Five Ton Anchor Caused Cable Cut

Damn! We thought aliens had done it!

Flag Telecom has found an abandoned anchor at one of the cut cables, between the United Arab Emirates and Oman. This was one of the less significant of the four cuts. The company expects to have it repaired by Sunday.

Will this stop the conspiracy theories? Maybe the NSA carries a spare anchor in its submarines in case of a failed tap, the way crooked cops keep a throw-down weapon in their ankle holsters.

http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/02/five-ton-anchor.html