Amongst the thousands of people he had killed were my girlfriend’s grandfather, a one-time personal friend.

It is a great pity that Amin was able to evade being brought to justice.

Anyone who supported or admires this brutal dictator, either is ignorant of his crimes against humanity (reputedly including cannibalism), or else is a very depraved individual.

Idi Amin was a model? I guess I missed the interesting idea, and am destined to wait another 3 months as we while away the posts every day?

I think people with technical background should stick to explaining the internals of AOLServer and integration techniques of ArseDigita.

Leave political commentary to people who know what the flirt is going on…

First Syria, then Mecca? Hope Saddam has a good frequent flyer plan. I bet he’s planning to hit TorCon to pick up some art for his swinging loft in exile.

Another similarity; it begins to look very much like Saddam Hussein is in Mecca now. (Salon premium; you have to watch the ad to read this.)

“why backstabbing?”

15 hijackers. And money to terrorists.

No: Actually, alot of people in various Arab countries didn’t hate Saddam. There’s a reason why he got support and alot of that is because he stood up against the United States. Kinda like much of the world always payed lip service to the U.S. They don’t really like us but oh damn, will they suck up the second we talk about economic aid!

How can you say that “he was a hero to Arabs and Muslims worldwide (like Saddam).”, and then talk about liberating Iraq… If they love saddam your’re attacking the people…

You can’t have both. Saying that saddam is an oppressor to it’s people and, at the same time, say tath he is loved by everybody.

People don’t love saddam. People hate the USA.

Hmm… Idi as another protege of Western largesse. Pause for thought. One thing I remember chuckling over was the paratroopers’ school in Uganda. Candidates were taught to jump and land. Lacking the basic facilities (harnesses, planes), they soared to a glorious height of six feet before demonstrating their landing prowess and receiving their ‘wings’.

Idi, much like another great son of Africa, Mad Bob Mugabe, was best known down south for his humiliation of British diplomats (whom he hated) and his ‘ethnic cleansing’ of the entire ‘Asian’ population of Uganda.

Uganda survived him, has implemented the most resourceful, low-cost and effective AIDS campaign in Africa (having suffered an horrific loss of life), fights the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), rebels who specialise in hacking people’s feet off, and continues to battle Tanzania. The most recent Ugandan incursions into Tanzania took place some two weeks ago, ostensibly in pursuit of cattle thieves. At a meeting in Cape Town last week, South Africa’s Thabo Mbeki and several other African Union (AU) heads of state were given assurances by Uganda’s Yoweri Museveni that he would unconditionally withdraw his troops from the DRC. Ugandan troops are said, by the UN, to have taken part in the slaughter of more than 1,000 people in three hours just over a week ago.

There’s a special place in Hell reserved for Idi. Unfortunately, I’ve a feeling it looks much like the country he tried to shape. The murderous Clown of Kampala will likely feel as much at home there as anywhere else.

Some more fun facts about Idi Amin.

In the 60’s, Israel tought African countries the ways of modern agriculture and military. I remember photos of Idi Amin training as a paratrooper in Israel.

Later, in 1976, he hosted the kidnappers of an Air France flight in the airport of Entebbe.