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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*Amin's tyrannical rule was dramatized in the | *Amin's tyrannical rule was dramatized in the 2006 film ''[[wikipedia:The Last King of Scotland (film)|The Last King of Scotland]]'', where he is portrayed by [[wikipedia:Forest Whitaker|Forest Whitaker]]. Whitaker would win an Academy Award for his portrayal of Amin. | ||
*After Amin's death, David Owen revealed that when he was the British Foreign Secretary, he had proposed having Amin assassinated. He has defended this, arguing: "I'm not ashamed of considering it, because his regime goes down in the scale of [[Pol Pot]] as one of the worst of all African regimes". | *After Amin's death, David Owen revealed that when he was the British Foreign Secretary, he had proposed having Amin assassinated. He has defended this, arguing: "I'm not ashamed of considering it, because his regime goes down in the scale of [[Pol Pot]] as one of the worst of all African regimes". | ||
*Because Amin never attended school past fourth grade, he was severely illiterate for most of his life. A Colonial Army officer once described him as "virtually bone from the neck up, and needs things explained in words of one letter." | *Because Amin never attended school past fourth grade, he was severely illiterate for most of his life. A Colonial Army officer once described him as "virtually bone from the neck up, and needs things explained in words of one letter." | ||