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Idi Amin Part 1: The Butcher of Uganda

Real Dictators

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The King's African Rifles

He begins at the ba burros as a laundry worker than a cook. After a year of spud bushing he advances to his unit proper, the 20 first king's african rifles infantry bregade. He arrives in gil gil, kenya to be licked into shape. There is a suggestion that he may have sailed to the far east prior to joining the army as a boy y crewman on a merchant ship. His ship was torpedo he says they were rescued by the americans or was it the australians with i mean, the maybes and the possibles are never far away. To illustrate these complexities, uganda radio broadcasts in 24 languages

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