Palace: Duterte to side with US if Filipinos are harmed in the Middle East

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MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte will side with the United States in the event that Filipinos are harmed in the Middle East, his spokesman Salvador Panelo said Tuesday as the Philippines braces to e

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vacuate its people in the region.

Duterte “will not sit down idly” and is simply issuing a “friendly caution” to Iran, which he earlier said is “hell-bent” on seeking revenge against the US, Panelo said. “The President was very specific in saying last night that if the Filipinos are harmed, he will side with the Americans,” Panelo said.

Duterte, who had expressed fears over the brewing crisis in the Middle East, asked 2 of his top officials on Monday night to fly to the Middle East to lay the “groundwork” for the possible evacuation of Filipinos. There are some 1,600 and 6,000 Filipinos in Iran and Iraq, respectively, and at least 4 million migrant workers in the Middle East, according to Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III.

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US needs to destroy the terrorists country

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Hoy ang nambobomba ay u.s. pareho kaung gunggong ni orangeman

How about in china?

Your opinion is noted ... and irrelevant.

Hahaha siyempre sa lamado ka kakampi.

Bahag ang buntot

Iran will hit US interests...sige kampi ka pa sa US

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