Skip to main content

Duterte accuses the United States

 |  | EDIT
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has accused the United States of importing and sowing terror to the Middle East, causing staggering violence and mayhem in that region.
In a speech before Muslim leaders in Davao City Friday night, Duterte said the U.S. imported terrorism to the Middle East, and not the other way around.
“That’s what happened in the Middle East. It is not that the Middle East is exporting terrorism to America; America imported terrorism (to the Middle East),” Duterte said.
“The U.S. destroyed the Middle East,” he said, recounting how the U.S. invaded Iraq with the help of Britain in the 1990s.
“(They say Saddam Husein was a dictator) but he was in control of the country. After almost 10 years of investigation, it turned out there was no legal basis to declare war against Iraq. You see, it’s a useless war,” Duterte said.
“Great Britain and the U.S. will not admit that they forced their way to Iraq and killed Saddam. Look at Iraq now. Look what happened to Libya. Look what happened to Syria. Even children are being doused with gasoline. They were pushed to the wall for the failed promises,” Duterte said.
Duterte urged the Muslim leaders to work for peace rather than engage in war.
“That is why I am not including Abu Sayyaf in the criminality. It is a different set-up there because these are the guys who were driven to desperation,” Duterte added.
He said from Nur Misuari, the rebel leader, to Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, there was no semblance of governance. And that is why they are pushed to the wall, then became radicalized.
“That’s also what happened in the Middle east,” Duterte said.
The Philippine government has been fighting the Abu Sayyaf rebels since the 1990s. Past administrations have labeled the group, numbering about 400, as bandits or criminals that carries out illegal activities including kidnappings for ransom, killings and bombings in Mindanao in southern Philippines.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Rouhani wins Iran's Presidential election Moderate cleric Hassan Rouhani won Iran's presidential election on Saturday, the interior ministry said, scoring a surprising landslide victory over conservative hardliners without the need of a second round run-off.Interior minister Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar announced on state television that Rouhani secured just over 50 percent of the ballot based on a 72 percent turnout of 50 million eligible voters. Mr Hassan Rouhani ... got the absolute majority of votes and was elected as president," Najjar said. Tehran Mayor Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf, a hard-line conservative, lagged behind with about 16 percent of the votes. Iran's top nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili, he too a hard-line conservative, earned 11 percent. The voter turnout was 72.7 percent. President-elect Hassan Rohani, sixty four years old, is known as a moderate conservative. He has been stressing the need to improve ties with Western nations, and is back...
Post a Comment
20
Save Dissent to Save Democracy   THE rising instances of physical violence and threats against political opponents and the inability to accept dissent must raise huge concerns amongst all of us who see democracy as perhaps the really stellar achievement since Independence. AAP’s attack on BJP headquarters and acts of arson committed under the very noses of their elite leadership; the attacks on Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia in Gujarat in the last two days; the recent manhandling of the caretaker of journalist Siddharth Varadarajan’s house by some garden variety thugs; and the violence and threats meted out regularly to their political opponents by political parties is surely deplorable and condemnable. This is a fatally flawed trend which will destroy the very foundations of our democratic institutions if not pushed back with all the strength and condemnation that the civil society can mobilise. Replaying the past To begin with, it must be clarified that we should ...
Post a Comment
20
Discipline Virat can win WCC JUNE 24, 2019 Monsoon in day reach Lucknow Pranati- win the bronze medal M7.3 Earthquake – Banda Sea https://sagarmediainc.com/ INVITATION | LAUNCH OF “SWACHH MAHOTSAVA” CELEBRATIONS BY SH. GAJENDRA SINGH SHEKHAWAT, UNION MINISTER, JAL SHAKTI | 3.45 PM , MONDAY, 24 JUNE | VIGYAN BHAWAN, DELHI Invitation for a discussion on “Emergency: Darkest Hour in Indian Democracy” : S Gurumurthy, Chairman, VIF & Dr A Suryaprakash, Chairman, Prasar Bharti on Monday, 24th June 2019 17.30 NMML Invitation _Dr. Prabha Ravi Shankar_“G.A. Natesan (1873-1949): ‘Old and Dear Friend’ of Mahatma Gandhi”_24 June 2019_3.00pm  CPR and CSH are pleased to invite you to a workshop on ‘Whims of a Digital Boss: The Story of Insecure App-Based Workers in Delhi’ Speaker:  Akriti BhatiaTuesday, 25 June 2019, 3:45 p.m. Centre for Science and Humanities (CSH), 2, Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Road, (formerly Aurangzeb Road) What are the Priorities ...
Post a Comment
20