OMGPONIES!
I love a good conspiracy as much as the next person. And I have always thought that the undersea cable network was a major chokepoint that could be easily tampered with. But it seems HIGHLY unlikely that the US is behind the recent cable breaks in the mideast. From the article:
The conspiracy theory explanation, while just slightly more plausible than “OMGPONIES,” has absolutely no independent evidence to back it up. Whatever else the Trilateral Commission, Illuminati, Big Pharma, Al Qaeda, vaccination campaigns, and the Easter Bunny might be plotting at this moment, they just don’t seem to be planning a major assault on the Middle East’s ability to watch illicit American Idol broadcasts, conduct business, or surf the Arabic equivalent of YouTube. Reuters reporting that repairs will be completed this weekend.