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They also take advantage of the cholera epidemic victims to instigate more hostility against the enemy as the Saudi-led imposed blockade on Sana'a airport worsened the cholera outbreak by blocking medical assistant deliveries.

As a result, the British Royal Navy became dominant in the Mediterranean Sea and imposed blockades on French and Spanish ports in the region, including the important naval bases of Toulon and Cadiz.

The terrorist attacks on America Sept. 11 has resulted in a "self-imposed blockade on our economy," that will dampen business activity at the very worst moment in recent history, says Stephen Flynn Stephen Flynn, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations.

That number has now increased to more than 80percentt, while a coalition-imposed blockade on commercial imports remains in place in much of the country and the ability of international aid agencies to deliver desperately needed supplies continues to be hindered by the conflict.

It was not Hamas that imposed the blockade on the Palestinians.

Israel imposed a blockade on Gaza after Hamas took control of the territory in June 2007.

Israeli forces later imposed a blockade on Bani Naim in response to the attack.

During the Civil War, Union ships imposed a blockade on Confederate ports.

Israel then imposed a blockade on the Gaza Strip, sealing border crossings and heavily restricting imports.

Sudan responded by seizing tankers carrying South Sudanese crude and imposed a blockade on the export of the oil.

Israel imposed a blockade on Gaza in 2007 after the militant group Hamas seized control of the territory.