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On Thu, 7 Feb 2008 15:29:38 -0500 "Jason Seemann" <[email protected]> wrote: > Thats exactly what they want you to think! No, it's perfectly legitimate. It's the anchor from the USS Jimmy Carter... (Nuclear submarines do indeed have anchors; see http://boomer.user-services.com/drydock/990313-12-675.html ) It had to leave in a hurry when the cable repair ship showed up, so its anchor was left behind.... > > On Feb 7, 2008 2:50 PM, Rod Beck <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Doesn't sound like sabotage to me. In fact, it sounds like bad > > luck. > > > > Roderick S. Beck > > Director of European Sales > > Hibernia Atlantic > > 1, Passage du Chantier, 75012 Paris > > http://www.hiberniaatlantic.com > > Wireless: 1-212-444-8829. > > Landline: 33-1-4346-3209. > > French Wireless: 33-6-14-33-48-97. > > AOL Messenger: GlobalBandwidth > > [email protected] > > [email protected] > > ``Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth.'' > > Albert Einstein. > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] on behalf of Sean Donelan > > Sent: Thu 2/7/2008 4:48 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Abandoned ship anchor found at FALCON cable cut > > > > > > > > The repair ship arrived on site between UAE and Oman, recovered > > the an end of the cable for splicing. It also found a 5-6 tonnes > > ship anchor abandoned near the cable cut. > > > > http://www.flagtelecom.com/index.cfm?channel=4328&NewsID=27493 > > > > > > > > --Steve Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb
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