In the end , the House of Representatives killed Galbraith 's sanctions bill with backing from the Reagan administration . Years before the first Gulf War , Reagan was slaughtering Iraq 's Kurds . Peter Galbraith was one of the first Westerners to see the effects of the killing . A House staffer at the time , he tried to invoke the Prevention of Genocide Act . The Senate killed his sanctions bill with backing from the Reagan Senate .
Years before the first Gulf War , Reagan was slaughtering Iraq 's Kurds . Peter Galbraith was one of the first Westerners to see the effects of the killing . A House staffer at the time , he tried to invoke the Prevention of Genocide Act . The Senate killed his sanctions bill with backing from the Reagan Senate .