UN Duterte Megathread - Following the exploits of a president straight out of the DC universe

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So if you haven't been following the news, Rodrigo Duterte, the President of the Philippines, is constantly stirring shit up. The biggest controversy about him by far is how he has repeatedly encouraged citizens to murder drug users (not even dealers, users). You see, the Philippines has a massive drug problem and drug addicts are despised for fueling the drug trade.

Just yesterday, a top UN official claimed said that Duterte should be investigated for murder, as he boasted that he had personally killed three suspected criminals. Today, Duterte responded to this statement... by threatening to raze the headquarters of the United Nations in New York City in response to those accusing him of human rights violations.

This is just a small sample of how crazy this dude is. I would not at all be surprised to learn that he himself does meth or snorts coke or something.
 
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https://www.yahoo.com/news/kidnappings-jailbreak-hit-restive-philippine-island-044751241.html

JOLO, Philippines (AP) — Suspected Abu Sayyaf gunmen abducted four workers in a school in a southern Philippine province where President Rodrigo Duterte visited troops waging an offensive against the militants, officials said Sunday.

About 20 militants barged into a grade school compound in Sulu province's Patikul town shortly after midnight Saturday and seized six painters and carpenters, one of whom managed to escape and alerted the police. Army troops later rescued another worker.


Duterte pinned medals on wounded troops during a brief visit late Saturday to Sulu, a predominantly Muslim province about 950 kilometers (590 miles) south of Manila. The tough-talking president has ordered government forces to destroy the ransom-seeking militants, who still hold about 25 foreign and Filipino hostages in Sulu's jungles.

Meanwhile, 14 inmates, including suspected Abu Sayyaf fighters and drug dealers, escaped early Sunday from a jail in a new building that also houses the police headquarters in a government compound in Sulu's main town of Jolo, police said.

Three of those who escaped were gunned down by police and another was shot and captured. Army troops were helping police track down the rest with the use of military drones and sniffer dogs, a police statement said.

The new kidnappings and jailbreak reflect the diverse security challenges confronting Duterte's administration in the south, where thousands of troops have been separately battling militants aligned with the Islamic State group who laid siege to the city of Marawi on May 23.

After nearly two months of fighting, more than 530 people, including 405 militants and 95 soldiers and police, have died in the violence in the lakeside city, a center of Islamic faith in the southern third of the largely Roman Catholic country.

Backed by airstrikes, troops are fighting about 60 to 70 remaining militants, who are holding an unspecified number of civilian hostages in four Marawi communities in an offensive that Duterte said last week was winding down. He said the offensive won't stop until the last militant is killed.

Duterte, however, has said he would likely extend the martial law he imposed in the south because the situation in Marawi remains critical. Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said he gave the president his recommendation on the question of extending or ending martial rule last week.

Nearly 400,000 people, including most of Marawi's 200,000 residents, have been displaced by the crisis and many have yearned to return home amid the misery in overcrowded evacuation centers.

Duterte's spokesman, Ernesto Abella, however, said Marawi remains fraught with danger, especially for children and women.

"There is no assurance that areas outside the main battle zone are already safe to reside and live in as incidents of cases of stray bullet victims have been reported," Abella said. "The clearing of the entire city of Marawi of IEDs and booby traps left by terrorists, unexploded ordnance and other explosives is still ongoing. The danger and risks these pose still remain high."
 
https://www.yahoo.com/news/kim-jung-un-son-b-154250326.html

Kim Jung Un Is A 'Son Of A B****' With A 'Chubby Face', Says Philippine President Duterte

International Business TimesAugust 2, 2017


Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s latest controversial remarks target the North Korean regime, and they come just a few days ahead of his hosting a meeting of foreign diplomats at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Regional Forum. In his typical colorful rhetoric, Duterte professed his hatred for war and described North Korean ruler Kim Jong Un as a “fool” and a “son of a bitch” who is “playing with dangerous toys.”
 
