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Duterte curses U.S. anew despite vow to stop swearing

2016-11-03 08:52:50       source:Xinhua News Agency

November 2, 2016


"Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday spat out curse words at the United States and even called the Americans 'monkeys' as he reacted to news reports that the U.S. State Department is halting the planned sale of some 26,000 assault rifles to the Philippine National Police due to human rights concerns.


'Look at these monkeys. They're stopping the sale of 26,000 assault rifles to us. Son of a bitch. There are a lot of airguns. The Americans are fool,' Duterte said in a speech during the send-off ceremony of 17 Vietnamese fishermen who were caught poaching in waters in September in Sual town, Pangasinan.


Again, Duterte slammed the U.S. for intervening in the Philippines' affairs, adding it was the Americans who started the verbal war."


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