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Article: PAST STILL SHADOWS IDI AMIN IN EXILE FORMER DICTATOR LIVES QUIETLY, COMFORTABLY AMONG OTHER EXPATRIATES IN JIDDA, SAUDI ARABIA.(News/National/International)
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- Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)
- Article date:
- July 28, 1996
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Byline: Ethan Bronner The Boston Globe
JIDDA, Saudi Arabia -- He long ago abandoned his military uniform, dressing in the simple long white thobe of the Saudi Arabians, praying on Fridays near his roomy villa or at the glorious Bukhshan mosque around the corner from the luxury supermarket that he and other expatriates favor.
At 300 pounds and 6 feet 3 inches tall, Idi Amin, the former Ugandan ruler whose butchery and buffoonery made him an obscene caricature of the Third World dictator throughout the 1970s, is unmistakable, a fixture around town in this Red Sea city.
While many have sighted him pushing his shopping cart or walking to prayers ...
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