Philippine President Rodrigo
Duterte's bile against the United States took another drastic turn on Tuesday when he threatened to cut ties with the US and went further to ask President
Barack Obama to "go to hell."
The war drills started on Tuesday in
Manila, the country's capital city and will last until October 12.
Durterte's verbal outburst
against the US heated up after widespread criticism of his anti-drug campaign.
hundreds of thousands of suspected drug pushers and users have lost their lives during Duterte's aggressive crackdown on the illegal
drug trade.
Some were killed during
shootouts with local police when suspects allegedly resisted arrest. Others
died in nightly vigilante-style killings, where bodies are left on the streets
with cardboard signs describing their alleged drug-related crimes.
It will be recalled that Durterte
compared himself to Hitler. Duterte and later apologized for the
remarks.
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