Duterte Wants U.S. Special Forces to Leave South Philippines
- American forces at risk of kidnapping, or death, Duterte says
- Philippines in state of ‘lawlessness’ after Mindanao bombing
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Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said U.S. troops must leave the southern island of Mindanao, saying their presence would worsen the situation in the Muslim-majority area long riven by insurgency and terrorism.