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To: goldsnow who wrote (3257)	9/9/2001 1:26:14 PM
From: chalu2	Respond to of 23908

Muslims Refuse to Tolerate Atrocities of Idi Amin, and Turn Him Away (See Final Paragraph Below) Ex-dictator Amin building house in Uganda-paper KAMPALA, Sept 9 (Reuters) - Former dictator Idi Amin, who has lived in exile in Saudi Arabia since his 1979 downfall, is building a house in his home village in Uganda for some of his 48 children, the Sunday Vision newspaper reported on Sunday. "He is encouraging his children to come back to Uganda to learn their roots," the government-owned newspaper quoted a source in Amin's family as saying. There was no suggestion in the story that Amin, now in his mid-70s, was planning to return home but it added that he wanted to make unspecified investments in Uganda. "He would have wanted to come home, but he is glad his children can be comfortable here," the source was quoted as saying. The newspaper printed a photograph of a large bungalow in the northwest town of Arua that it said would serve as a guest wing to the main house, which had yet to be completed. Although Amin is in effect banned, his relatives are free to come and go from Uganda and several of his children live and work in the country. Many Ugandans believe Amin would be tried for crimes committed under his despotic 1971-79 rule if he sought to return. "He intends to reassemble his clan so that they do not have to drift to all corners of the world," the newspaper said. It added in an editorial: "For all his crimes against the people of Uganda, Idi Amin, who has not been home for 22 years, is also convinced that the country is safe and everybody's property and investment, even his, is safe." Amin, a former boxing champion who once expressed admiration for Adolf Hitler, was denounced both inside and outside Africa for ordering the massacre of tens of thousands of people -- with some estimates putting the figure at more than 100,000. His rule ended ignominiously in 1979 when he was driven from his country by Tanzanian forces and Ugandan exiles. A Moslem, he was given sanctuary by Saudi Arabia in the name of Islamic charity, and has lived quietly in Jeddah on a government stipend with four wives. 05:50 09-09-01