Idi Amin Is Dead

[kskiska]

The former Ugandan President Idi Amin Dada is dead.

Radio Simba has learnt that the former President who has been in a coma finally succumbed to hypertension on Sunday.

Family sources told Radio Simba that one of his wives Madina Amin was due to fly to Jedda on Monday to attend to him.

The family of the Ex-President Idd Amin is still pleading with the government to allow them fly the body of the former Ugandan leader.

It isn’t yet clear whether his body will be flown back for a decent burial.

http://www.simba.fm/showfeature.asp

Couldn't happen to a nicer guy.

[bemildred]

1. Yippee!

This is better than Strom.
I hope they bury him in a porta-potty.

[lightbulb]

10. ...whether his body will be flown back for a decent burial.

"Decent" being a subjective term, I guess if it were a nice porta-potty it would suffice.

Another benchmark of the human capacity for evil bites the dust. Well... perhaps he wasn't evil but was simply confused...

[Bozola]

36. or in a unmarked grave in a septic field

good riddance

[kysrsoze]

39. Dang, where's the Johnny Carson picture and joke? I've been waiting

Carnac the magnificent!

BTW - Good riddance, Idi.

[NYC]

2. Thanks.

.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

3. Generallissimo Francisco Franco is still dead

What do you say to someone when rest in peace just doesn't seem to fit? :shrug:

[PartyPooper]

7. "Keep the fires burning in Hell! More evil ones on the way in due time"

Or, something like that.

:evilgrin:

[muchacho]

32. a fitting eulogy

Don't let the coffin lid hit you in the ass....

[Khephra]

4. wow...a death no one will ever get in trouble for dancing over

from ANYONE!

Those are rare!

Rot in Hell, you bastard.

[akitamata]

25. Idi Amin Dada

was the spiritual father of the current garbage named G(od's)W(aste)Bush. I hope he rots in a hell of interminable, unbearable introspection and that the faces of all those he murdered are indelibly etched upon his shrivelled bugger of a soul. This is one death that definitely won't diminish humanity by one iota. I don't have enough bile for this dead detritus; saving it up for the current pretender...Fuck You Idi Amin Dada!!!

[clarkbarr]

5. I still remember that wild movie Barbet Schroeder made about Amin

I think Criterion has it in their DVD collection. He didn't realize what an ass he made of himself with that!

[mitchum]

40. That is a great movie...

I watched it again just a few months ago. Surprisingly, Idi Amin was a very good accordian player (that's him on the score)

[BiggJawn]

6. Now it's safe to say "Eat Me" in Uganda...

Saw a T-shirt over 20 years ago. Picture of Amin and the slogan "Never say 'EAT ME' in Uganda..."

Referenece to his alleged canabilism.

[PlanetBev]

9. What gladsome news this is!

I remember when that butcher turned his troops loose on the University of Uganda when the students were protesting and speaking out for human rights. They killed the young men and raped the coeds.

There's a special place in hell for you, Idi...

[WilliamPitt]

17. Oh man ROFL

That is awesome. :)

[Jack Rabbit]

8. This seems appropriate

Please click here (wave file).

From http://www.noplacelikeoz.com/Page5.htm

[no one in particular]

11. Let's define "decent".

"It isn’t yet clear whether his body will be flown back for a decent burial."

I say, display his rotting corpse from a public square. What say ye?

[PeaceProgProsp]

12. Don't deaths come in threes? Room in hell for two more evil people.

[jamesinca]

49. Can people be nominated to die

if so I nominate Bush and Chenney.

[ScotTissue]

13. Credible link please?

nO CREDIBLE NEWS ON THIS YET.

[Jack Rabbit]

15. Here's the latest from the BBC

From the BBC Online
Dated Sunday July 20 17:02 GMT (10:02 am PDT)

Idi Amin fights for life

Former Ugandan leader Idi Amin - whose 1971 to 1979 regime was one of the bloodiest in African history - is reported to be in a coma.
"They have told me he is in coma and on a life support machine. We are still waiting for more information from there," one of his wives Madina Amin told AFP news agency.
He is said to have been admitted to the King Faisal Specialist Hospital in the Red Sea port city of Jeddah on Friday.
"His situation is very bad, we don't expect him to last until tomorrow," the Associated Press news agency quoted an unnamed hospital as saying.

Read more.
They don't have him as dead yet, but it adds credence to the story in the root post.

