Word: kampala
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...KAMPALA, Uganda--Thousands of Ugandans rallied in front of the Ugandan Parliament yesterday to celebrate the fall of Idi Amin, the country's defeated dictator. Looters, including some members of the Tanzanian army, joined Kampalans in the continued plunder of shops, offices and residences in the capital city...
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...
...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...
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...
...racist fascist is no longer in power!" the rebels said yesterday in Uganda Radio broadcasts and through loudspeakers in Kampala streets...