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Re:Egypt catches divers cutting Internet cable amid disruptions by pyre on Wednesday March 27, 2013 @10:25PM (#5453094)
They thought there might be copper wires in there that they could sell for scrap. :P
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Re:Egypt catches divers cutting Internet cable amid disruptions by chiph on Thursday March 28, 2013 @10:24AM (#5454892)
Other than sheer criminal mischief, this is the most likely explanation.

A coworker once saw some workers in the Philippines use a bulldozer to drag 500 meters of copper phone cable out of the ground so they could sell it on the black market.

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