Iran Revolutionary Guards: Unit engraved emblem on U.S. ship

is it like capricorn 1? us landing man on moon? or is it re inventing the weel? Wonder why still US soldiers have to die in Iraq? dont we have enough power to sort out the matter much earlier? Is Iraq so powerful to keep our army engaged for such a long time? or is it to get more time to get more free oil from Iraq? and thats why our warships are still there, that makes sense.

Amazed by the level of pride and ignorance of some yankies. They believe all nations are backward except themselves? Just put stupid americans in video searches on the net and see how clever yankies are.

This is truley a monumental achievement for the post Neanderthol Iranian nation. Imagine the pride...I can't wait until the U.S. airforce etches their emblem on Ahrmadinajad's butt with a star wars laser....

US subs are too good and anything the Iranians have just too noisy for that to be believable. Sure, maybe a dinghy while a ship was in "friendly" Arab waters, but not a sub.

lol, this is very funny. USrealis are so arrogant regarding their 'state of the art' armies ! but yet they've lost the war twice to Hizballah, plus Iran is fooling them around now. Bush is undoubtedly all what Americans deserve. BTW, to IRGC of Iran: nice graffiti ! In what colors did you do it ? lol

The moderate Iranians should drawback? What are you talking about....Have you ever been to Iran, do you know that they have ski hills, and restaurants, and the women are more beautiful than American women, they can even read.....some even have pets......ignorance on a mass scale is very dangerous. The Iranians are a civil country, and I guarantee if they were parking workships in NY harbour, you would flip your lid.....but when you the Americans park war ships on there front lawn, oh, of course the Iranian moderates should do something to diffuse the situation.......tell me, how does your ignorance make sence? Now do you understand why the world thinks you and your people are so very stupid, and dangerous....

This Iranian gut is full of it. First off, Radar isn't used to detect subs, second American subs are almost certainly is the area, and they would have blown any Iranian sub out of the water. This is more hilarious crap talk from a country that knows their military and Revolutionary Guard, would be decimated in a war with the US. The fact that Haaretz would publish this obvious drivel is disturbing.

That's nothing. Two days ago some old college roommates and I snuck into Iran and shaved the word "fart" into the head of every single member of the revolutionary council! Then we engraved our names on the floor of their legislature! Ha ha! Burrrrrrnnn! oh, pictures? like, proof I'm not just talking out my ass? Just take my word for it, dude: it was AWWWEEESOME!

Mark Lincoln deserves praise. very informative always. thanks Mark. do you remember it was 80's when USGOV caught Toshiba Corp had sold extremely hi-precision lathes to soviets in violation of understanding between western nations not to provide east bloc potentially harmful technologies. toshiba was blacklisted by USGOV as result. silent Kilo subs could be of the very legacy of that sale.

No doubt that stunts like this have a certain propaganda value -- unlike 'cartoonish' situations -- but they also put the finger on the opposing party's soft spots. Remember this event: http://tinyurl.com/2wz569 -- video: http://tinyurl.com/3yagvb "Put this story with the ones about "poison" baloons and Israeli spies." Err... let me remind you of the 'yellow star' sham -- http://tinyurl.com/st9ms LOL

Just because I said to snap a photo of Ahmadinejad taking a dump. You probably didn't like my idea of Adam Gadahn licking the enchilada sauce off of Zawahiri's forehead twin either. Huh? Where in the rules does it say to be tasteful when speaking of terrorists and murderers?

Just in off the AP, US commando's raid President Ahmadinejad home, tattoo the statue of liberty on his behind and escape into the darkness.

I hate to wreck the day for all the Jew haters who think Iran is about to wipe any country off the face of the earth, but this couldn't have happened unless the ship was moored or at anchor. Anybody who has seen a shipp refuled or resupplied at sea knows that significant suction develps between two ships while they are underway. They must keep a specific distance from one another and the rudders must be turned to counteract the suction. Even with both skippers in constant communication, collisions are not un-heard of. What this means is that if an Iranian sub came close enough to a moving warship to etch something on its hull, it would be pulled against the larger warship and crushed or severly damaged. This claim shows how scared the Iranians are, trying to convince their citizens their military is strong and fralso scare the rest of the world. Strong countries don't need to do this. Put this story with the ones about "poison" baloons and Israeli spies.

