Word: amins
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Conqueror of the British Empire, I am prepared to die in defense of the motherland, Uganda." With his habitual bombast, Uganda's murderous President-for-Life Idi Amin Dada, 55, last week tried to put the best face on his disintegrating hold on national power. It was, apparently, a futile effort. After several days of sporadic fighting, the occupation force of largely Ugandan exile troops entered the outskirts of Kampala and prepared for a final push. Though scattered fighting still continued in pockets, the invading forces were poised to take control of Uganda's capital...
...seven-month war, which already ranks as one of the most curious in Africa's history, seemed to be fizzling out rather than concluding with a bang. The remnants of Amin's forces, accompanied by most of the 2,700 troops sent by Libyan Strongman Muammar Gaddafi to help him, had retreated to Jinja, Uganda's second largest city. Some observers thought the Tanzanians had deliberately left the exit route east from Kampala open to permit the Libyans a face-saving exodus by an airstrip at Jinja some 60 miles to the east of the capital...
Lule called on Amin's forces to surrender saying, "they have nothing to fight...
...official of the new provisional government said Amin would be tried for murder and treason if caught. The ousted leader's former government radio said he "deserves the gallows...
...Amin was last reported at Jinja, 50 miles east of Kampala. He said in his own broadcast, allegedly recorded and transmitted from Soroti, 200 miles northeast of Kampala: "We have got our soldiers controlling the country...