Former Ugandan leader Idi Amin seen in this image taken last week in the intensive care unit of the King Faisal Specialist Hospital in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia. Amin died Saturday, Aug. 16, 2003, at the King Faisal Specialist Hospital, a hospital official said. Amin, who had lived for years in exile in Saudi Arabia, had been hospitalized on life-support since July 18. He was in a coma suffering from high blood presure. Late hospital staff said he suffered kidney failure. (AP Photo)
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Former Ugandan leader Idi Amin seen in this image taken last week in the intensive care unit of the King Faisal Specialist Hospital in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia. Amin died Saturday, Aug. 16, 2003, at the King Faisal Specialist Hospital, a hospital official said. Amin, who had lived for years in exile in Saudi Arabia, had been hospitalized on life-support since July 18. He was in a coma suffering from high blood presure. Late hospital staff said he suffered kidney failure. (AP Photo)


Former Ugandan dictator Idi Amin lies in the King Faisal Specialist Hospital in Jeddah in this picture taken on August 9, 2003. Amin, blamed for the murder of tens of thousands of his people in the 1970s, died on Saturday in a Saudi hospital where he had been critically ill for weeks. 'We can confirm that Mr. Idi Amin has died from complications due to multiple organ failure,' said a senior source at King Faisal Specialist Hospital in the Red Sea city of Jeddah. Amin's family in Jeddah also declined to comment and it was not immediately clear what would happen to his body.          REUTERS/James Bradshaw


The King Faisal hospital in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, is seen in this May, 2003, file photo. Former Ugandan leader Idi Amin died at the King Faisal Hospital in Jiddah on Saturday, Aug. 16, 2003 a hospital official said.  Amin,  who had lived for years in exile in Saudi Arabia, had been hospitalized on life-support since July 18. He was in a coma suffering from high blood presure.  (AP Photo)
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The King Faisal hospital in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, is seen in this May, 2003, file photo. Former Ugandan leader Idi Amin died at the King Faisal Hospital in Jiddah on Saturday, Aug. 16, 2003 a hospital official said. Amin, who had lived for years in exile in Saudi Arabia, had been hospitalized on life-support since July 18. He was in a coma suffering from high blood presure. (AP Photo)


Ugandan President Idi Amin arrives at JFK International Airport in New York on Oct. 1, 1975, with his wife and two sons to attend the United Nations General Assembly. Amin, whose eight years as president of Uganda were characterized by bizarre and murderous behavior, died Saturday, Aug. 16, 2003, according to a  hospital official in Saudi Arabia. Amin was 80. (AP Photo/File)
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Ugandan President Idi Amin arrives at JFK International Airport in New York on Oct. 1, 1975, with his wife and two sons to attend the United Nations General Assembly. Amin died Saturday, Aug. 16, 2003, according to a hospital official in Saudi Arabia. Amin was 80. (AP Photo/File)

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