From http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2209985/saboteurs-cut-undersea-cables:
Undersea cables 'cut by saboteurs'
Infowar a possibility, warns UN
Written by Iain Thomson
A United Nations official has warned that some of the recent internet outages affecting the Middle East may have been the work of saboteurs.
A series of cable cuts earlier this month left large parts of the Middle East without proper internet access, hurting outsourced call centre operations in
One outage has been traced to a dragging anchor cable, but others have yet to be explained.
"We do not want to pre-empt the results of ongoing investigations," Sami al-Murshed, UN head of development, told Agence France-Presse.
"But we do not rule out that a deliberate act of sabotage caused the damage to the undersea cables over two weeks ago."
While it was initially thought that rogue shipping was responsible for the cable cuts, al-Murshed is not so sure.
"Some experts doubt the prevailing view that the cables were cut by accident, especially as the cables lie at great depths under the sea and are not passed over by ships," he said at a conference on cyber-crime in
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We all carry our mobile phones with names & numbers stored in its memory but nobody, other than ourselves, knows which of these numbers belong to our closest family or friends.
If we were to be involved in an accident or were taken ill, the people attending us would have our mobile phone but wouldn't know who to call. Yes, there are hundreds of numbers stored but which one is the contact person in case of an emergency? Hence this "ICE" (In Case of Emergency) Campaign
The concept of "ICE" is catching on quickly. It is a method of contact during emergency situations. As cell phones are carried by the majority of the population, all you need to do is store the number of a contact person or persons who should be contacted during emergency under the name "ICE" ( In Case Of Emergency).
The idea was thought up by a paramedic who found that when he went to the scenes of accidents, there were always mobile phones with patients, but they didn't know which number to call. He therefore thought that it would be a good idea if there was a nationally recognized name for this purpose. In an emergency situation, Emergency Service personnel and hospital Staff would be able to quickly contact the right person by simply dialing the number you have stored as "ICE."
For more than one contact name simply enter ICE1, ICE2 and ICE3 etc. A great idea that will make a difference!
Let's spread the concept of ICE by storing an ICE number in our Mobile phones today!
Please forward this. It won't take too many "forwards" before everybody will know about this It really could save your life, or put a loved one's mind at rest .
ICE will speak for you when you are not able to
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