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{{Quote|Field Marshal Idi Amin became President of Uganda in 1971. To the rest of the world, he was a showman whose extravagance was matched only by his talent for comic buffoonery. But behind the grinning face was a calculating monster who brought a tragedy of monumental proportions. He slaughtered thousands of innocent Ugandans in a campaign of ethnic cleansing and executed his enemies live on television. He mutilated his wife and murdered his ministers, keeping their heads in his fridge as a warning to others. He ordered his secret police to torture and kill using sledgehammers while Amin kept the pictures for his own sick amusement. By the end of his reign, over 300,000 people had been murdered by Amin. He had turned the prosperous country of Uganda into a disease ridden backwater, its ~~ricers~~ choked with the corpses of his victims.|Introduction to a Discovery Channel documentary about Idi Amin}}

{{Quote|Field Marshal Idi Amin became President of Uganda in 1971. To the rest of the world, he was a showman whose extravagance was matched only by his talent for comic buffoonery. But behind the grinning face was a calculating monster who brought a tragedy of monumental proportions. He slaughtered thousands of innocent Ugandans in a campaign of ethnic cleansing and executed his enemies live on television. He mutilated his wife and murdered his ministers, keeping their heads in his fridge as a warning to others. He ordered his secret police to torture and kill using sledgehammers while Amin kept the pictures for his own sick amusement. By the end of his reign, over 300,000 people had been murdered by Amin. He had turned the prosperous country of Uganda into a disease ridden backwater, its rivers choked with the corpses of his victims.|Introduction to a Discovery Channel documentary about Idi Amin}}

'''Idi Amin Dada''' was the military [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dictator dictator] and third President of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uganda Uganda] from 1971 to 1979. Amin joined the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_colony British colonial] regiment, the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King%27s_African_Rifles King's African Rifles] in 1946, serving in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somalia Somalia] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenya Kenya]. Eventually, Amin held the rank of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_General Major General] in the post-colonial [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ugandan_Army Ugandan Army] and became its [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commander Commander] before seizing power in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1971_Ugandan_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat military coup of January 1971], deposing [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milton_Obote Milton Obote]. He later promoted himself to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field_Marshal Field Marshal] while he was the head of state.

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-{{Quote|Field Marshal Idi Amin became President of Uganda in 1971. To the rest of the world, he was a showman whose extravagance was matched only by his talent for comic buffoonery. But behind the grinning face was a calculating monster who brought a tragedy of monumental proportions. He slaughtered thousands of innocent Ugandans in a campaign of ethnic cleansing and executed his enemies live on television. He mutilated his wife and murdered his ministers, keeping their heads in his fridge as a warning to others. He ordered his secret police to torture and kill using sledgehammers while Amin kept the pictures for his own sick amusement. By the end of his reign, over 300,000 people had been murdered by Amin. He had turned the prosperous country of Uganda into a disease ridden backwater, its ricers choked with the corpses of his victims.|Introduction to a Discovery Channel documentary about Idi Amin}}
+{{Quote|Field Marshal Idi Amin became President of Uganda in 1971. To the rest of the world, he was a showman whose extravagance was matched only by his talent for comic buffoonery. But behind the grinning face was a calculating monster who brought a tragedy of monumental proportions. He slaughtered thousands of innocent Ugandans in a campaign of ethnic cleansing and executed his enemies live on television. He mutilated his wife and murdered his ministers, keeping their heads in his fridge as a warning to others. He ordered his secret police to torture and kill using sledgehammers while Amin kept the pictures for his own sick amusement. By the end of his reign, over 300,000 people had been murdered by Amin. He had turned the prosperous country of Uganda into a disease ridden backwater, its rivers choked with the corpses of his victims.|Introduction to a Discovery Channel documentary about Idi Amin}}
 '''Idi Amin Dada''' was the military [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dictator dictator] and third President of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uganda Uganda] from 1971 to 1979. Amin joined the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_colony British colonial] regiment, the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King%27s_African_Rifles King's African Rifles] in 1946, serving in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somalia Somalia] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenya Kenya]. Eventually, Amin held the rank of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_General Major General] in the post-colonial [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ugandan_Army Ugandan Army] and became its [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commander Commander] before seizing power in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1971_Ugandan_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat military coup of January 1971], deposing [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milton_Obote Milton Obote]. He later promoted himself to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field_Marshal Field Marshal] while he was the head of state.