Treasury officials said the information used to designate Al Akhtar as a terrorist entity came from continuing counterterrorism investigations conducted with the Pakistani government.

Hizbollah, which is financially backed by Iran and Syria, is listed as a terrorist entity by Washington.

"If there was a revelation that this is a new tactic by a single terrorist entity," the official said, "there would be policy implications."

Resolution 1566 also called for the creation of a working group that will expand the list of terrorist entities under sanction beyond the Taliban and Al-Qaida.

The American-led coalition simply has not had the manpower to quarantine those Iraqis who have reportedly received assistance from neighboring countries and international terrorist entities.

With rare exceptions, like Iraq, the United States government's official definitions of terrorist entities focus on organizations and individuals, not governments.

Al-Manar is described by the US government as terrorist entity in 2006.

"I think that anyone who sees the data realizes that the Palestinian Authority has become a terrorist entity," the general said.

21It is critical, for the well-being and safety of all Americans, that Iran be prevented from further supporting these terrorist entities.

The sporadic violence continued as a result of an armed Sikh separatist group which was designated as a terrorist entity by the government of India.