Is Syria's Internet Connection To The World About To Be Cut?

Fears Grow That Syria May Shut Down Internet -- CNN

(CNN) -- Late last month in Aleppo, Syria, civilians who have cell phone subscriptions received a foreboding text message in Arabic: "Game over."

Those on prepaid phones -- including many opposition fighters and activists, who tend to throw their devices away after several uses to avoid detection -- did not receive the text, or subsequent messages, signed by the Syrian Arab Army, telling them to surrender their weapons.

"The government was sending a message to the rebels through people who subscribe," says Taufiq Rahim, a Dubai-based Arab affairs analyst -- an act of psychological warfare carried out by cell phone.

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My Comment: If the net does go down, it will be a clear sign to me that the Syrian regime has grown desperate ... and that they are at the brink of collapse.