[Nambe]

14. One less republican presidential candidate to worry about.

dimson does have better control of his maddnes than Idi, now that he's dead.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

16. Hope you burn in hell.

You fat assed murdering son of a bitch.

[DieboldMustDie]

18. Sing along...

Ding dong Amin is dead
Idi Amin, that wicked fiend
Ding dong Idi Amin is dead...

Uh, can anyone help complete the lyrics? ;)

[Cooley Hurd]

19. Question is... will they eat HIM?

Like he (literally) ate his opponents?

[stlsaxman]

30. Instead of funeral notices they'll send out invites to -

The Idi Amin Dada Memorial Bar-B-Q !

[JCMach1]

20. May he rot in Hell

I hate to say it, but there it is...!

[demdave]

21. The compassion of the DU is never more evident than when

people die. Yes the man was evil. Yes the world is better off without him. No I will not dance on his grave.

I have seen some of the most vile things said about people after they pass in this forum. I will never forget the spew that was posted on Reagan's birthday....before it has pull in shame.


As with all sinners....I will pray for his soul.

[PsychoDad]

22. I agree

He, like the rest of us shall stand before his creator to be judged. His actions shall be addressed. Let us first look to ourselves in judgement.

[alphafemale]

48. As do I. I will not celebrate death. I hope he came to terms with his--

.. crimes. I hope he begged forgiveness from his god.

I hope he died at peace. I really do.

But, I doubt this happened. I really do.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

26. Enjoy your prayers. I have no compassion for despots

I'll be happy to give him a 21 gun salute pointed at the coffin to ensure he is dead.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

34. I won't dance on it either.

I'll take a piss on it.

[StandWatie]

35. Reagan and Idi..

Let me display my mean, vile soul and wish both of them an eternal torment that I regrettably don't believe exists.

[leftyandproud]

23. strange..

very similar reaction on fr...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/949632/posts

[GCP]

29. The guy was pure evil. There's no two ways about it

He made sport of killing, butchering and even eating his enemies.

Spare me the unctuousness.

[Dover]

24. I wonder if Bush will ever awaken from his coma? Perhaps he'll share the

same fate as Ugandan president Greedyandmean.

[Pale_Rider]

47. At least both of them talked to God ...

... about how to deal with their enemies.

[bluestateguy]

27. In the words of Homer Simpson: Woo Hoo!!!!

Ding Dong Amin is dead!!! Allegedly he used to EAT his political enemies once he had them killed. He does not deserve a dignified burial.

[geomon]

28. Make sure to stick a stake

in its heart!!!!!

[Norbert]

31. "Make sure to stick a stake in his heart"

If you can find it.

[Jeff in Cincinnati]

33. And with him goes...

my hope of a reunion tour with Steve Lawrence.

Damn...

[ScotTissue]

37. According to all credible links, he is alive

The Beeb links says he's in a coma, not dead.

I for one am not surprised that all political perspectives in the West view this as a good thing--his coma, not his lingering on.

I watched IDI AMIN DADA on Criterion last night. Loved his enlightened and psychotic concern to unite with "all true revolutionaries" and defeat Israel. His mock battles were a hoot. Idi Amin is (not was) an ass. So are many of his contemporaneous allies.

[salmonhorse]

38. Ding, dong the witch is dead...

.

[mitchum]

41. So...his (and "our") good friends the Saudis...

aren't going to bury him there?

[DemoTex]

42. "My Dinner with Idi Amin"

That was the title (more or less) of an excellent essay in Granta a few years back (8-10 probably). Does anyone know which issue? I have all issues back through about 1983 or so. I just can't find that essay.

[Sagan]

43. I'm genuinely sad...

..that he lived this long.

Will * be attending the state funeral?

[Aristus]

44. Don't bury him. Stick him in the turbine filters of the Owens Falls Dam,

not far from Kampala. Fitting end for that evil son-of-a-bitch.

Burn forever, asshole!

[HerbieHeadhunter]

45. Will Pat Robertson give the eulogy?

He has such a soft spot for tyrants....Charles Taylor, George Bush, Antonin Scalia.....

[undergroundrailroad]

46. To bad you can't prosecute a dead body.

May he meet HIS maker.And may his fate be comparable with the many MONSTERS that have severely oppressed their fellow man. To bad you can't prosecute a dead body.

Undergroundrailroad