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KAMPALA, Uganda--Tanzanian troops and Ugandan rebels, showered with flowers by civilians, entered Uganda's capital in triumph yesterday after a five month war to drive dictator Idi Amin from power...
Residents of Kampala crowded the streets to greet their "liberators," climbing on Tanzanian tanks, looting shops and beating to death stragglers from Amin's army...
...Amin and remnants of his forces were last seen Tuesday fleeing eastward toward Jinja, 50 miles away, in a convoy of limousines. Some reports said he had gone to Tototo, near the Kenyan border...
Townspeople in Jinja reported a flood of wounded soldiers from Amin's loyal units. Tanzanian and rebel commanders ordered no immediate full-scale push to the east, however...
Anticipating victory over Amin, Ugandan exiles from around the world met last week in Tanzania to form a provisional government. Conspicuously absent was former President Milton Obote, who had been overthrown by Big Daddy in 1971. Never a particularly popular leader, Obote had alienated many of his countrymen with his authoritarian manner and socialist rhetoric, and particularly with his ruthless efforts to crush Uganda's ancient tribal kingdoms in the interests of national unity...