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Philippines' deadly drug war praised by Donald Trump, says Rodrigo DutertePhilippines leader says US president-elect felt drug war which has killed thousands was being fought the right way
Staff and agencies Friday 2 December 2016 22.45 EST
US President-elect Donald Trump has praised Philippines leader Rodrigo Duterte for his controversial war on drugs in which thousands have died, Duterte said on Saturday following a phone call between the leaders.
The Philippine president called Trump on Friday evening to congratulate him on his victory and Trump wished him success in his controversial crackdown, in which 4,800 people have been killed since June, according to Duterte.
He was quite sensitive also to our worry about drugs. And he wishes me well ... in my campaign and he said that ... we are doing it as a sovereign nation, the right way, Duterte said in a statement.
An aide to the Philippines president earlier said Trump invited him to the White House next year during a very engaging, animated phone conversation.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/03/philippines-rodrigo-duterte-donald-trump-white-house-invite
Turbineguy
(37,369 posts)if you overlook a few things.
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)Is that the part the Trumpenfuhrer likes?
Anti-drug campaign
Main article: Philippine Drug War
In the first three months of Duterte's term in office, according to police figures, over 3,000 killings were attributed to his nationwide anti-drug campaign. More than half were attributed to vigilantes.
At the beginning of October, a senior police officer told The Guardian that 10 "special ops" official police death squads had been operating, and that he had personally been involved in killing 87 suspects. He described how the corpses were dumped at the roadside ("salvage" victims), or had their heads wrapped in masking tape with a cardboard placard labelling them as a drug offender, so that the killing would not be investigated.
The chairman of the Commission on Human Rights, Chito Gascon, was quoted in the report: "I am not surprised, I have heard of this." The Philippine National Police declined to comment. The report stated: "although the Guardian can verify the policeman's rank and his service history, there is no independent, official confirmation for the allegations of state complicity and police coordination in mass murder."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodrigo_Duterte#Anti-drug_campaign
SHRED
(28,136 posts)workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)Deportation Force eh?
SHRED
(28,136 posts)...it can't be good.
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)for a smashingly great start to his war on workers terror campaign, no doubt.