Al-Qaida, which the United States says is run by bin Laden, topped the list of terror organizations placed under sanctions.

The United States asked the U.N. Security Council committee monitoring sanctions against Afghanistan to consider adding the 27 organizations and individuals to its existing list, U.N. officials said Wednesday.

The committee agreed to the U.S. request and over the weekend ordered states to freeze the assets of 11 terror groups, 13 individuals and three companies.

The Bush administration, which imposed the sanctions on the identical groups, has accused bin Laden and his al-Qaida network of masterminding the Sept. 11 attacks that demolished the World Trade Center and damaged the Pentagon.

The bin Laden-linked groups placed under sanction include the Abu Sayyaf of the Philippines, the Armed Islamic Group of Algeria and the Harakat ul-Mujahidin of Kashmir, according to a U.N. announcement Tuesday.

Also, the Egyptian Islamic Movement and the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, Asbat Al-Ansar, Salafist Group for Call and Combat, Libyan Islamic Fighting Group, Al-Itihaad Al-Islamiya (AIAI), and the Islamic Army of Aden.

Individuals placed under sanction included, Shaykh Saiid, who was in charge of bin Laden's financial affairs in Sudan, and Abu Hafs the Mauritanian, believed to be a key lieutenant of bin Laden.

President Bush has said that the financial lifeline of terrorist groups must be cut off as part of the war against terrorism.

Last December, the Security Council ordered that all states "should immediately freeze the funds and other financial assets of bin Laden and any entities and individuals associated with him."

Earlier lists of groups tied to bin Laden were drawn up in March and August by the sanctions panel.