Over the past few weeks, numerous undersea data cables providing data access to large portions over the Middle East have been severed. Five separate cable cuts have been detected since January 23, a rash of incidents that some have blamed on wayward fishing trawlers, while others are suspecting terrorism. Regardless of the cause, the scope of the damage is just now becoming known, with 85-million users said to be currently unable to connect to the Internet.
Three Islamic extremists from a group known as Islamic Jihad Union have been arrested for plotting to attack several locations frequented by Americans in Germany, including discos, pubs and airports. EuroNews reports that two specific targets were Germany’s Frankfort airport as well as US Ramstein Airbase.