Analysis: "Iran Threatens to Kidnap Data Cables as well as Oil"
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Analysis: "Iran Threatens to Kidnap Data Cables as well as Oil"
"99% of internet traffic goes via undersea cables, & 30% at some point transits the Strait of Hormuz."
Cutting the cables would dramatically affect "communications & commerce throughout the world... & deal a lethal blow to US Central Command & hostile neighbors of Iran."
Iran Threatens to Kidnap Data Cables as well as Oil; Trump warns of Nukes
Farsnews notes the importance of the underwater fiber optic cables that transmit internet data through the Gulf of Hormuz,
Informed Comment (www.juancole.com)
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