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...long last, the brutal regime of Uganda's Field Marshal Idi Amin Dada had seemed to be drawing to an ignominious close. A force of 20,000 invading Tanzanian troops and Ugandan dissidents had laid seige to Kampala and was lobbing heavy artillery shells into the capital. Thousands of Africans and Europeans had fled into neighboring Kenya. Amin's own army, 20,000 strong, had either defected to the invaders or disappeared into the bush. But at week's end Big Daddy seemed to have won at least a temporary reprieve. A force of 2,000 Libyan...
Savoring the latest shift in the seesawing war, the 300-lb. Amin was quoted in a radio broadcast as saying that he and his army were "prepared to fight to the last man because they were not prepared to become slaves of Tanzania." Analysts believe that the burly dictator is still in Kampala; earlier, there had been speculation that the Libyans had flown Uganda's President-for-Life to safety in Tripoli, where Amin is said to have sent members of his family some weeks ago. There were also rumors that Amin had fled to Arua, a town...
...Gaddafi demanding an end to the invasion and the withdrawal of all Tanzanian troops. Incensed, Nyerere ordered his troops to march into Kampala. They reached the capital's suburbs in two days, after laying down a barrage of 122-mm Soviet artillery that was inaccurate but noisily effective. Amin's forces seemed to melt away under the African...
...closing days of the regime, Libya was busy supplying Amin's troops with fuel and small arms. Libyan army instructors also tried frantically to improve both the skill and morale of units still loyal to Amin. The reasons for Libyan support are not clear, though it may be that Gaddafi wanted to support a fellow Muslim in order to preserve an Islamic "belt" running from Libya through Chad (where Libyan-supported guerrillas now control the government), Uganda and Somalia. Gaddafi's involvement, however, carries wider implications for Africa. Libyan planes in support of Amin used Nairobi International Airport...
After pondering the issues, Judge Warren sided with the Government, at least for the moment. "I'd want to think a long, hard time before I'd give the hydrogen bomb to [Ugandan President] Idi Amin," he said. Warren temporarily prohibited the article from being published and scheduled another hearing for this week. He had a quick rebuttal to worries about the freedom of the press in this particular case. Said he: "You can't speak freely when you're dead...