Enemies

 =**//Idi Amin Dada Oumee is one of the world worst dictators that killed and tortured an estimated 300,000 people //** =

Idi Amin Dada Oumee was born in the rural village of Koboko, Ugand in 1923, a member of the Kakwa tribe. Raised in the isolated farming country of northwestern Uganda, Aminhad very little education whicg left him illiterate. During the Second World War, when he was 18, he enlisted in the British Army. Idi Amin worked his way up the ladder in the army and got promoted several times. Despite his lack of formal education, he proved to be one of Uganda's best military commanders. In 1964, two years after Uganda was granted independence from Great Britian, Amin became deputy chief of the nation's army and air force with the rank of colonel.

Idi Amin Dada Oumee also known as 'big daddy" and "butcher of Africa" is known as one of the worlds greatest dictators of all time. It is suggested that he killed approximately 300,000 Ugandans. Idi Amin began to gain power in the army. using the funds he used from smuggling and from supplying arms to rebels in southern Sudan. He also developed ties with British and Israeli agents in the country. President Obote tried to to hold Idi Amin back by putting him under house arrest but he was unsuccessful. On 25 January 1971, whilst Obote attended a Commonwealth meeting in Singapore, Amin led a military coup and took control of the country, declaring himself president. The people of Uganda praised and welcomed Idi Amin in the beggining. They were excited for change and for a new fair president.

Idi Amin was in power from 1971 to 1979. In 1972 Ugandan exiles attempted to regain the country through a poor military coup that failed miserably. Idi Amin retaliated against the Ugandan exiles by removing all Oboto supporters from the Ugandan Army. Milton Oboto was the former president of Uganda. In early 1972 5,000 soldiers of the Acholi and Lango ethnic group and many more civilians disappeared. The victims soon grew to include many other ethnic groups, religious leaders, journalists, judges, lawyers, students and intellectuals, criminal suspects, and foreign nationals. There were also many other people killed for having violent motives, and some were just killed by pure will.

On 20 July 2003, one of Amin's wives, Madina, reported that he was in a coma and near death in saudi Arabia. She pleaded with Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni to allow him to die in Uganda. Museveni said Idi Amin would have to "answer for his sins the moment he was brought back." Amin died in Saudi Arabia on 16 August 2003. He was buried in Ruwais Cemetery in Jeddah.

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After learning so much about Idi Amin it amazed me how most of the world knows nothing about him. He was one of the worlds worst dictators of all time killing and outrageous number of people. The fact that I never even heard of Idi Amin until I did the research scares me. That means that there may be many more horrible dictators out there killing thousands of people and we know nothing about them. Idi Amin was sneaky and even many ugandan people did not how many people he was truely killing. It is heartbreaking knowing the horrible things he did to all of these people. I hope that Museveni can bring much needed relief and peace into Uganda.
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