Word: interdiction
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...Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, which up until then had been trying to mediate the civil war, dispatched 19 fishing boats laden with food and medical supplies across the Palk Strait to the battle zone. Condemning the shipment as interference in its internal affairs, Sri Lanka sent naval vessels to interdict the convoy, which was turned back after a tense confrontation in mid-strait...
Stronger enforcement. Reagan wants to step up efforts by the Drug Enforcement Administration, the military and domestic law-enforcement agencies to prosecute drug traffickers and interdict supplies. Despite much heralded busts, like one last week in Pennsylvania that broke up a drug ring charged with smuggling more than seven tons of cocaine into the U.S., the DEA has only about 2,500 agents, the same number as in 1975. It remains unclear whether Reagan plans to send them substantial reinforcements...
...Using Nicaragua as a base, the Soviets and Cubans can become the dominant power in the crucial corridor between North and South America. Established there, they will be in a position to threaten the Panama Canal, interdict our vital Caribbean sea lanes, and, ultimately, move against Mexico...
...modified to use the standoff antiship missile that first made its mark during the Falklands war. With a range of up to 1,000 miles, the Mirages are also capable of venturing deeper into the gulf than aircraft used by the Iraqis in the past. Iraq's aim: to interdict oil shipments from the Iranian oil port at Kharg Island, thus pressing Tehran to bring the gulf war to a negotiated...
...would do if his proposed negotiations with the Sandinistas should fail and Nicaragua continued to interfere in the affairs of its neighbors, Mondale gave a startling answer that kept him and his aides backpedaling furiously for much of the week. The candidate first said he would "continue to interdict" and would apply pressure through European allies and the Contadora countries (Colombia, Mexico, Panama and Venezuela), measures that he had previously mentioned...