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Why are people blaming Yemen’s Houthis for cutting the Red Sea cables? (www.aljazeera.com)
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  1. Four undersea telecommunication cables were cut in the Red Sea, disrupting 25% of data traffic between Asia and Europe.

  2. The cables are owned by private companies, with only about 1% owned by governments.

  3. If all cables in the Red Sea were taken out, it would disrupt Europe's communication with India and East Asia, and North and East Africa.

  4. Officials are still investigating the cause of the cuts, with theories including an anchor or deliberate disruption.

  5. The Houthis have denied responsibility for cutting the cables, but some experts believe they could be capable of causing damage.

  6. There are about 380 undersea cables in operation worldwide, with a total length of over 1.2 million km.

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[–] emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

A rule of thumb, in cases like this, is to ask who benefits from this. The cable connects Europe and Asia, and so would affect all or most Eurasian countries to a greater or lesser extent. Further, as traffic is redirected through intact cables, there could be indirect effects across the world. Finally, the perpetrator must be capable of cutting not one but four metre-thick cables at the bottom of the sea.

Once you consider these points, there is only one possible suspect.

Godzilla.