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...everywhere, and-I confess-I was one of them." The British were nearly as emphatic in their backing of Israel, although the French-apparently concerned about the fate of the $19 million Air France jet that was still sitting at Entebbe-were characteristically ambivalent and careful not to insult Amin...
Throughout the debate, African diplomats privately admitted their discomfort about proposing a resolution that implicitly endorsed Idi Amin's behavior during the skyjacking episode. Almost all of them carefully avoided mentioning the embarrassing Ugandan "President for Life" in their speeches. Yet Amin kept himself in the spotlight by his verbal tussles with Kenya. His posture as injured party in the Entebbe drama was also weakened by the fate of Dora Bloch, 75, the sole hostage the Israelis left behind in Uganda (she was in a Kampala hospital at the time of the rescue). London asserts that Mrs. Bloch...
Fleeing Britons. Amin has insisted that Mrs. Bloch was at Entebbe when the Israelis landed, but a British diplomat in Uganda reported visiting her in the hospital nearly a day after the raid. Furious at being contradicted, Amin expelled two British diplomats from his country, raising fears about the future of the 300 Britons-mostly missionaries and teachers-remaining in their former colony. With Amin warning that "big mouths talking on behalf of the Israelis, such as the British, will pay very heavily," some 200 Britons have already fled Uganda, most of them heading for Nairobi...
...being invaded by Kenyans," shrilled Radio Uganda. "Field Marshal Amin is in control of the situation" but "citizens of Uganda should be prepared to give blood...
...York, another heated up in East Africa between Uganda and neighboring Kenya. Although the two sides continued to trade insults rather than shots, and nationals of both countries moved freely across the 340-mile frontier, no one could rule out the possibility that Uganda's savage dictator, Idi Amin Dada, might decide to avenge his embarrassment at Entebbe by attacking Kenya...