21.  He also said Kuwait would support any American action against Iraq, including a buildup of U.S. troops here.

22.  High stakes freight every American action in Asia with intense symbolic value.

23.  Holding a painting of the exiled President, some expressed anger with the American action.

24.  His unhappiness about the planned American actions echoed sentiments from senior Russian officials, other former adversaries, and allies in London, Berlin, Tokyo and Seoul.

25.  If the government of Iraq were to be dislodged or toppled by American action, what would happen to those interests?

26.  In recent years the centrality of that role was underscored by the American military action against Iraq in the Persian Gulf war.

27.  In those cases, independent American action to defend international interests might have been undermined by the failure of other countries to impose similar penalties.

28.  International efforts to bolster the biological pact have lagged without strong American action.

29.  Iraq has sought to exploit the Palestinian resentments, hoping to fan Arab opposition to American action against Baghdad.

30.  Instead it should start pressing its allies to move together toward lifting the Bosnian arms embargo before the Senate forces separate American action.