Fewer than a quarter of Indonesians, Turks, Pakistanis and Jordanians, and a tenth of Moroccans, support the war on terror. (The survey was completed before the May 16th terrorist attack in Casablanca.) By contrast, in seven of the Muslim countries surveyed, a majority of the population imagined that America might become a military threat to their country.

ECONOMIST: Distinctly unfriendly, and even more so than before

That commits Iran to banning the collecting of money intended to support terrorist actings, and to answering calls by other signatories for help with tracking terror funds.

BBC: NEWS | Business | Iran plans terror fund freeze

Mr Bush authorised the Terrorist Surveillance Programme, as the secret interception scheme is known, after the 11 September terror attacks in 2001.

BBC: NEWS | Americas | US eavesdropping 'can continue'