.ir: It would be virtually impossible for the CIA or another entity to set up a phony news bureau within Iran using an Iranian web host. Presstv.ir is widely known around the world. It requires Iranian government permission and cooperation in order to exist. If the Iranian government did not approve of presstv.ir for whatever reason presstv.ir would be out of business. If it was a phony news organisation set up without Iranian government approval the Iranian government would say so publicly. Since presstv.ir is a division of the Iranian Al Alam News Channel, and both alalam.ir and presstv.ir sites list IP addresses inside Iran the Iranian government must officially approve of both sites.
http://whois.domaintools.com/alalam.ir
http://whois.domaintools.com/presstv.ir
Regards,
Tom

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Tom Westergaard said, February 2, 2008 at 3:00 am
Sirk,
I don’t accept anything — anything — that U.S. government politicians or spooks or employees say. If they tell me what time of day it is I’m still going to check my watch. However, regarding presstv.ir: It would be virtually impossible for the CIA or another entity to set up a phony news bureau within Iran using an Iranian web host. Presstv.ir is widely known around the world. It requires Iranian government permission and cooperation in order to exist. If the Iranian government did not approve of presstv.ir for whatever reason presstv.ir would be out of business. If it was a phony news organisation set up without Iranian government approval the Iranian government would say so publicly. Since presstv.ir is a division of the Iranian Al Alam News Channel, and both alalam.ir and presstv.ir sites list IP addresses inside Iran the Iranian government must officially approve of both sites.
http://whois.domaintools.com/alalam.ir
http://whois.domaintools.com/presstv.ir
Regards,
Tom

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Simon said, February 2, 2008 at 8:35 am
To Tom Westergaard: Actually, spoofing websites is very easy - if you can hijack the domain name, and even better, the IP address. Let’s assume that all of Iran is indeed offline - all that the CIA (or whoever) would need to do is set up their own server using the known IP address of presstv.ir, and the US would now have complete control of that site.
Here is something for everyone to think about:
“Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad hailed the development of his country’s nuclear industry after Iran received the last batch of nuclear fuel from Russia for its first nuclear power plant, a move signifying the approaching launch of the reactor.”
http://mnweekly.ru/news/20080131/55307103.html
If you were going to bomb the Iranian reactor, the time to do it is BEFORE it is fully fueled and fired up. If you bomb the reactor AFTER it is operational, Chernobyl would look tame in comparison. So NOW is really the last chance to do the job. But what if the fuel is already in place? The radiation released would be devastating. Controlling information from Iran might seem to be a good idea, unless you don’t mind pictures of thousands of innocent civilians dying from radiation sickness being broadcast all over the world…

Tom Westergaard said, February 2, 2008 at 1:24 pm
§ First off, my apologies to the site owner for the repeated posts. I was having trouble downloading the page and my comments timed out a couple times. I wasn’t sure whether of not they transmitted. §
Simon said:
“To Tom Westergaard: Actually, spoofing websites is very easy - if you can hijack the domain name, and even better, the IP address. Let’s assume that all of Iran is indeed offline - all that the CIA (or whoever) would need to do is set up their own server using the known IP address of presstv.ir, and the US would now have complete control of that site.”
* * * *
Spoofing websites is realatively easy — if the website being spoofed keeps quiet and does not publicly object to the spoof. Stealing credit cards and using them fraudulently is relatively easy too– as long as the person who owns the card doesn’t complain about it being stolen and used fraudulently. As I stated in 18. above
If it [presstv.ir] was a phony news organisation set up without Iranian government approval the Iranian government would say so publicly.
If presstv.ir techs in Iran noticed the site was not under their control they would report that to the domestic authorites. The authorities would shut down the site or publicly disavow any connection to and official approval of presstv.ir. That hasn’t happened.
Cheers,
Tom

Dana said, February 2, 2008 at 1:33 pm
Omigods, Simon, that’s as terrible a theory as it is plausible.
I so hope you are wrong.
I’ve just checked my favorite website for information on Iran, Iran Chamber Society to see if it’s still live, which it is, but the domain is a ‘.com’, not ‘.ir’ …
In any case, I recommend that everyone visit the site to see and explore the beauty that the ‘Axis of evil’ would be perfectly willing to destroy, just as it has Iraq.

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