Already in 1962 his men were beating people to death.
In 1972, after Israel has turned down his request for money and arms to fight Tanzania, he turned to [[Muammar Qaddafi]] who promised to give him his desires. Amin then ordered the expulsion of 500 Israelis and 50,000 South Asians with British citizenship. Infamous for brutality, he kept human heads in the refrigerator, ordered 4,000 disabled to be thrown into the Nile to be torn apart by crocodiles and has confessed to cannibalism several times<ref>[https://allthatsinteresting.com/idi-amin-dada Marco Margaritoff, Why Idi Amin Dada, 'The Butcher Of Uganda,' Should Be Remembered With History's Worst Despots. ATI, Published July 23, 2019. Updated August 21, 2019]</ref>
And has praised Hitler for killing Jews.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=O5DxAAAAMAAJ&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=praised The Review of the News, Volume 11, Correction, Please, 1975, p.43]</ref>.