Lee on Feb 07 2008 | Filed under: Around the Web
photo: Vearl Brown
Uganda’s elephants have made a marvelous comeback, after having been nearly wiped out for their ivory, as part of Idi Amin’s many efforts to systematically plunder his country into ruin. It’s estimated there were once 30,000 elephants in Uganda before Amin came to power. By the time the Tanzanian army liberated the country [...]
Lee on Jan 23 2008 | Filed under: Around the Web
Somewhat dated but excellent documentary on the psychopathic depravity of Amin’s rule. The moment of macabre high comedy, in which Amin declares he has unilaterally withdrawn his army from Tanzania in the name of neighborly brotherhood during the Ugandan - Tanzanian War (when in fact his forces had been annihilated by the Tanzanian army’s [...]
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