Egypt: Naval forces capture 3 scuba divers trying to sabotage undersea Internet cable

Fox News
Wed, 27 Mar 2013 09:31 UTC

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Egypt's military spokesman says the country's naval forces have captured three scuba divers who were trying to sabotage an undersea Internet cable in the Mediterranean, while telecommunications executives blamed a week-long Internet slowdown on damage caused to another cable by a ship.

Col. Ahmed Mohammed Ali says in an announcement on his official Facebook page on Wednesday that divers were arrested while "cutting the undersea cable" of the country's main communications company, Telecom Egypt. The statement said they were on a boat. It did not further have details on who they were.

Egypt's Internet services have been disrupted since March 22. Telecom Egypt executive manager Mohammed el-Nawawi told the private TV network CBC that the damage was caused by a ship, and there would be a full recovery on Thursday.

Source: AP

Comment: Meanwhile, on the same day, off the coast of Pakistan...

March 27, 2013: Pakistan's underwater cable damaged: Internet speed plummets by 60% nationwide

Then just over a year ago, we reported on another spate of undersea cable cuts...

March 3, 2012: Undersea Internet Cables Cut AGAIN!

Between this and the hysteria being whipped up around North Korea's counter-provocations, just what are the Powers That Be up to?

Perhaps their military satellites (the ones they don't share data from) have picked up an imminent cosmic hazard, so they're cooking up a diversion they hope will keep the masses under control?