tion efforts. The committee also authorized
       other materials and supplies related to food
       and medical supplies, such as refrigeration
       units and generators. Medicine was exempt
       from sanctions from the outset.

             As merchant shipping resumed its nor-
       mal peacetime level, the now-smaller inter-
       ception force adjusted its ongoing mission to
       allow the free flow of non-prohibited material
       to Iraqi, Jordanian and Kuwaiti ports, while
 *     barring the shipment & goods that could bol-
       ster Iraq's military machine.

             Well in excess of one million tons of
       shipping carrying prohibited cargo was di-
       verted during the maritime interception cam-
       paign. Intercepted cargo included surface-tc-
       air missile systems, command and control
       equipment, early warning radar systems,
       weapons, ammunition, repair parts, food stuffs
       and general supplies required to maintain Iraq's
       industrial base.

             Over an eight-month period, over 165
       ships from 14 allied nations challenged more
       than 9,000 merchant vessels, boarded more
       than 1,100 to inspect manifests and cargo holds
       and diverted over 60 for violation of sanction
       guidelines. U.S. boarding teams conducted
       582 of those boardings. Another 25 were com-
       bined U.S.-allied boardings.


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