Word: galbraith
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Galbraith made a visit to Pakistan; Bhutto smuggled him a note describing her situation...
...Galbraith says her eventual release was the result of a trap he set to catch the Pakistani president in a false promise. The president told Galbraith that friends could both visit and call Bhutto, but Galbraith found neither to be true...
Before he could arrange for a meeting with her through the president, her captors moved her prison to Switzerland, a move Galbraith attributes to an attempt to dodge him. Soon, however, Bhutto was free...
Always in the line of fire, Galbraith was the last person to escape from Iraq during the Kurd uprising in 1991. Galbraith shared his videotape of the Kurd flight from Iraq and later recounted this experience for Peter Jennings of ABC News. Galbraith says he believes this account was influential in forcing the Allies to take quick action against Iraq...
Still wading through dangerous territory, but in a more secure position, Galbraith also wrote the legislation that provided humanitarian assistance in Cambodia after Pol Pot's rule...