So the Iranians risked getting one of their subs shot out of the water to make a stencil on a warship.. suuuree

"Nur Ali Shushkari, the head of the Revolutionary Guards ground forces, told Iranian pro-government news agencies that the symbol was etched onto the ship by the crew of a submarine that had managed to reach the U.S. vessel without detection by radar." - Yossi Melman And exactly why would a Kilo boat operating in the Persian Gulf be required to expose it's self to radar? Run silent, run deep, swim the frog men out and let them do their thing. This is NOT new stuff folks, it has been done for much of a century. Why can't folks understand that?

"The idea that the Iranians could approach a US warship and tag it while underway is ridiculous." - Mark I agree. But no one said anything about 'underway."

"My guess is that the US and Brits know exactly where their subs are at all times." - Toad The Persian gulf is noisy, littoral, and known for it's temperature and salinity gradients. All things which strongly favor the Kilo boats as opposed to US nuclear submarines which were designed for blue water operations. The US has allowed it's ASW capabilities to atrophy following the end of the cold war. I would not count on the Kilo being detected.

"how do you know what kind of boat it was and how do you know how "quiet" that boat is?" - adam I was quite concerned when the Russians sold three Kilo boats to Iran over a decade ago. The Project 636 and 636M (NATO name Kilo) boats are acknowledged as amongst the most quiet of all submarines by all authorities. Sufficient numbers of navies, including those with close relations to NATO have these boats. I don't think that there is any question that their capabilities are well known. The Kilo class was the ultimate expression of the diesel-electric boat built by the Soviet Union. "are you an expert in naval warfare?" - adam I am not, but I am informed. "As for your laughable comment regarding how well the iranians did in the iran-iraq war" - adam The world was against them. Kuwait, Saudi and the US supplied money, the US, France and USSR supplied arms. The US and USSR supplied chemical weapons to Iraq. Despite that, Iran won. I guess you didn't notice.

Mark, I had a friend who once revealed something he shouldn't have. It was in the very early 1970s when he told me. The story came out - sort of - in the late 1990s. He told me that a short while before when he was a navy diver working from the USS Barbel they had been rammed accidentally by a Chinese ship while "up a river in North Vietnam." He said they were very afraid they would not escape, that the Barbel would sink where it was. They did escape. The Navy now admits that the Barbel was struck by a ship while it was trying to determine what was aboard the ship. The location is given as "off Hainan Island." North Vietnam is "off" Hainan. I do not think the USN will readily admit to an incident such as this anymore than it publicly admits to some SEAL penetrations of critical facilities, including ship reactor rooms in the past. The lessons will be learned. If the Iranians did this, then they have given away an advantage we will learn from.

Hahahaha!!

Is it possible? Maybe. I guess that is possible, maybe a navy supply ship or something like that, with a small recon sub. It's pretty funny, they should have waited until April 1st. I guess we can add the label of vandals to this regime long list. It's not real hard to engraved emblem on U.S. ship , but try engraving emblem on a B2.

That is the stupidest thing I have ever heard...If true...Iran is pushing it!

Don't worry, the Swiss are negotiating. Secret meetings in Tehren while we post. Drew up 6 point plan to end the stand off. I'm sure you'll be happy that is taking place.

One way to prove their claim would be for the Iranians to name the ship they tagged. Anyone who can sneak up to a US warship under way...and then tag it...ought to be able to name the ship they tagged. Look in your military encyclopedias under: "Argentina, Falkland Islands War, False Claims."

There are always great surprises for those who deserve surprise.

The idea that the Iranians could approach a US warship and tag it while underway is ridiculous. Even if the Iranians used some sort of mega-spraypaint technology, their sub would be detected...by sonar, not radar. Imagine how hard it would be for a mini-sub to maintain station next to a moving ship and "etch" anything into its hull. If there is a grain of truth to the story, then the Iranians had to have approached a ship in port...most likely something like a tug, or a transport ship sitting at a dock in Dubai. The whole idea is silly...even if it were true it would mean that the Iranians have stupidly alerted the US Navy to one of their new capabilities. Ridiculous.