Update on Marawi:

https://www.yahoo.com/news/philippine-military-needs-20-000-more-troops-due-101915483.html

Philippine military needs 20,000 more troops due to greater threats: Duterte

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has asked lawmakers to approve the recruiting of 20,000 more soldiers to tackle increased security threats following a bloody urban siege in the south, his spokesman said Sunday.

Almost 700 people have been killed, according to the official count, in over two months of fighting in the southern city of Marawi against Islamist militants who have pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group.


The militants, waving the black IS flag, have occupied parts of Marawi since May 23, prompting Duterte to declare martial law in the entire southern region of Mindanao.

"The request of the president for additional 20,000 troops is part of our intensified security posture to guard areas in the country where there are continuing security threats," spokesman Ernesto Abella said in a statement.

"The deployment of troops to Marawi and other points in Mindanao needs to be rebalanced to ensure maximum effectiveness," he added.

The Philippine military numbers about 125,000 and faces numerous threats including the IS-inspired militants in Mindanao, communist guerrillas scattered all over the archipelago and territorial disputes with China in the South China Sea.

The military is among the region's most poorly-equipped, with only a dozen jet fighters and a fleet composed mainly of second-hand ships.

So many troops have been deployed to Marawi that other parts of the country have expressed concern that they are unprotected.

In a trip to Marawi last week, Duterte asked Congress for the funding for 20,000 additional troops but did not specify how much he needed.

Military spokesman Colonel Edgard Arevalo said Sunday the defeat of the fighters in Marawi was coming soon but he would not give specifics.

"We are closer there now than before. We can say that we are really at the culminating part of our operations in Marawi," he said.
 
https://www.yahoo.com/news/im-humble-friend-philippines-anti-u-leader-tells-155320855.html

'I'm your humble friend', Philippines' anti-U.S. leader tells Tillerson
Reuters • By Karen Lema • 16 hours ago
By Karen Lema

MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte called himself a "humble friend" of the United States on Monday, taking a break from his notorious hostility towards Washington to grant a warm reception to visiting U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson.

Duterte's often profanity-laden tirades against the United States has become his trademark during his year-old presidency, but he appeared happy to meet Tillerson, who was in Manila to attend a regional security meeting dominated by North Korea's missile tests, and maritime squabbles.


"I am happy to see you ... and you have come at a time when the world is not so good, especially in the Korean peninsula, and of course, the ever nagging problem of South China Sea," Duterte told Tillerson at the presidential palace.

"I know you're worried there, because you also have domestic problems ... We are friends. We are allies," said Duterte.

"I am your humble friend in Southeast Asia," he said.

The maverick leader makes no attempt to hide his grudge against the United States, which he has repeatedly chided for what he says is a history of hypocritical foreign policy, and for treating the Philippines like a dog.

He last year announced to China his "separation" from Washington, has complained about being given "hand-me-down" U.S. military hardware, and once invited American investors jittery about his remarks to pack their bags and leave.

But Duterte's biggest anger was directed at former President Barack Obama, whose administration spoke out against his signature war on drugs, a fierce crackdown that has killed thousands of Filipinos.

Duterte's warm words for Tillerson indicates Philippines-U.S. ties under U.S. President Donald Trump may be in better shape.

Though Duterte still vents about Washington, he has spoken positively about Trump, who praised him for doing "an unbelievable job on the drug problem".

Trump in an April phone call told Duterte he would invite him to the White House.

But when a U.S. lawmaker recently said he would try to block that, Duterte said he would never go to the United States because "I've seen America and it's lousy".

Duterte said he and Tillerson discussed "many things" on Monday, but he did not give details.

The defense treaty alliance between the two countries remains strong and U.S. forces have been providing the Philippines with technical assistance to fight militants allied with Islamic State. He last year repeatedly threatened to eject U.S. military trainers and advisers.

Asked prior to his meeting if helping the Philippine military meant the United States was endorsing the government's bloody anti-drugs campaign, Tillerson said the two were unrelated.

