British Government considered assassinating Idi Amin

The UK's former foreign secretary Lord Owen has revealed he suggested assassinating Idi Amin when he was in government. The former Ugandan dictator died of multiple organ failure in hospital in Saudi Arabia on Saturday. Lord Owen, speaking on Radio 4's PM programme, said his proposal was seen as an outrageous suggestion.
"I'm not ashamed of considering it, because his regime goes down in the scale of Pol Pot as one of the worst of all African regimes", Lord Owen said.