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kpete Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-11-08 06:42 PM
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“Filipino Monkey"-Navy Times: Prankster May Have Been Behind Radio Iranian Threats
Edited on Fri Jan-11-08 06:44 PM by kpete
Navy Times: Prankster May Have Been Behind Radio Threats
By Paul Kiel - January 11, 2008, 6:11PM
It just gets more and more bizarre.

From The Navy Times:

The threatening radio transmission heard at the end of a video showing harassing maneuvers by Iranian patrol boats in the Strait of Hormuz may have come from a locally famous heckler known among ship drivers as the “Filipino Monkey.”...

In recent years, American ships operating in the Middle East have had to contend with a mysterious but profane voice known by the ethnically insulting handle of “Filipino Monkey,” likely more than one person, who listens in on ship-to-ship radio traffic and then jumps on the net shouting insults and jabbering vile epithets....

Rick Hoffman, a retired captain who commanded the cruiser Hue City and spent many of his 17 years at sea in the Gulf was subject to the renegade radio talker repeatedly, often without pause during the so-called “Tanker Wars” of the late 1980s.

“For 25 years there’s been this mythical guy out there who, hour after hour, shouts obscenities and threats,” he said. “He could be tied up pierside somewhere or he could be on the bridge of a merchant ship.”

more at:
http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/005061.php
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Solly Mack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-11-08 06:44 PM
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1. “Filipino Monkey”
Edited on Fri Jan-11-08 06:46 PM by Solly Mack
...

it just gets worse
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slackmaster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-11-08 06:47 PM
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2. That's racist
:rofl:
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bahrbearian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-11-08 06:47 PM
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3. Thats what I've been thinking , is who made the Radio Calls
It could have been practically anyone in the vicinity.
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Ecumenist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-11-08 06:47 PM
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4. "FILIPINO MONKEY?" Bullshit!!
I think that they're trying to tapdance their way out of a completely embarrassing and pathetic attempt to try to trump up support for yet another ill advised war for monetary gain by the idiots in power. I don't buy it and I cannot imagine anyone who has the IQ of snot would either.
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scarletwoman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-11-08 06:51 PM
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5. So, does this mean we DON'T have to nuke Iran? (nt)
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damntexdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-11-08 07:08 PM
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6. But Dubya isn't Filipino!
LOL!!!

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juno jones Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-11-08 07:08 PM
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7. Makes sense, actually
I have read that the voice didn't have the right accent for an Iranian.
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juno jones Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-11-08 07:10 PM
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8. The navy also seems anxious to defuse this situatuion. n/t
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TheMadMonk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-11-08 09:40 PM
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9. I suspect the Navy has a very good idea of exactly how exposed it would be...
...in the event of open conflict with Iran.
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antiimperialist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-12-08 09:17 PM
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10. kick and lmao n/t
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IDemo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-12-08 09:22 PM
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11. A Tourettistic attack, maybe?
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originalpckelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-12-08 09:24 PM
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12. Holy fuck, WWIII was almost started by a fucking prankster.
That's when a prank goes a *little* too far, if you catch my drift.
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