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Idi Amin
Idi Amin Dada was the President of Uganda. During Idi Amin Dada's presidency, there was an increase in sectarian violence, including the persecution of the Acholi, Lango, Indian and other ethnic groups, as well as Hindus and Christians... [more]
Idi Amin Dada was the President of Uganda. During Idi Amin Dada's presidency, there was an increase in sectarian violence, including the persecution of the Acholi, Lango, Indian and other ethnic groups, as well as Hindus and Christians in Uganda.
The death toll during Amin's regime will never be accurately known. An estimate from the International Commission of Jurists is that it was not less than 80,000 and more likely around 300,000.
The political career of Idi Amin inspired a Hollywood movie, The Last King of Scotland.
BUZZFLASH GUEST COMMENTARYby Nikolas KozloffHaving survived a U.S.-supported coup d'état in 2002 that briefly removed him from power, Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez has sought to encourage solidarity amongst impoverished nations in an effort to counter Washington's hegemonic and imperial designs throughout Latin America and around the world. That impulse is certainly understandable, but Chávez has now gone so far overboard that he has lost...
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About a decade ago, I picked up a copy of John Follain’s
wonderfully entertaining potboiler
Jackal: The Complete Story of the Legendary Terrorist, Carlos
the Jackal, a precise catalog of the brutal murders and
pointless “commando operations” masterminded by the former
Venezuelan revolutionary. Even by the standards of 1970s terror
groups—think the PFLP, Red Brigades, RAF—Carlos’s brutality stood
out. But as he withers away...
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Fresh from defending Carlos the Jackal Hugo Chavez managed to upset Ugandans on Sunday by claiming that Idi Amin was not as brutal as everyone made him out to be.
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From telegraph.co.uk
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Ugandans do not take kindly to being told, by a president of a country thousands of miles away, that Idi Amin was a great man after all.[Update: Not that present-day Uganda doesn't have its problems...]
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From lerterland.blogspot.com
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As we head towards the thirteen day remembrance of the Cuban Missile Crisis in the "As Seen On TV" gallery, I'm feeling a bit in the international mood. (I usually feel that way, but more towards the International House of Pancakes frame of mind....)And since today marks the anniversary of Uganda becoming an independent Commonwealth realm in 1962, who better to feature in the showcase but Idi Amin?Okay, I'm sure there could have been plenty of...
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