Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said Tuesday he is determined to "crush" Islamist rebels who have laid siege to a city in the southern island of Mindanao, where he recently declared martial law."Rebellion is a crime against the Republic of the Philippines," Duterte said in a speech to the army's 602nd Infantry Brigade as fighting between government forces and fighters of Islamic State-inspired Maute Group in Marawi City entered its third week."I am not ordering an ordinary police action, I am ordering you to crush them," he said. "When I say 'crush them,' we have to destroy everything,…READ FULL ARTICLE
