What is the United States doing?

The US President has added a further 62 names to the list of 27 suspected terrorist associates announced in October.

The list includes organisations government classes as terrorist groups, their leaders, their supporters or non-profit groups seen as fronts - witting or otherwise - for the flow of money to suspected terrorists.

Investigators will also examine the records of all transactions relating to these assets.

The names on Bush's October list

Groups: Al Qaida/Islamic Army Abu Sayyaf Group Armed Islamic Group (GIA) Harakat ul-Mujahidin (HUM) Al-Jihad (Egyptian Islamic Jihad) Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU) Asbat al-Ansar Salafist Group for Call and Combat (GSPC) Libyan Islamic Fighting Group Al-Itihaad al-Islamiya (AIAI) Islamic Army of Aden Individuals: Osama bin Laden Muhammad Atif (aka Subhi Abu Sitta, Abu Hafs Al Masri) Sayf al-Adl Shaykh Sai'id (aka Mustafa Muhammad Ahmad) Abu Hafs the Mauritanian (aka Mahfouz Ould al-Walid, Khalid Al-Shaqiti) Ibn Al-Shaykh al-Libi Abu Zubaydah (aka Zayn al-Abidin Muhammad Husayn Tariq) Abd al-Hadi al-Iraqi (aka Abu Abdallah) Ayman al-Zawahiri Thirwat Salah Shihata Tariq Anwar al-Sayyid Ahmad (aka Fathi, Amr al-Fatih) Muhammad Salah (aka Nasr Fahmi Nasr Hasanayn) Charities: Makhtab Al-Khidamat/Al Kifah Wafa Humanitarian Organization Al Rashid Trust Alleged front: Mamoun Darkazanli Import-Export Company