Mischievous 'Filipino Monkey' could have triggered latest US-Iran row

Guardian ^ | 14 January 2008 | Matthew Weaver

[Androcles]

A heckling radio ham known as the Filipino Monkey, who has spent years pestering ships in the Persian Gulf, is being blamed today for sparking a major diplomatic row after American warships almost attacked Iranian patrol boats.

[Androcles]

Did a search and this didn't seem to have been posted yet...

[DanielRedfoot]

“Quack Quack”

[ModelBreaker]

In the Iranian version, there is no hint of aggressive behaviour.

Dropping large objects into the water near American warships is aggressive behavior. It really doesn't matter what you say or don't say.

The Iranians now know they can get within 300 yards of American Warships and drop mines in the water.

[neodad]

Ping. Filipino Monkey strikes again.

[TCats]

What, this guy was transmitting from the Philippines? On a UHF Band? Don’t think so.

[Cindy]

How interesting.

Did the Monkey also simulate the speed boat’s and the actions of the crew on board?

[JoanVarga]

Ah, Monkeys. Is there anything they can't do?

-Joan

[NonValueAdded]

That would be a macaca moment, no?

[AmericanInTokyo]

If true, I hate to say it, but RON PAUL just may have been right, the recent debate, urging coolness and getting all the facts before pulling the trigger. Lets double check all the facts.

[Brilliant]

No he wasn’t right. No one was planning to bomb Iran based on this incident.

[neodad]

What, this guy was transmitting from the Philippines? On a UHF Band? Don’t think so.

No. He's a guy in the Persian Gulf that heckles the U.S. Navy on the VHF Bridge to Bridge all night long. He's rude, crude, and helarious. I spent many a night laughing at him to keep awake. He's called "Filipino Monkey" because that's one of the things he says over and over.

[Spok]

The next time the Iranians play chicken with the U.S. Navy and get their sorry butts blown to pieces, they can put it on the Filipino Monkey.

[Soliton]

How did this guy know that Iranian boats were swarming American ships and throwing white boxes in the sea at the time? Besides, don’t we have radio directional capabilities to determine where it’s coming from?

[TCats]

Thanks for the clarification. Regards

[the invisib1e hand]

“...soon you will explode!”

[TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig]

Haha....I heard this guy doing that stuff in the gulf in 91-92 and it caught on with sailors.....sailors started doing it aroiund the philipines to piss off their harbor pilots.

[normy]

Was he driving the boats? If not the Iranians would be responsible for #1 not responding and #2 for getting their ships blown from the water.

[Blood of Tyrants]

Triangulation and smart bombs.

[SkyPilot]

So, who drove the speedboats - weaving in and out of our ships at high speed?

[IronJack]

I didn’t think Achmadenijihad was Filipino.