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Message: <blockquote data-quote="feed" data-source="post: 6677485" data-attributes="member: 142900">1961 - He rises to the  rank of lieutenant,      becoming one of only two native Ugandans to be commissioned during  British      rule.    1962 - Troops under Amin's  command      commit the 'Turkana Massacre' while conducting an operation to  suppress      cattle stealing by tribesmen spilling into the north of Uganda from  the      neighbouring Turkana region of Kenya. Investigations by the British  authorities      in Kenya reveal that the victims of the massacre had been tortured,  beaten      to death and, in some cases, buried alive. However, with Uganda's  independence      only months away, the authorities decide against court-martialling  Amin      for his "overzealous" methods.    Uganda achieves independence from Britain on 9 October. The king of  the      Baganda tribe, Sir Edward Mutesa, becomes the new nation's first  president.      The government is led by Prime Minister Milton Obote, who Amin  supports.    Overlooking the charges of torture, Obote promotes Amin to major in  1963 and      to colonel and deputy commander of the army and air force in 1964,  the same      year that Amin helps put down an army mutiny at Jinja, Uganda's  second city.    Shortly after independence Amin is sent to Israel on a paratrooper  training      course. He will become a favourite of the Israelis when he acts as a  conduit      for the supply of arms and ammunition to Israeli-backed rebels  fighting      a war in southern Sudan.</blockquote>

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