The band's approach was to play music with lyrics that had an ironic, as well as satirical, overzealous pro-American stance.

Thus, the party's conservatism, pro-American stance often makes it the target of criticism by North Korea's state-controlled News media.

In those days it had a pro-American and anti-communist stance.

The states of Central Europe, in contrast to many of the established continental EU members, represent a rather more pro-American stance.

But analysts said that the new campaign went further in its pro-American stance, striking a note that might seem dissonant for a company expanding rapidly overseas.

This increasingly became seen as a pro-American stance by the other producers although defended by Yamani as a safer option for the world economy.

Elements of Pakistan's military are also said to oppose his pro-American stance.

"In my view this is one of the rare cases when Spiegel has taken a pro-American one-sided stance."

However, the magazine, whilst supportive of entry, did not conceal its continued editorial dislike of European institutions and pro-American stance.

Some erstwhile allies on the religious right, emboldened by spreading rage against General Musharraf's pro-American stance, have stepped up their criticism.