...and successfully launched the first ever Inter-Galactic Ballistic Missile against a Zionist base in the Andromeda galaxy. Praise Iranian know-how!

And the US military is nowhere near Baghdad. In fact they are commiting suicide and running away into the desert. They are also all converting to Islam, the religion of peace.

Sounds like fun. Let the navy guys do this, let the army guys play paintball, and let the marines hold a beach volleybal competition. May the best man win! I really do find this a very humoristic thing. I'm sure the Iranians who did it must be getting a LOT of beers (well, alcohol-free ones..) at home.

How utterly foolish! Yes, that's it, walk loudly and carry a small stick. Wait, sorry, I think I got that wrong... but that's what Iran seems to be doing! How foolish. This isn't something that should unnerve anybody! It should make them laugh!

Now that's a funny quote "BBC is reporting this claim". Well it must be true, then, huh? Oh if I recall correctly, the BBC also repoeated an IDF operation in Jenin in 2002 killed over 500 people. I would imagine that if this report, as others, came in on wire services which Haaretz uses, the BBC might also feel inclined to pick it up before verifying its validity. And another sucker is born....named Pablo. Happy Birthday.

You know, reading your post, I get the feeling you're actually happy the USS Cole was hit. You have no problems with the death of 7 US military personnel, as long as your agenda is fulfilled, eh? By the way, the bombers of the Cole didn't come in under radar. It was a sunny day and right out in the open. The port is littered with small fishing vessels by the locals. Once just happened to have a boat load of explosives. That was a lapse of judgement, and the reason why I believe the Iranians are full of crap. Being in the Persian Gulf, and already seeing Iranian weapons and Revolutionary Guard infiltration into Iraq - the US military are on high alert everywhere.

What are we to say? How clever? Does that fool honestly think that even Iranians at home will swallow that - Iranian Military are untouchable by resorting to these tag games? Apart from that crazy leadership more sinister though are recent reports from inside Iran about the possibility that some rogue elements of the RG are loose canon desperate to provoke a full scale war. Whats even more worrying is that at least two of them are at the very highest levels of the military. Iran is a hairs breath from the abyss. I pray that something is done by moderate Iranians of whatever shades of politics to take stock, draw back and engage with the rest of the world before its too late. God bless Iran.

what? No Cell phone picture? This can't be true. We would have blown the sub out of the water. It would have be our chance to take out as many Nuke site that we can. The US, Brit., Russia and Israel knows where every sub is. Prove, what ship, show as the pictures.

The State Dept. must have been taking their scheduled 'siesta' -plus they probably appreciated the art work there -makes a statement and it looks dramatic on the hull! More than they have going for them.

The State Dept. must have been taking their scheduled 'siesta' -plus they probably appreciated the art work there -makes a statement and it looks dramatic on the hull! More than they have going for them.

......cruising for a bruising.

Fat chance, but it does make a good story. My guess is that the US and Brits know exactly where their subs are at all times. Its what they do and do well.

If true - and we'll assume it is for the moment - then this story is really significant. It not only shows daring, but the technological capability to pull off such a stunt. Something which ought to keep every USA warship commander in the region awake at night. This was no suicide stunt. They snuck in, tagged the ship, and snuck out. Alive. Next time they'll exchange a limpet mine for a spray can.... and you can kiss a whole aircraft carrier goodbye. (Unless of course this whole story is a BlackOps disinformation trick by USIsrael.... seeking to create a PearlHarbour attack event fore-runner propaganda - in an Israeli newspaper. So when they destroy one of their own ships to justify an Iran attack... they can point to this story. Who knows.

This is very obvious tipicly Iranian style lie. and if it is true shame on expresident Jimmy Carter for bringing this mess of ayatollahs in power in Iran,we iranians have been suffering for a long time and it is the time for president Bush to putan end to what Carter created for us.

Go find some kitty litter...

