| Major Events |
|---|
| Event | Time | Associated |
|---|
 Al-Qaeda gains first members | Late 1989 | