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Friday, 21 November 2014

THINGS YOU DIDNT KNOW ABOUT IDI AMIN OF UGANDA. AFRICAS MOST RUTHLESS LEADER THEN.

Did you know that Idi Amin disobeyed orders from his British Superiors to shoot Kenya’s Jomo Kenyatta on sight during colonialism and saved his life instead?

Did you know that Idi Amin’s superiors held him in high regard during his time in the Kings African Rifles?

Did you know that Idi Amin was forced to become the President of Uganda at gun point?
Did you know that Idi Amin has two grown twin sons by a Former Female Israeli Secret Service Agent?






Did you know that there are people who think Idi Amin was framed for the murders he allegedly committed in Uganda?

Did you know that some people think Idi Amin was “set up” and “slandered” because he couldn’t be controlled by "super powers?"

Did you know that Idi Amin’s father was a Police Officer and not a peasant as told by many people and he served as a soldier in the First World War?
Did you know that Idi Amin was guarded by a snake as an infant while being subjected to an unusual paternity test practiced by ancient Kakwa?

Did you know that Idi Amin wrestled a crocodile in Somalia during a tour of duty when he was in the Kings African Rifles?
Did you know that Idi Amin had a “rock solid” relationship with Israel before he crossed over to the Palestinian side?

Did you know that Idi Amin gave a 10,000 dollar tip to a Black American cleaning lady while on an official trip to New York City, to ease her suffering from racism?

Did you know that the novel and film "The Last King of Scotland" is fictional?

Did you know that during the war that led to his ouster, Idi Amin travelled to the war frontline and waved to the opposing soldiers and they excitedly waved back instead of shooting him?
Did you know that Idi Amin’s Presidential Guards “wrestled him to the ground” to get him out of harm’s way because he wanted to die in Uganda like a true soldier during the war to overthrow him?

Did you know that upon his release from decades of imprisonment on Roben Island, South Africa’s hero Nelson Mandela thanked Idi Amin for the role Idi Amin played in overthrowing Apartheid in South Africa?

Did you know that Idi Amin became a devout Muslim after fleeing Uganda and regularly denied that he committed the atrocities attributed to him?

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