"I see no conflict, no conflict at all in our helping them with that situation and our views of other human rights concerns we have with respect to how they carry out their counternarcotics activities," he said.

(Editing by Martin Petty and Richard Balmforth)
 
https://www.yahoo.com/news/australian-spy-chief-meets-philippine-080525524.html

Australian Spy Chief Meets With Philippine President Duterte

Storyful•August 23, 2017


ASIS spy agency, met with Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on August 22 to discuss what reports described as security issues in the region." Nick Warner, the head of Australia’s ASIS spy agency, met with Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on August 22 to discuss what reports described as security issues in the region.

ABC said that while it was not unusual for Warner to meet a foreign leader, such meetings would normally be behind closed doors. AAP reported.


The two nations have had an uneasy relationship of late, with Australia condemning Duterte’s violent “war on drugs” and comments he madeabout the rape and murder of an Australian missionary in 1989. Credit: RTVMalacanang via Storyful
 
lol so islams are still pushing his shit in, I take it?
 
DU30's antics all make this seem like less of a silly meme and more of a reality:
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PS1gamenwatch said:
Update on Marawi:

https://www.yahoo.com/news/philippine-military-needs-20-000-more-troops-due-101915483.html

Philippine military needs 20,000 more troops due to greater threats: Duterte

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has asked lawmakers to approve the recruiting of 20,000 more soldiers to tackle increased security threats following a bloody urban siege in the south, his spokesman said Sunday.

Almost 700 people have been killed, according to the official count, in over two months of fighting in the southern city of Marawi against Islamist militants who have pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group.


The militants, waving the black IS flag, have occupied parts of Marawi since May 23, prompting Duterte to declare martial law in the entire southern region of Mindanao.

"The request of the president for additional 20,000 troops is part of our intensified security posture to guard areas in the country where there are continuing security threats," spokesman Ernesto Abella said in a statement.

"The deployment of troops to Marawi and other points in Mindanao needs to be rebalanced to ensure maximum effectiveness," he added.

The Philippine military numbers about 125,000 and faces numerous threats including the IS-inspired militants in Mindanao, communist guerrillas scattered all over the archipelago and territorial disputes with China in the South China Sea.

The military is among the region's most poorly-equipped, with only a dozen jet fighters and a fleet composed mainly of second-hand ships.

So many troops have been deployed to Marawi that other parts of the country have expressed concern that they are unprotected.

In a trip to Marawi last week, Duterte asked Congress for the funding for 20,000 additional troops but did not specify how much he needed.

Military spokesman Colonel Edgard Arevalo said Sunday the defeat of the fighters in Marawi was coming soon but he would not give specifics.

"We are closer there now than before. We can say that we are really at the culminating part of our operations in Marawi," he said.
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He wants to end the Moro problem.

Also, pure coincidence, tells certain groups to fuck off and suddenly ISIS.
 
https://www.yahoo.com/news/duterte-fires-sniper-rifle-jihadis-120157836.html

Duterte Fires Sniper Rifle At Jihadis In Marawi After Capture of Grand Mosque
Newsweek • Jack Moore • 12 hours ago
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte put on a public act of force in Marawi on Thursday, firing a sniper rifle toward jihadists affiliated with the Islamic State militant group (ISIS) after his soldiers recaptured the southern city's grand mosque.

Wearing a military uniform, the Philippine leader traveled to the front lines of the battle against the Maute group, which overran the city of 200,000 in May. He stopped at a military patrol base, taking up arms to show unity with his troops.


“I need to be with you to show my solidarity,” Duterte was quoted as saying by army officials.

A government statement said that Duterte “tried a sniper rifle and fired twice toward the direction of the terrorists.” He spent two hours with military commanders in the center of Marawi in what was his third visit to the embattled city. He was unable to travel to the city until July, when he made his first trip. He blamed the delay on bad weather.

