AQ, Mauretani & Undersea Internet Cables

 

 

AQ, Mauretani & Internet Cables

http://abususu.blogspot.de/2013/03/aq-mauretani-internet-cables.html

 

 

March 29, 2013 - Egypt's naval forces yesterday reportedly intercepted scuba

divers who were trying to cut submarine internet cables. Some of you noted

that in the previously unknown letter of Sheikh Younis al-Mauretani to Osama

Bin Laden that I reported about last week

(http://www.abususu.blogspot.de/2013/03/the-18th-document-or-news-from-abott

abad.html) attacks of this kind had been floated as ideas. Of course it is

way too early to say anything meaningful about the actual background of the

operation foiled in Egypt, let alone about a potential connection to

Al-Qaida. At this point, I believe it could very well be a coincidence.

 

But just in case you are interested, here is what al-Mauretani had to say on

the issue in the OBL-letter:

 

* We will delegate people to study maritime issues and to personally prepare

for the fact that the organization will one day need them for Jihadist

activities. These people will be asked to specialize, since it is necessary

to master the technique of trafficking and everything else in connection

with the seas, as we have in mind attacks on maritime targets such as

pipelines and internet cables and tankers.

 

* ... not to even talk about an operation like the one you have suggested

and for which we would need a special apparatus with the highest

capabilities... . This apparatus demands the highest degree of precision and

simultaneity as well as a huge amount of information and activities. Not to

mention the destruction of all cables of the internet at different places

worldwide -- we have seen, after all, how a simple problem a year ago led to

unrest at the stock exchanges in the Near East.

 

You think these passages are somewhat cryptic? I agree. But if anything,

these sentences rather clearly corroborate the notion that AQ was at least

thinking about targeting internet cables. Can they do it, though? Is it

still a live plan? I daresay no-one knows right now. Maybe results of the

Egyptian investigation will tell us more.

 

Have a good night,

 

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