<![CDATA[Analysis: "Iran Threatens to Kidnap Data Cables as well as Oil"]]>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."

https://www.juancole.com/2026/05/threatens-kidnap-cables.html

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