- An abandoned anchor was responsible for cutting one of the undersea Internet cables severed last week, causing disruptions across the Middle East and parts of Asia, the cable's owner said Friday. this could be a problem of some coder that can't get the news bin.
"That same anchor was also responsible for the following cable outages; one off of Marseille, France two off of Alexandria, Egypt one off of Dubai, in the Persian Gulf one off of Bandar Abbas, Iran in the Persian Gulf one between Qatar and the UAE, in the Persian Gulf one in the Suez, Egypt one near Penang, Malaysia
apparently it was being towed by a pissed off dolphin."
