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. -25-
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