Word: idy
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...another, some of the French planes that were involved in the airlift of the Moroccans have been shifted to bases in Senegal and Chad; they can return to Zaïre on short notice. Then there is also the possibility of reinforcements from neighboring Uganda, whose mercurial dictator, Idi Amin Dada, suddenly turned up in Kinshasa last week to assure le Guide of military help if needed. Mobutu's government is gradually winning moral backing from other African states. If there is one issue on which African leaders seem ready to unite, it is in defense of national territorial...
...army. France airlifted the Moroccans' equipment, along with a handful of French instructors, to Zaire. China contributed supplies, and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat sent a military fact-finding mission. From Sudan, which shares a border with Zaire, President Jaafar Numeiry promised aid. Even Ugandan Dictator Idi Amin Dada talked about dispatching 30 truckloads of paratroopers, though none arrived...
...stands in some other foreign policy areas. Only 39% feel he should push harder for black majority rule in South Africa if by doing so he jeopardizes exports to the U.S. of essential minerals like gold and copper. Only 42% believe he should criticize foreign leaders-like Uganda Dictator Idi Amin-if this threatens the safety of Americans living under their rule. On the other hand, just 29% of those polled support Carter's decision to continue foreign aid to countries that suppress human rights but are essential to U.S. national defense. Half of the people surveyed would...
...third time in one night, McCarthy was responding to a question about the kind of job he thought Carter was doing. Then someone asked about Idi Amin; someone else about Carter's letter to Sakharov. The same kinds of questions it seems everybody asks politicians these days. I suppose these are the only kinds of questions people are concerned about these days...
...Daddy's Revenge. Arab and African leaders alike were embarrassed by the conspicuous presence of Uganda's Field Marshal and President for Life Idi Amin Dada, who at times appeared in full-dress uniform with row upon row of decorations covering his awesome chest. Throughout the conference he was ignored as much as possible, but Big Daddy got his revenge. Just as Syria's President Hafez Assad was taking the rostrum to speak, Amin temporarily stole the show by speeding off, amid motorcycle sirens, to give a rambling and often incoherent press conference at which he declared...