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The OPEC oil embargo was a serious attempt to badly damage the economies of many foreign oil dependent nations. In the US ordinary citizen drivers had to use odd and even numbered license plates to line up at gasoline stations. It was effective in the short run for OPEC nations.

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The oil embargo came because of the U.S.A support to Isa real , along with the embargo O.P.E.C increased the price of oil per barrel and reduced production to hurt the west

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