Tony Anthony asked "Shushkari has been watching too many Superman movies; who else would report this story but Haaretz." The BBC is reporting this claim for one. From the story "Iran drones 'can attack US ships'" By Frances Harrison BBC News, Tehran "And the website also quoted the commander claiming that Iran had managed to put the logo of the Revolutionary Guards on the side of an American warship in the Gulf to demonstrate how insecure they were in this region." http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/6356971.stm Still doesn't mean it is true, just that more than Haaretz is reporting it. The US will NEVER confirm this story no matter if it is true or not.

how do you know what kind of boat it was and how do you know how "quiet" that boat is??? are you an expert in naval warfare??? As for your laughable comment regarding how well the iranians did in the iran-iraq war.....oh yeah 8 years of sending children into minefields and still they could not defeat Saddam, the US did it twice, in a matter of weeks. What colour is the sky in your world.

When the crazy Iranian regime gets its behind finally kicked in by the U.S.or Israel and the President of Iran picks up his marbles and desparately leaves his country to save his life I can't wait till I read Ahmenedijad's book about his experience titled "I ran Iran before I ran".

You going over there yourself Harry? Or are you just another Chicken Hawk like George Bush, Dick Cheney and Ehud Olmert, willing to sacrifice others, but not yourself? Iraq is next door to Iran and a long ways from the US. If anything the decision to conquer Iraq and it's oil was THE provocation.

Hey, For humanity's sake, I think you should remove this article. Who knows perhaps that lunatic in the White House might think this an act of war, and he will invade! Please save us, please. It is cool though, next time they will place explosives, or perhaps a live bomber. Ghuda Hafez Iranians.

While it's certainly possible that a very quiet diesel-electric sub could get within range of a US surface warship to enable frogmen to carry this out, it has nothing to do with the current balance of naval power in the Gulf. Iran could sink one or more US ships in a shooting war (like the Argentines vs. the British in the Faulklands War), but the overall outcome of such a battle is not in doubt.

Despite the posturing of politicians, the US Navy takes force protection very seriously. Perhaps my use of the term "incredible" was inaccurate. If the incident happened, I'm sure the Navy will react, even if not publicly.

ROFL; LOL; Wow! Need Harry #22 and his provocation whinging. US warships in Persian Gulf area are not but a bit of tattooing is. Man, Harry and People, get a life. If true its incredible. If a put-on it's as hilarious as Harry 22 and others.

It's not hard to beleive, look at the Kitty Hawk. An ASW platform w/ SH-60F & E2 A/C. As well as CG & DD class surface ships deployed w/ SH-60 B A/C. lets not foreget the attack subs assigned to the TF. Do we really beleive NATO countries are the only ones using small subs like our SEALS use?

So the iranians are now using their commando's for Tagging missions. I think they should get tagging lessons from the boyz in the bornx.

Years ago drawing fire meant something completely different and now we have the attack of the fundamentalist ads. Its not enough we get bin Laden doing commercials from his cave in Tora Bora or wherever,now we have to suffer BILLBOARDS from the Iranian guards!! No wonder the pen is considered mightier than the sword.

The SS Cole allowed a small boat of Arabs to approach it. As the US was anxious 'not to offend' their Arab host which 'graciously' allowed an American warship to dock in their port these terrorists were allowed to go as close as they did. In fact, the 'guards' on board the SS Cole were not even allowed to have or were given ammunition for their weapons so as to prevent any 'accidental insult' to their Arab 'hosts'. It was the SS Cole incident that convinced me an American invasion of Iraq was doomed. If you do not know how to conduct yourself around Arabs - which the US obviously has no idea of - stay out and send assassins, not an army. Do it the Arab way as the Western way is folly among them.

The biggest mistake is understimating your enemy. Objectively speaking, they are withing their right to assess the situation. How would THe US/UK/or whatever feel if there were Iranian warships feet away from the New York City or Southampton port? And for all those ridiculous people who think the Iranians will do the wrong thing, guess again! So far, Iran has showed considerable restraint in all the provocation that the US is doing. Think people, think!

