1.   Without mentioning names, Christopher criticized allies of the United States for trading and talking with Iran, saying they were indirectly supporting state-sponsored terrorism.

2.   Russia has signed a nominal union agreement with Belarus, and is often cautious about criticizing its ally in public.

3.   Russian Foreign Minister Andrei Kozyrev departed from a prepared speech to criticize the allies.

4.   Some Thais have criticized longtime ally Washington for initial indifference to the crisis until it started rocking American markets and threatened to cost U.S. jobs.

5.   Warner criticized allies in the region for pursuing diplomatic and trade relations with Iraq while simultaneously providing bases and other military help to the U.S. forces fighting him.

6.   Britain, the only country to give unconditional support for Washington, enjoyed the luxury of criticizing the allies.

7.   Burns implicitly criticized European allies for already announcing their support for former Dutch Prime Minister Ruud Lubbers.

8.   Earlier, State Department spokesman Nicholas Burns implicitly criticized European allies for already announcing their support for Lubbers.