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Reuters: Ugandan Dictator Amin Still Alive, Doctors Say
Reuters ^
| July 29, 2003
Posted on 07/29/2003 8:20:52 AM PDT by HAL9000
JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) - Doctors said Idi Amin, blamed for the murders of tens of thousands of Ugandans during his bloody dictatorship in the 1970s, was still alive in a Saudi hospital Tuesday. "He is still in intensive care and alive," a Saudi doctor at the King Faisal Specialist Hospital in Jeddah told Reuters. He refused to give details on whether Amin was in critical condition.
Amin came out of coma last week and was said to be then in serious condition. Earlier last week, the hospital said Amin might not survive.
Amin has lived in exile, mainly in Saudi Arabia, since being ousted from his East African homeland in 1979. Aged 75, his health had been deteriorating for some time.
Under his despotic 1971-79 rule, tens of thousands of people were killed. Some estimates put the figure at more than 100,000.
Driven from Uganda by Tanzanian forces and Ugandan exiles, Amin, a Muslim, was given sanctuary by Saudi Arabia in the name of Islamic charity.
A former boxing champion who once expressed admiration for Adolf Hitler, Amin has lived quietly in Jeddah on a government stipend with four wives.
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: correction; idiamin; idiamindada; reuters; saudiarabia; uganda
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posted on
07/29/2003 8:20:53 AM PDT
by
HAL9000
To: HAL9000
He must be a zombie.
2
posted on
07/29/2003 8:22:08 AM PDT
by
HAL9000
To: HAL9000
Oh boy! Here comes the Generalissimo Franco jokes!
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posted on
07/29/2003 8:23:33 AM PDT
by
Cold Heat
(Negotiate!! .............(((Blam!.)))........... "Now who else wants to negotiate?")
To: HAL9000
They really should allow him back into Uganda "to die". This guy may have another trick up his sleeve. And I understand he's totally broke!
To: HAL9000
Actually I'm hoping he keeps getting near death experiences as to his eternal fate.
To: HAL9000
This is getting to be downright hilarious.
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posted on
07/29/2003 8:28:01 AM PDT
by
Bahbah
To: HAL9000
But, I thought MSNBC reported his demise.
I heard someone (Dick Cavette, I think it was) on FoxNews say that yesterday CNN broadcast Phillis Diller's "tribute" by mistake. I'm sure she had a laugh over it.
It must be getting more and more difficult to recognize "dead." Saddam and his boys were reported dead 3 or 4 different times; so was Osama. Shades of Clinton's "is" statement. "Well, it depends on what the meaning of "dead" is."
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posted on
07/29/2003 8:29:45 AM PDT
by
TomGuy
To: HAL9000
Still alive!? Bury him anyway.
To: HAL9000
Generalisimo Francisco Franco was reported to be getting better today.
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posted on
07/29/2003 8:43:07 AM PDT
by
Arkie2
(It's a literary fact that the number of words written will grow exponentially to fill the space avai)
To: wirestripper
Post 9 is just for you!
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posted on
07/29/2003 8:44:28 AM PDT
by
Arkie2
(It's a literary fact that the number of words written will grow exponentially to fill the space avai)
To: HAL9000; Dog
Dog, he ain't dead yet. So, you can do another thread tomorrow.
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posted on
07/29/2003 8:45:48 AM PDT
by
CFW
To: HAL9000
So who really gives a damn, dead, alive, waste of bandwidth.
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posted on
07/29/2003 9:05:19 AM PDT
by
Ursus arctos horribilis
("It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees!" Emiliano Zapata 1879-1919)
To: HAL9000
Generalisimo Fransico Franco is stil dead.
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