In three months of fighting, hundreds of people—mostly militants—have been killed. Evidence has surfaced indicating that the militants besieging the city are not simply acting on the inspiration of ISIS: The group’s central command in Syria has been funneling funds to southeast Asian militants to help the offensive.

https://sneed.yimg.com/lo/api/res/1.2/ggEtcUJgnA5wXOD6r9yDsQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW15O3c9NDgwO3E9NzU7c209MQ--/http://media.zenfs.com/en-GB/homerun/newsweek_europe_news_328/25375f4116a62863375cfb312ac471f3Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte holds a weapon as he visits troops fighting the extremist Maute group in Marawi, Philippines, on August 24. Presidential Palace/Handout via Reuters

Duterte's trip to the front lines and use of a weapon appeared to aim at strengthening his image as a strongman leader, one who deals with Islamist insurgency and drug crime with brutal force.

Since coming to power in May 2016, Duterte has embarked on a deadly campaign against drug gangs, empowering vigilantes to kill thousands of drug addicts and those suspected of peddling narcotics. “If you know of any addicts, go ahead and kill them yourself, as getting their parents to do it would be too painful,” he said in June 2016.

Philippine militants with the Maute group and some from the Abu Sayyaf group sweeping into Marawi, on the southern island of Mindanao, prompted fears that ISIS had gained a significant stronghold in southeast Asia.


The battle for Marawi represents the most significant capture of Asian territory by an ISIS-linked group, and the most notable since ISIS seized the Libyan central coastal city of Sirte in mid-2015.

The Abu Sayyaf group, known for taking hostages to raise funds to create a de facto Islamic state in the southern Philippines, has pledged allegiance to ISIS and beheaded several Western nationals, including two Canadian men and a German man, in the past year.

The group’s notorious leader, Isnilon Hapilon, is leading the campaign to take control of the city after a failed army raid to capture him in May. He is believed to be in hiding in the city, amid its dense urban sprawl of mosques, houses and buildings, some connected by tunnels.

Both the U.S. and Australia have provided assistance to the Philippine military to help it push back the jihadist insurgency.
 
https://www.google.com/amp/www.news...curity-guard-under-investigation-671082?amp=1


Authorities in the Philippines are investigating the death of a member of the Presidential Security Group, a unit responsible for the safety of President Rodrigo Duterte, but they have ruled out foul play.

Major Harim Gonzaga’s body was found by his wife on Tuesday morning in the guard’s quarters in Malacanang Park, the PSG’s compound located just across the river from the Malacanang Palace, the president’s official residence.

The 37-year-old died from a single gunshot wound to his chest from a 45-calibre gun found near his body, PSG commander Lope Dagoy told the press. “We are ruling out foul play,” he said, but could not yet tell whether the wound was self-inflicted or the result of an accident with the weapon, the officer’s personal firearm




Dagoy described the officer as a diligent serviceman who did not have any issues at work. Gonzaga’s wife, whose name was not mentioned in the reports, told Dagoy the couple did not have any relationship problems although the officer had mentioned he had a heavy workload. “I don’t think that’s a reason for him to take his life. We really do not know,” Dagoy said.

There were no concerns for President Duterte’s safety, who was far from the location of the incident, according to Dagoy. Presidential spokesman Ernesto Abella said the specific whereabouts of the president at the time of the incident were unclear. “We don’t have any information regarding that,” he said at a regular press briefing, quoted by Reuters.
 
Seagal gives Duterte a thumbs up:

http://entertainment.inquirer.net/246467/seagal-gives-duterte-thumbs-says-ph-not-dangerous

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Hollywood actor Steven Seagal, who’s in town to take part in the judging panel of the 2017 Miss Earth pageant and do postproduction work for his coming TV series “General Commander,” said the country’s current peace and order situation did not deter him from coming over.

“To be honest with you, I’m a big fan of the Philippine government. I think (President Rodrigo) Duterte is a good president and that he has been instrumental in making this country a safer place. What he has done is very good, in terms of trying to get the control back for the people. I don’t feel like this is a dangerous place at all, but a place that’s up-and-coming with the new leadership.”

