Have you guys heard the news from the Philippines? The president has put 20 million people in the southern regions under martial law for 60 days, perhaps up to a year. The reason? IS or Islamic State.
IS have taken over large areas and even manages to plunge the city into darkness by taking out the power.
The president then approached Putin to ask for weapons to fight IS. He said that they were going to get weapons from the USA but the country was unstable right now so were getting them from Russia instead, lol.
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Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte declared martial law Tuesday across the southern third of the country, after deadly clashes between security forces and Islamic State group-linked militants in a major city.
Duterte placed all of the southern region of Mindanao, which makes up roughly one third of the country and is home to 20 million people, under martial law, spokesman Ernesto Abella said in the nationally televised briefing.
He said martial law would be in place for 60 days, in line with constitutional limits on the use of military rule.
He added it could last a year, as he vowed it would be similar to the late Ferdinand Marcos dictatorship.
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https://www.nst.com.my/world/2017/05...rn-philippines