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KAMPALA, Uganda--Uganda's new president, Yusufu Lule, took the oath of office yesterday and asked citizens to help "erase the traces of eight years of Idi Amin...
Sources in Uganda believe that Amin has established a headquarters in Soroti, a town 200 miles northeast of Kampala. Much of Uganda, including all of Amin's home territory in the north, still lies beyond Tanzanian front lines. The invaders have not mounted an immediate military operation to hunt down Amin and his remaining loyal troops...
However, numerous eyewitnesses reported that Amin's troops were fleeing toward the Kenyan border. They reportedly harassed local residents, looted, and stole cars along...
...Kampala radio broadcast urged Ugandans to find Amin. "He deserves the gallows," the victorious exiles in control of the radio station said yesterday. They also demanded that his officers surrender within two hours, "or be dealt with accordingly...
Tanzanian forces reportedly freed at least 3800 prisoners from a Kampalan jail. International human rights groups say Amin was responsible for the death of tens of thousands of Ugandans and for incarcerating thousands more...