Philippines' Duterte needs six more months for his war on drugs

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Source: Reuters

WORLD NEWS | Sun Sep 18, 2016 | 12:32pm EDT

Philippines' Duterte needs six more months for his war on drugs

By Enrico Dela Cruz | MANILA

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Sunday he needed six more months for his war on drugs, saying he only realized how bad the country's narcotics problem was after taking office over two months ago.

Duterte, a former crime-busting mayor of the southern city of Davao, won the presidency in May promising to suppress crime and wipe out drugs and drug dealers in three to six months.

More than 3,500 people - or about 47 per day - have been killed in the past 10 weeks in connection with the illegal drugs trade, nearly two thirds by unknown assailants and the rest in legitimate police operations, according to local police.

Though popular at home, Duterte's sometimes violent anti-drug rhetoric and the thousands of killings have alarmed rights groups and sparked the concern of the United States, a former colonial power and close ally, and the United Nations.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-philippines-drugs-idUSKCN11O0KO

[dixiegrrrrl]

1. Good way to get rid of a spouse's secret lover, or, hell, even the spouse.

"He/she was selling drugs, I saw them doing it"**

** applies to anyone you want rubbed out for any reason, cause their psycho Prz. said you could do it.