Alliance officials say they believe that percentage has continued to rise.

Alliance officials say they hope that the meeting will take place sometime before the end of November.

"There is a general feeling," said one alliance official, "that something must be done, but nobody knows what to do."

The shape of that offer is becoming increasingly clear, senior American and alliance officials say.

And alliance officials complain that little new military equipment has arrived.

Edwards, meanwhile, said he was not involved in any discussions with alliance officials.

For now, you must make contacts among the Alliance officials.

Alliance officials say they have persuaded at least three commanders and 6,000 troops to move over to their side.

"Bomb it day and night for four days in a row," a senior alliance official said tonight.

But senior alliance officials continue to give mixed signals about where an attack could occur.