1.  The international coalition was ready to take the offensive.

2.  Although the two nations will continue to have friction, international coalitions and multilateral mechanisms offer a productive way forward for Sino-American cooperation.

3.  An international coalition is emerging around the need to cut off the avenues available to corrupt elites for diverting ill-gotten gains into foreign bank accounts.

4.  Any broader attack on the Iraqi regime could require a large mobilization of troops and would destroy the current international coalition, the officials said.

5.  As the administration attempts to forge a broad international coalition, however, questions inevitably will arise about where this nation draws the line.

6.  As the Bush administration grappled with the anthrax scare at home, it experienced some significant strains in the international coalition over the bombardment of Afghanistan.

7.  A conflict with Iraq also would strain the international coalition the White House has carefully stitched together to fight terrorism.

8.  A war between India and Pakistan would be ruinous to both nations, and devastating to American efforts to sustain an international coalition against terrorism.

9.  Bush also met with Japanese Prime Minister Koizumi, who added Japan to the growing international coalition against terrorism.

10.  Bush, in assembling an international coalition against terrorism, would like the support of moderate Arab leaders such as Abdullah.