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Idi Amin Part 6: The Entebbe Raid

Real Dictators

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Amin Is a Bloated Figure and Nursing Bouts of Gout

The east block and arab states continue to supply money and arms. But while cash continues to be diverted for military purposes, uganda is in a sorry state. Financing the army has come at the pense of the nation's education system,. Its transport its infer structure. Throw in the collapse of the business class following the asian expulsion, and ugandan is falling apart. By this point, amin is said by some to be a functioning alcoholic. Certainly he is a bloated figure, sitting around drinking kremde cacao and nursing bouts of gout. Another rumour puts his crazed mental state down to syphilis. There is one way to re vitalize

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