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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...
...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...
...racist fascist is no longer in power!" the rebels said yesterday in Uganda Radio broadcasts and through loudspeakers in Kampala streets...
...pattern was broken last week when Nyerere received a note from 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...