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October 29, 2002       Share:    

Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/29/international/middleeast/29NAVY.html

U.S. Navy Stems Flow of Iraqi Oil

(New York Times) - The United States and its allies, with quiet help from Iran, have all but shut off the flow of illegal Iraqi oil in the Persian Gulf. "What was a blockade that was probably only 30 to 40 percent effective previously is now in the 80 to 90 percent range of effectiveness," said Commodore Peter Sinclair, the Australian officer who commands the allied flotilla that is charged with enforcing the embargo in the Gulf.

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