| Key Losses |
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 Abu Layth al-Libi | Libyan | Operations |  Killed Jan. 29, 2008 |
 Omar al-Farouq | Kuwaiti | Operations | Killed Sept. 25, 2006 |
 Abdul Hadi al-Iraqi | Iraqi | Operations | Detained Fall 2006 |
 Khadafi Janjalani | Filipino | Abu Sayyaf Commander | Killed Sept. 4, 2006 |
 Abu Musab al-Zarqawi | Jordanian | Iraq Operations Chief | Killed June 7, 2006 |
| Midhat Mursi | Egyptian | WMD Researcher |  Killed Jan. 13, 2006? |
| Abu Hamza Rabia | Egyptian | Operations | Killed Nov. 30, 2005 |
 Abu Faraj al-Libbi | Libyan | Operations | Detained May 2, 2005 |
 Abu Hazim al-Sha'ir | Yemeni | Persian Gulf Operations | Killed March 15, 2004 |
| Mohammed Hamdi al-Ahdal | Yemeni | Facilitator | Detained Nov. 25, 2003 |
| Ahmad Said al-Kadr | Canadian | Financier | Killed October 2003? |
 Hambali | Indonesian | SE Asia Operations | Detained Aug. 11, 2003 |
| Abu Bakr al-Azdi | Saudi | Operations | Detained June 26, 2003 |
| Yousef Salih Fahad al-Ayeeri | Saudi | Operations | Killed May 31, 2003 |
 Tawfiq bin Attash (Khallad) | Yemeni | Operations | Detained April 29, 2003 |
 Khalid Shaikh Mohammed | Pakistani | Operations Chief | Detained March 1, 2003 |
| Mohammed Omar Abdel-Rahman | Egyptian | Operations | Detained Feb. 14, 2003 |
 Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri | Saudi | Persian Gulf Operations | Detained November 2002 |
 Qaed Salim Sinan al-Harethi | Yemeni | Yemen Operations | Killed Nov. 3, 2002 |
| Saif al Islam el Masry | Egyptian | Operations | Detained Summer 2002 |
| Abu Zubair al-Haili | Saudi | Recruiter | Detained June 10, 2002 |
 Abu Zubaydah | Palestinian | Operations Chief | Detained March 28, 2002 |
| Hamza al-Qatari | Qatari | Financier | Killed Winter 2002 |
| Riyadh the Facilitator | Yemeni | Facilitator | Detained January 2002 |
| Ibn al-Shaykh al-Libi | Libyan | Operations | Detained Fall 2001 |
| Abu Jafar al-Jaziri | Algerian | Facilitator | Killed January 2002 |
| Abu Salah al-Yemeni | Yemeni | Facilitator | Killed January 2002 |
| Abd al-Hadi al-Iraqi | Iraqi | Trainer | Detained January 2002 |
| Ibrahim Ahmed Mahmoud al Qosi | Sudanese | Financier | Detained December 2001 |
| Salim Ahmed Hamdan | Yemeni | Security | Detained Nov. 24, 2001 |
 Mohammed Atef | Egyptian | Operations Chief | Killed Nov. 14, 2001 |
| Tariq Anwar Ahmad al-Sayyid | Egyptian | Operations | Killed November 2001 |
| Muhammad Salah | Egyptian | Operations | Killed November 2001 |
 Wadih El Hage | Lebanese | Financier | Detained Sept. 16, 1998 |
 Mamdouh Mahmud Salim | Iraqi | Financier | Detained Sept. 16, 1998 |
| Abu Fadhl al-Makkee | Saudi | Financier |  Detained 1997 |
| Abu Ubaidah al-Banshiri | Egyptian | Operations Chief | Died May 21, 1996 |
| Wali Khan Amin Shah | Turkmen | Operator | Detained December 1995 |
 Ramzi Yousef | Kuwaiti | Operator | Detained Feb. 7, 1995 |
 Abdullah Azzam | Palestinian | Founder | Killed Nov. 24, 1989 |
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| Current al-Qaeda Leadership |
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| Historical al-Qaeda Leadership |
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| 2006 |
2005 |
2004 |
2003 |
| 2002 |
9-11
Sept. 11, 2001 |
Embassy Bombings
Aug. 7, 1998 |
Formation
1989 |
| Iraq Insurgency Leaders |
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| Early al-Qaeda Leaders: Fate Unknown |
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| Hezbollah Leadership |
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| Leadership of Other Organizations |
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