"Communication Isolation" of Iran??

So a few weeks ago some major undersea cables carrying internet traffic through the mideast were "accidently" cut. The news outlets all reported the initial cut off of the coast of Egypt.
Then a few days later another one off the Arabian peninsula which was pretty much in the same area as the Iranian ships when they supossedly tried harrassing the U.S. ships that were there. The end result of the cuts pretty much took Iran out of the internet commuication circle. Maybe Iran felt that our ships were up to something sneaky?????

Could this be an isolation tactic of the U.S. as a precurser of sorts to some sort of military action coming their way???


That is what some are speculating as this little ditty I grabbed off of a news site talks about:
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Cable Breaks Leave Iran Without Internet
04-Feb-2008
Last week, two fiberoptic cables carrying internet traffic were cut in a supposed accident involving a ship near Egypt.

Now a third cable has been cut off the coast of Dubai. The third cable segment lies between the United Arab Emirates and Oman, about 40 miles from Dubai.
All three cuts are being blamed on ships dragging anchors due to heavy weather in the Middle East, but the cutting of so many cable over such a short time has inevitably led to rumors that it was done intentionally, either by elements seeking to isolate one country or another from the internet, or by terrorist activity.

According to internet network status reports as of February 3, Iran has lost all internet service. US military doctrine includes the isolation of adversaries from access to information and information transfer prior to attack.

........Now two more cables have been cut, and authorities are declining to speculate about the reason.
Cables near Penang, Malaysia and another cable off the port of Alexandria have also been cut. While some traffic is being re-routed, the overall effect of the cuts has been to slow down or terminate service in more than a dozen countries. 60 million internet users in India have been affected, 12 million in Pakistan, and an unknown number in Iran, Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Dubai and the United Arab Emirates.

Because of the complexity of repairing the cables, they are not expected to be working again soon, although two repair ships have arrived off Alexandria. In the meantime, millions of people across this entire region of the world are affected by slow internet access, no internet access, slow or no telephone service and corporate data and video traffic.

Because of the US's stated objective of isolating areas targeted for military action from communications, there has been concern that the damage is a precursor to some sort of military strike against Iran.
At present, the International Cable Protection Committee will not speculate on the cause of the cable damage.
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To see how these cuts are still affecting that part of rhe world, click on the link below. Last time I looked it seemed Iran had no connectivety to the internet at all.

Details for Asia /// Internet Traffic Report

Makes one think.......