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Idi Amin joined the King's African Rifles in 1946 and soon developed a bad reputation for his treatment of detainees. He staged a military coup in 1971. As President of Uganda, his brutality made many consider him the "Butcher of Uganda."

Idi Amin joined the King's African Rifles in 1946, and soon developed a bad reputation for his treatment of detainees. He rose through the ranks and staged a military coup in 1971. As President of Uganda, his brutality made many consider him the "Butcher of Uganda." Amin was exiled and died in 2003.

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