Idi Amin's condition improving

The News ^ | Saturday July 26, 2003

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JEDDAH: The condition of former Ugandan dictator Idi Amin is still serious but improving, medical officials in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia have said. "He came out of coma on Wednesday and is no longer using an artificial respirator. But he is still in intensive care and his condition is still serious," a hospital source told Reuters news agency. AFP news agency were told a similar thing by another unnamed source.

The hospital had announced that Mr Amin might not survive after he went into a coma last week. Medical staff at the King Faisal Specialist Hospital told BBC that they would not reveal any information about the 78-year-old former Ugandan ruler's illness.

Mr Amin's regime was one of the bloodiest in African history, with up to 400,000 deaths and disappearances. He has lived in Saudi Arabia with his entourage for more than 10 years after spending almost a decade in Libya following his overthrow in 1979.

One of Mr Amin's several wives, Madina, said he had suffered from hypertension for some time and fell into the coma last Friday. On Tuesday, one of his wives and daughter from Kampala joined him at his bedside.

Mr Amin has not been back to Uganda since he was ousted by Tanzanian troops and Ugandan exiles.

An international human rights group has voiced regret that he may die now at liberty instead of in prison. "We regret that Idi Amin is dying without meeting justice for his crimes," said Reed Brody, director of special prosecutions at Human Rights Watch .

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[ValerieUSA]

He needs special treatment - like a pillow over his face and poison in his IV line. Why waste medical attention on this mass murderer?

[The_Pickle]

Dang, you mean he is still kicking? I thought when I read the headline that his "condition" had "improved" that meant that he had finally been shuffled off this mortal coil, as the is the only thing that I can think of that would "improve" the "condition" of this genocidal lunatic.

[Clara Lou]

That's OK. Satan isn't quite ready for Idi. He just needs a little more time to stoke up the temperatures down there.

[sheik yerbouty]

When he is suffuciently conscious, hang him!

[moodyskeptic]

A psychopathic mass murderer suffers from hypertension. Hmmm.

[xp38]

He probably has his hands full with the Hussein brothers right about now.

[MEG33]

Well said!

[nothingnew]

The condition of former Ugandan dictator Idi Amin is still serious but improving...

Damn. Just Damn.

FMCDH

[Ruth A.]

Why does this not surprise me? The family asks for permission to return his body for burial and now this. Better have the family pony up the money to transport him in advance.

[Clara Lou]

He probably has his hands full with the Hussein brothers right about now.
LOL. Yes, and he's doubtless also preparing a little spot for Saddam, too. Poor old devil probably has his hands full just now with the crew he's expecting.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Don't give up hope yet! Things can still turn around.

But he is still in intensive care and his condition is still serious,"

[Spok]

It was one of those medical mixups-his wife said they needed to feed him some Herbs and they thought she meant some kind of a plant...

[DonQ]

Good. I was worried we'd have to hang him from a stretcher.

[exDemMom]

I think I must have stepped into an alternate universe for a while. I could have sworn I saw news reports about him being dead already last week.

[Feiny]

No alternate universe....I saw that thread too. Maybe the former Iraqi information minister released the statement that Idi had died.

[livius]

Actually, I think it's all a set-up. He wanted to get back there - whether he will or not, I don't know, but this whole thing rings really phony.

Pokey posted a great Mark Steyn column about ol'Idi today, btw.

And Happy Birthday to you, if it's your birthday. Or even if it's not.

[Congressman Billybob]

I think Idi Amin should return to Uganda. That way, his corpse will be fresh, should any of his countrymen want to return the favor and serve HIM up for dinner. Amin is pond scum, one of the worse there have ever been. Seriously, he deserves no breaks, no assistance, and nothing but contempt both before he dies, and afterwards.

Congressman Billybob

Latest article, now up FR, "Sixteen Little Words."

[Yaelle]

One of Mr Amin's several wives, Madina, said he had suffered from hypertension for some time

Some of his former victims having their last revenge?