IDI AMIN BIOGRAPHY

Idi Amin was born 1925, in a small village.

He grew to 6'4", and was 240 pounds. Idi Amin became Uganda's national heavyweight boxing champ for 9 years.

Idi Amin was also at one time a sergeant in the British colonial army.

Idi Amin became Army Chief of Staff under Milton Obote (UgandaÕs first president).

In 1971, while Obote was abroad, Idi Amin staged a successful military coup(widely believed to have been planned and supported by Britain), and took over as Uganda's president.

British sponsorship of Idi Amin, was quickly evident. Britain was one of the first countries in the world to recognize the Idi Amin government.

When relations with Britain eventually turned bad, a British intelligence operative remained as Amin's mentor in Uganda until the end.

Idi Amin had all the military leaders who had not supported the coup rounded up and executed.

Idi Amin hired over 15,000 thugs to terrorize the population into submission.

22 attempts were made on his life during his rule.

Amin claimed ancient tribal rights gave Uganda ownership of parts of Sudan, Kenya, and Tanzania.

By 1978, Idi Amin had killed over 100,000 Ugandan citizens, and cut diplomatic ties with every nation in the world.

Idi Amin then invaded Tanzania.

Ugandan soldiers occupied a 700 square mile section of the country for two months. But were eventually driven out by the Tanzanian army which then invaded Uganda.

Idi Amin fled to Libya where he was offered asylum. Later, after an altercation between his security guards and the Libyan police, he was forced to leave.

Idi Amin then accepted asylum in Saudi Arabia.

He made one known attempt to return to Uganda, in early 1989, getting as far as Kinshasa, Zaire, where he was identified and forced to return to Saudi Arabia.

Idi Amin is currently living comfortably in Saudi Arabia.

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