Not incredible at all. The Iranian Kilo boats are quite quiet, and the Persian Gulf is a perfect environment for them. There is an arrogance in the US towards Iran which ignores just how well they did against Iraq during their long war, and despite the tremendous disadvantages they faced and the equally great advantages Iraq held. Americans tend to judge Iran by their experience with the Iraq army. If the Iranians did this, then it is a very clever way of warning the US to not rush to war with them. p.s. there were numerous collisions between US and Soviet subs during the cold war.

If this incident really happened, which I doubt, then it would be a serious provation from Iran. I saw Ahmadinijad on TV with Diane Sawyer. His statement about wanting all foreigners out of Iraq was a not-too-subtle admission that Iran is behind some of the attacks on American soldiers. Don't think that statement was missed. It also was a provocation. Iran had better cool it or suffer the consequences. Harry

Prove it, show a video or pic of it. What a crock!

The SS Cole allowed a small boat of Arabs to approach it. As the US was anxious 'not to offend' their Arab host which 'graciously' allowed an American warship to dock in their port these terrorists were allowed to go as close as they did. In fact, the 'guards' on board the SS Cole were not even allowed to have or were given ammunition for their weapons so as to prevent any 'accidental insult' to their Arab 'hosts'. It was the SS Cole incident that convinced me an American invasion of Iraq was doomed. If you do not know how to conduct yourself around Arabs - which the US obviously has no idea of - stay out and send assassins, not an army. Do it the Arab way as the Western way is folly among them.

yossi, if you call Persian gulf and not Arabic gulf, sure you are going to seek the conflict with pasdarans. Its just a joke, but at the end of Irak-Iran war, the name was changed on all the marine-charts.

for the Iranians. Although even if it did happen, I expect the US to deny it, as it would show just how vulnerable the US ships are in the shallow, narrow gulf. When (not if) Bush bombs Iran, I expect there will be a lot of Americans and Israelis (at least the ones that are still alive) very surprised at just how capable the Iranians are. Many people in the US and Israel are vastly under-estimating the Iranians and will pay a very heavy price. Then again, this could just be some guy in Iran blowing smoke to show how "brave" he is. BUT, the reality is the Iranians are being shoved into a corner by the US and Israel and when they are attacked, will react very fiercely. So even though this guy may be exaggerating, the defiant emotion behind the smoke is very real. Be real careful who you pick a fight with because they may be tougher than you think and you will get beat bad.

During the Cold War, US and Soviet subsused to track each other, sometimes getting close enough to photograph the other's hull. A very dangerous exercise. The Soviets lost their edge when they went to nuclear subs as those generate much more noise. But the Iranian use the old electric boats which are just holes in the water. This claim seems incredible. But it's easy enough to check. If there is evidence on any US ship, the Captain's head should roll. He was negligent.

Greetings Responsers! which for a fun would be that,very lovly america where blamed What a funny jook.

He should advise the Iranians that NATO has over hundred thousand missiles with an exparation date, for which military Industrialists are eager to replace, in order to create jobs in EU, US and many other places. I hope the Iranians will not get carried away like they did in the eighties, they never paid for that, and the US will not forget, Ahmedinajad should learn from N. Corea, and stop being a demonic clown.

A submarien evaded radar?? pretty easy since it is SONAR underwater, and RADAR above water. In the details of this story just shows it is a simple lie. Just try hanging onto a ship that is moving,, the pressure wave alone will rip you off, and the sonar used, at such a close range will turn your internal body structure into jelly.

Yossile did Shushkari speak to you? Or did you have a dream? Where is the evidence? You are truly a bufoon!

I guess the Iranians are now tagging their territory. This is the message they are sending.

I guess they are teaching art classes in the Iranian army. That's quite an intricate logo to etch into a boat. don't know about you, but the sound of metal etching into metal, in my opinion, would be quite loud. no one could hear the scraping? and a sub would surface just to etch a logo into a boat? and i love the logo. a machine gun and an olive branch and words in Arabic. so peaceful, so loving.

