World Economies hang by an Internet thread

Courtesy Digg - Business & Finance  Wed, 02/06/2008 - 15:00

With a 4th intercontinental Internet sea cable damaged, slowing Internet access throughout areas like Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Bahrain, Pakistan, Iran and India it makes one wonder how far it could go.

If the efforts were stepped up by a clandestine operation the world's economies could be gamed and shut down.

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