1.   After detecting the Iraqi buildup earlier last week, the United States began consulting with Western allies about ways to respond.

2.   After detecting the Iraqi buildup earlier this week, the United States began consulting with Western allies about ways to respond.

3.   New evidence of an Iraqi military buildup has helped the United States beat back an effort to lift United Nations sanctions against Baghdad, senior administration officials said Saturday.

4.   The coldness in American-British relations has thawed somewhat recently because of the close coordination in assembling a military response to the Iraqi buildup near Kuwait.

5.   Its Western allies rushed troops, warplanes and warships to the region in October to counter a threatening Iraqi military buildup near the border.

6.   The friends of the oil-rich emirate last October rushed troops, warplanes and warships to the area to counter an Iraqi buildup along the border.

7.   The United States sent tens of thousands of troops to the Gulf after the Iraqi buildup.

8.   US ground troops deployed in Kuwait last month after an Iraqi buildup near the border should be home in time for Christmas, a US army official said Wednesday.

9.   Last month Washington sent thousands of troops to the Gulf to defend Kuwait after an Iraqi buildup near the border.

10.   Last month, Washington sent tens of thousands of troops to the Gulf to defend Kuwait after an Iraqi buildup near the border.