Im sorry people, especially to those who would like this to be true. This is just not believable on so many levels, as previous posters have observed. Perhaps the iranians are getting a little nervous with bus bombings in their own country, the US fleet surrounding them by sea, and the us forces in Iraq turning up the heat on them, and their Korean friends finally buckling under the weight of reality. lets hope this is the beginning of the end of Ahmedinajad and his ridiculous regime.

Great--now they're graffiti tag artists. Come out to Virginia, USA--you can compete with the MS-13. Of course, putting your tags up in their territory would result in getting your Iranian Revolutionary heinies royally spanked. Ahmadinejad? Khameni? Shushshushkahari? Nothing compared to these guys. But seriously, let me get this straight: if United States troops invade Iran they will be spray painted? Involuntarily tattooed? In the immortal words of Sir Mick Jagger: tattoo you.

It's just a matter of time till the Iranians think their too good and decide to confront either our warships or our Carrier planes and they are going to get burned. Years ago Ghadfi told our forces not to cross a dertain line and for his troubles he was short a few fighter jets and it took a late night visit from F-111 planes to explain it to him a little better. After that visit you didn't hear from Gadafi and his line of death or the Bay Of Sidra. The Iranians sadly don't read history books. Unless they write them.

This proves that the Iranians have the means to bipass US radar...meaning they can hit those ships like the martyrs did to the USS Cole....the fact that they were not detected and were able to even engrave something on the ship proves that Iran is definitely no Iraq.

"American army has no plans to invade Iran." BUSH Invade not - bomb?

And a very funny way of making a point. A good laugh and at the same time it serves notice that not only the US has crack special ops forces.

My thoughts exactly. First blood to the Iranians in the spec-ops humour offensive. let's see how we respond? Probably by missing the point and launching a massive missile strike against Natanz!

February 14, 2007 11:20 AM (GMT+02:00) DEBKAfile reports: An Iranian Revolutionary Guards bus was ambushed and blown up in southeastern Zahedan Wednesday, killing at least 18. The assailants, believed to be Balochi nationalists, arrived on the scene in a car and escaped on motorcycles hidden by the wayside. Zahedan is the capital of the restive, mostly Sunni Muslim Balochistan, which lies close to the Pakistani and Afghan borders.

"What do you mean, you forgot the camera?!" "Dammit Abdul!" LOL! In Western Culture, there's this stuff called "evidence," that is usually required for thinking people to accept outrageous claims.

push of a finger?

This is serious. And it makes all the more imperative that Iran be defanged as quickly and effectively as possible. America should not wait till the dark forces have spread their tentacles all over the world including the USA. Waiting for them to be armed with nukes will be the worst nightmare for the modern world. It is time Americans are united to see the danger of this menace and support the Administration and Israel to do what is necessary to protect America, Israel and the world from a fanatical Hitler and his cronies in Iran.

Shushkari has been watching too many Superman movies; who else would report this story but Haaretz.

Let's start with a sub - any submarine and especially a common run-of-the-mill variety able to remain undetected. Does anyone believe that? Next does anyone believe that Iranian 'artist frogmen' would work on engraving a design on an American ship and not be detected? Ok, let's say that actually happened. Do you believe that any Iranian fanatic group would be content with engraving a design on an American ship and not blowing it? C'mon Haaretz, what the hell are you doing printing such nonsense?

well, if your guys really did it then why are you informing the US about it so that they should become more security conscious? Seems cheap boasting, but if it really happened then the commander of the revolutionary guard is an idiot and fool.

If it was a sticker may be,but to engrave such an emblam on a US navel ship I have my doubts,the sonar would pick up the sounds. It would also take too long to engrave such an emblam. Even just a sticker,just goes to show how cunning the Iranians are.

Whatever feelings you may have against the Iranians, you have to admit that, if true, sneaking up on a big "enemy" warship and engraving "Kilroy was here" on its hull, or whatver they did, took a lot of moxie. More intriguing at least than the usual provocations and confrontations...

So what , The US can engrave a hole the size of the Grand canyon in Tehran with a push of a finger.

This is not neccessary, childish and imature, And the Israel bashers will have no problems giving these guys (which clearly have no militery diciplen) the benefit of the doubt regarding nuclear energy...