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diamond14 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-20-03 03:39 PM
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10. this guy reminds me of shrub...claiming that "God" tells him
to kill....and then the deadline...and the "childlike madness" of shrub...




In the morning of August 5th, 1972 Idi Amin had a dream in which he claimed God told him to expel the Indian/Asian community of Uganda. On August 9th, he gave the Indian community (around 40,000) 90 days to leave the country. When they refused, Amin's forces went on a widespread campaign of genocide.

As the years went on, Amin's eccentricities slowly descended into childlike madness. He began wearing so many medals his shirts would often tear from the weight. As his ego swelled, he granted himself a series of increasingly grand titles, including president for life, "Conqueror of the British Empire," and even "King of Scotland."



http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idi_Amin
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