Re: Abandoned ship anchor found at FALCON cable cut

From: Steven M. Bellovin (no email)
Date: Thu Feb 07 2008 - 15:37:56 EST

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    On Thu, 7 Feb 2008 15:29:38 -0500
    "Jason Seemann" <> 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 <>
    > 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
    > >
    > >
    > > ``Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth.''
    > > Albert Einstein.
    > >
    > >
    > >
    > >
    > > -----Original Message-----
    > > From: on behalf of Sean Donelan
    > > Sent: Thu 2/7/2008 4:48 PM
    > > To:
    > > 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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