Seagal paid a courtesy call on Duterte in Malacañang on Thursday. —MARINEL R. CRUZ
 
PS1gamenwatch said:
Seagal gives Duterte a thumbs up:

http://entertainment.inquirer.net/246467/seagal-gives-duterte-thumbs-says-ph-not-dangerous

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Hollywood actor Steven Seagal, who’s in town to take part in the judging panel of the 2017 Miss Earth pageant and do postproduction work for his coming TV series “General Commander,” said the country’s current peace and order situation did not deter him from coming over.

“To be honest with you, I’m a big fan of the Philippine government. I think (President Rodrigo) Duterte is a good president and that he has been instrumental in making this country a safer place. What he has done is very good, in terms of trying to get the control back for the people. I don’t feel like this is a dangerous place at all, but a place that’s up-and-coming with the new leadership.”

Seagal paid a courtesy call on Duterte in Malacañang on Thursday. —MARINEL R. CRUZ
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Seagal has gotten so fat Will Sasso's impersonation of him has become perfectly accurate.
 
PS1gamenwatch said:
Seagal gives Duterte a thumbs up:

http://entertainment.inquirer.net/246467/seagal-gives-duterte-thumbs-says-ph-not-dangerous

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Hollywood actor Steven Seagal, who’s in town to take part in the judging panel of the 2017 Miss Earth pageant and do postproduction work for his coming TV series “General Commander,” said the country’s current peace and order situation did not deter him from coming over.

“To be honest with you, I’m a big fan of the Philippine government. I think (President Rodrigo) Duterte is a good president and that he has been instrumental in making this country a safer place. What he has done is very good, in terms of trying to get the control back for the people. I don’t feel like this is a dangerous place at all, but a place that’s up-and-coming with the new leadership.”

Seagal paid a courtesy call on Duterte in Malacañang on Thursday. —MARINEL R. CRUZ
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this is basically an arms race with KJU meeting Rodman
 
http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/ca...erte-says-malaysian-islamist-militant-killed/

Philippines’ Duterte says Malaysian Islamist militant killed

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Mahmud Ahmad was described by the Philippine military as a “high value target” who had funded an attack by pro-IS militants on the southern city of Marawi in May and connected local insurgents with jihadists in the Middle East.

Duterte said Mahmud was the latest militant leader to have been killed in the nearly five-month battle in Marawi following the death of Isnilon Hapilon, the head of IS in Southeast Asia, and his ally Omarkhayam Maute on Monday.

“Now the other (one), the one they called ‘Doc’ – there are three: Hapilon, Omar and the Doc – he was taken this afternoon, and that completes the story,” Duterte said at a business conference in Manila, drawing applause from the crowd.

Hours before Duterte spoke, military chief of staff General Eduardo Ano said the armed forces were “increasingly becoming confident” that Mahmud was among 13 militants killed in fighting on Wednesday night, citing accounts of freed hostages.

A DNA test would later be conducted on the body, military spokesman Major-General Restituto Padilla told AFP.

Pro-IS gunmen occupied parts of Marawi – the main Islamic city in the predominantly Catholic Philippines – on May 23, triggering intense fighting that has killed more than 1,000 people and reduced the city centre to rubble.

On Tuesday, Duterte declared Marawi “liberated from terrorists’ influence” but the military said fighting was continuing against at least 20 remaining militants.

Following Hapilon’s death, terrorism expert Ahmad Kumar Ramakrishna from Singapore’s S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies said if Mahmud survived he would likely take over the leadership of IS-linked fighters in the southern Philippines.

“He was the one responsible for the direct linkage of Hapilon to the larger group of the Daesh. It was he who provided the funding necessary to bankroll the siege of Marawi,” Padilla said on Tuesday, using another term for IS.

The Jakarta-based Institute for Policy Analysis of Conflict described Mahmud as a former university lecturer who sat on the “inner circle of the Marawi command structure”.

“Mahmud controlled recruitment as well as financing and has been the contact person for any foreigner wanting to join the pro-ISIS coalition in the Philippines”, stated the July report.
 
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