From brian at gweep.ca  Wed May 21 08:47:50 2003
From: brian at gweep.ca (Brian Edmonds)
Date: Sat Jan 15 09:47:18 2005
Subject: (fwd) Undersea cable re-routed, Gulf area Internet outages expected
Message-ID: <37wugkpd9l.fsf@lios.aq2.gweep.ca>

I found this on NANOG, and thought it would be of interest here:

Date: Wed, 21 May 2003 01:03:41 -0400 (EDT)
From: Sean Donelan
Subject: Undersea cable re-routed, Gulf area Internet outages expected

http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/Articles.asp?Article=52224&Sn=BNEW

Internet users in Bahrain and other Gulf countries face interruptions for
several days, as an undersea cable is re-routed, Batelco announced
yesterday. It is being diverted to make way for the new Palm Island
development, in the UAE.
[...]
The work also affects Kuwait and Qatar.