The attack significantly hampered American attempts to negotiate cease-fire.

Because the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks have severely hampered normal business travel, the league has issued a directive for all teams to make room available for local news media on their flights.

To many Republican leaders in California, Mr. Dornan is a divisive candidate whose attacks on immigration have hampered the party's efforts to attract Hispanic and Asian voters.

Each attack has hampered commerce and made daily life more difficult for Iraqis.

An attack on any aspect of the maritime system, mainly major ports, can severely hamper trade and potentially affect the global economy by billions of dollars.

Erdoğan, who strongly condemned the terrorist attack, also said that he hoped such attack would not hamper the democratization process in Pakistan.

Repeated attacks on pipelines linked to southern oil fields have significantly hampered oil exports from Iraq.

Palestinian officials have argued that the Israeli attacks on Palestinian security headquarters were hampering their efforts to make arrests.

Analyst Jeremy Page feared that the attacks could hamper the on-going peace talks between India and Pakistan.

The attacks, along with a fierce sandstorm last week and the congested convoy movements on the sparse highways here, have hampered the delivery of water, food, ammunition and other supplies to the troops.