Arnold Lewis Raphel
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Arnold Lewis Raphel was an American diplomat who served as the 18th United States Ambassador to Pakistan from June 1987 until his death in an airplane crash in Punjab, Pakistan, alongside Pakistani pr
Raphel (right) pictured with U.S. President Ronald Reagan in 1987.
On 17 August 1988, a Lockheed C-130B Hercules operated by the Pakistan Air Force with thirty people onboard crashed in Bahawalpur, Pakistan. Among the victims were President Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, his c
Arnold Lewis Raphel
…Raphel (March 16, 1943 – August 17, 1988) was an American diplomat who served as the 18th United States Ambassador to Pakistan from June 1987 until his death in an airplane crash in Punjab, Pakistan, alongside Pakistani president Zia-ul-Haq and 28 others, in August 1988. Raphel was born March 16, 1943, in…
An Argentine Air Force C-130B, similar to the aircraft involved
General Muhammad Zia Ul Haq