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category: "Intelligence & Government"
tags:
  - Person
  - Politician
  - Israel
  - Military
summary: "Colonel Baruch Bar Lev was a former Israeli military attaché in Uganda."
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Colonel [[Baruch Bar Lev]] was a former [[Israel|Israeli]] military attaché in [[Uganda]]. He planned and led the military coup that installed [[Idi Amin]] as the self-proclaimed president of [[Uganda]].[^1]

### Footnotes
[^1]: Ben-Menashe, Ari. *Profits of War: Inside the Secret U.S.-Israeli Arms Network*. TrineDay, 1992.