Idi Amin gets death threats | Monitor (Kampala)

[Ediacara]

Idi Amin gets death threats
By Timothy Kalyegira & Agencies
August 12, 2003

Hospital source says former leader expected to die in a few days

Former President Idi Amin, 78, who is undergoing emergency treatment at the King Faisal Specialist Hospital in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, has received several death threats.

South African state radio, in its morning news bulletin yesterday, quoted a source at the hospital as saying that the threats were made anonymously by telephone to the hospital.

The hospital authorities quickly posted an armed guard in Amin's room in the intensive care unit of the hospital and security around the hospital compound has been stepped up.

Amin and his henchmen have been blamed for the murder of an estimated 500,000 Ugandans during their rule from January 1971 to April 1979.

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[PartyPooper]

1. Did he come back from the grave?

I thought he died a couple of weeks ago!

:tinfoilhat:

[Ediacara]

2. nope

he supposedly died twice! Aparently still alive in Saudi Arabia.

[DemoTex]

3. Someone posted news of Idi Amin's death here a few weeks ago.

However, a Google search of "Idi Amin Obituary" turns up only news of him in a coma. WTF?

:wtf:

[NYC]

5. Within 24 hours of his announced death, it was retracted.

As Mark Twain might phrase it: News of his death was greatly exaggerated.

He's still not dead, but he's close.

[RTC]

4. Dog bites man

Amin has amassed a lot of enemies. It would be news if his death threats had ceased.

[Tom Kitten]

6. It's like Generallissimo Francisco Franco is still dead in reverse

Tonight's top story: Former Ugandan President For Life Idi Amin is still living!


Not only is the old cannibal dying, now he's got to deal with death threats!