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Idi Amin Part 3: ‘Big Daddy’ Seizes Power

Real Dictators

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Amin's Reversal With Regard to Britain and Israel

Bodies of two guides are dug up, burned and tossed in a river. Amin is not personally responsible for this double murder. He happens to be out of the country at the time as he often is when scandal is afoot. His alleged illiteracy, or at least his reluctance to write things down, does have an advantage. There is never a paper trial. It's a statement that can be interpreted by underlings in whatever way they choose. Finding external enemies, someone to blame will be a constant featur of idiomine's rule. If the love in with the west has helped endorse his leadership, it's one that doesn't last very long in heins.

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