[Lurking in Kansas]

..yeah, some sort of crack down is coming... don’t want the natives to get the word out ... not good...

[Shaun_MD]

Or maybe they know Israel is about to come knocking and this is the regime getting into damage control mode ahead of time? Just a thought...

[Ramius]

..yeah, some sort of crack down is coming... don’t want the natives to get the word out ... not good...

Sounds like it. But, they need to do more than just cut off access to google servers. They've got to shut down all internet access, which is hard to do. It's tantamount to shutting down the whole phone system in and out of Iran.