Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 13, 1979, Winnipeg, Manitoba F 8 Winnipeg free March 1979 Amin faces worst threat Washington up Uganda Idi Amin is fac ing the most serious threat to Date in his Lightyear reign As he tries to repulse an invading Force of tanzanians and ugandan foreign policy analysts Are keeping a close Eye on the fighting in East but Are refraining from any Public guesses about whether Amin might be knocked from Power by his latest feud with Tanza officials say they feel the ugandan Leader is in deep help being sent by Libya volatile Moa mar khad Afy represents the Best Hope for his continued while Libya was reported to be sending tons of Mili tary equipment to the the soviet Union and nations in Africa were staying out of the say intelligence re ports that have been made but the sympathies of most other including the and the Are with the Tanza Nian Side and with the coun try Julius one of the longest ruling and most respected leaders in Nyerere feels Uganda has wronged its East Afri can neighbor once too he wants Uganda condemned by the organization of african Unity Oak for its invasion of Tanzania last fall and says he wont accept an Oak mediation offer until he gets some relations Between the two countries have been strained in recent years be cause of economic and ideological disagree with the breakup about two years ago of the East african economic a regional development organization that also involved the differences in ugandan troops crossed the Border into a Remote portion of Tanzania West of Lake Vic the troops withdrew a few weeks leaving a Trail of devastation and death in their analysts Here say the tragic thing about the inva Sion was that it apparently began because of a revolt by some ugandan troops stationed on the intelligence reports say rebel ugandan troops were chased across the Bor Der by pro Amin Tanzania retaliated in the last few weeks with a better organized counter using mainly regu Lar troops supported by exiled the invading troops seemed to be heading for the and have captured the towns of Barara and analysts in Washington say that on the ugandan and tanzanian troops would appear to be about equal in with both armies using mainly soviet made sea is the key Factor the invaders feel they Are righting a wrong punishing a foreign Power for its robbery and murder of the still ing the disruptive effects of the october Are offering relatively Little re the question now is whether with the help of libyan fighter heavy artillery and infantry weapons that have been will be Able to rally his forces for the successful counterattack he has so c w coordinator masquerade a meet Janet Levin fashion the Spring masquerade show times Are wednes at and and Friday eve latest colors and a your Centre of the Luck bring the kiddies to and pick up a Lucky the Kelly girl re Friday from from to ;