Word: amination
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...Amin, 48, long ago eliminated any semblance of freedom in Uganda. Parliament was abolished (he rules by decree and was recently named President for Life), the judiciary and civil service were completely purged, and the military was given extraordinary powers of arrest and summary execution. Soldiers frequently loot shops, commandeer cars and extort money from civilians...
...Amin, who is scarcely a model statesman (see box), will be a central figure in the Security Council debate, even though he will not be present. For this reason, some of the Africans who originally demanded the session have admitted privately that the proceedings were likely to be "very painful." The Israelis felt they would have little difficulty in indicting Amin as a partner in the skyjacking-if not in the planning, then certainly in the developments after the Airbus landed at Entebbe. This, says Jerusalem, is what gave Israel the right to intrude on Ugandan territory to save...
...Amin warmly embraced the skyjackers...
...only sorry that the Israelis couldn 't have shot Amin along with the hijackers. Africa would have been better...
That blunt comment by one of black Africa's most respected statesmen reflects a widespread conviction that Uganda's President Idi Amin Dada is the most grotesque national leader in power anywhere today. His credentials as bully and buffoon go back well before Entebbe. The nonstop reign of terror that the massive (6 ft. 4 in., 280 Ibs.) former Ugandan heavyweight boxing champion and army sergeant major has unleashed since he seized power more than five years ago is thought to have cost the lives of at least 50,000 and perhaps as many as 200,000 Ugandans...