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Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte has told President Barack Obama to "go to hell" in response to the US leader's criticism of his deadly anti-drug campaign, suggesting he may eventually decide to "break up with America".
"Instead of helping us, the first to criticise is this State Department, so you can go to hell, Mr Obama, you can go to hell," Duterte said in a speech on Tuesday.
His anti-drug crackdown has left more than an estimated 3,000 suspected drug dealers dead in just three months, alarming the United Nations, the EU, the United States, and human rights groups.
Duterte outlined his disappointment with the US, which has asked his government to stop the widespread killings and questioned whether human rights are being violated.
The United States, he said, had refused to sell some weapons to his country, but he did not care because Russia and China were willing suppliers.
"If you don't want to sell arms, I'll go to Russia. I sent the generals to Russia and Russia said 'do not worry, we have everything you need, we'll give it to you'," said Duterte.
"And as for China, they said 'just come over and sign and everything will be delivered'."
C&P Aljazeera
"Instead of helping us, the first to criticise is this State Department, so you can go to hell, Mr Obama, you can go to hell," Duterte said in a speech on Tuesday.
His anti-drug crackdown has left more than an estimated 3,000 suspected drug dealers dead in just three months, alarming the United Nations, the EU, the United States, and human rights groups.
Duterte outlined his disappointment with the US, which has asked his government to stop the widespread killings and questioned whether human rights are being violated.
The United States, he said, had refused to sell some weapons to his country, but he did not care because Russia and China were willing suppliers.
"If you don't want to sell arms, I'll go to Russia. I sent the generals to Russia and Russia said 'do not worry, we have everything you need, we'll give it to you'," said Duterte.
"And as for China, they said 'just come over and sign and everything will be delivered'."
C&P Aljazeera