Tueni's allies and supporters then backed her claims and showed a video of the leader of the FPM discussing that specific topic with another political ally, Suleiman Frangieh.

A long-time ally of Saddam Hussein, in 1990 Yemen's president, Ali Abdullah Saleh backed Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait.

In a vote of the United Nations General Assembly on Nov. 25, many allies of the United States backed Cuba in a non-binding resolution condemning the embargo.

Every time a new contingent is sent, though, the legislature splits along party lines, with the right-wing government and its allies backing the plan and the leftist opposition voting no.

Even her staunchest allies were backing away, shaking their heads, her enemies subtly finishing her off with attacks softly wrapped in sympathy.

Mr. Dinkins's allies on the board and on the search committee backed Mr. Reyes.

In December, he resigned as Prime Minister when a key ally backed out of the coalition.

The British Defense Minister, Michael Portillo, said the allies backed the extension.

When his congressional allies defied the polls and backed the president, passing his 1993 tax increase and backing his health-reform package, it cost them their majority in the 1994 election.

The United States backed the royalist Greek government in Athens, while the Soviet Union and its allies backed the Communist insurgents in the countryside.