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"Idi Amin Dies in Saudi Hospital
IDI Amin, whose eight years as president of Uganda were characterised by his bizarre and murderous behaviour, has died in hospital in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Amin was 80, Ugandan officials said, though other sources had him born in 1925. He had been in hospital on a life-support machine since July 18.
He was in a coma and suffering from high blood pressure when he was admitted to the King Faisal Specialist hospital. Later, hospital staff said, he suffered kidney failure.
Amin was forced from Uganda in 1979 and fled to Libya, then Iraq and finally Saudi Arabia - where he was allowed to settle provided he stayed out of politics.
A one-time heavyweight boxing champion and soldier in the British colonial army, Amin seized power on January 25, 1971, overthrowing President Milton Obote while Obote was abroad.
Human rights groups say as many as 500,000 people were killed during Amin's 1971-1979 rule over Uganda."
One less hatist racist, villain! Hurrah!
IDI Amin, whose eight years as president of Uganda were characterised by his bizarre and murderous behaviour, has died in hospital in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Amin was 80, Ugandan officials said, though other sources had him born in 1925. He had been in hospital on a life-support machine since July 18.
He was in a coma and suffering from high blood pressure when he was admitted to the King Faisal Specialist hospital. Later, hospital staff said, he suffered kidney failure.
Amin was forced from Uganda in 1979 and fled to Libya, then Iraq and finally Saudi Arabia - where he was allowed to settle provided he stayed out of politics.
A one-time heavyweight boxing champion and soldier in the British colonial army, Amin seized power on January 25, 1971, overthrowing President Milton Obote while Obote was abroad.
Human rights groups say as many as 500,000 people were killed during Amin's 1971-1979 rule over Uganda."
One less hatist racist, villain! Hurrah!
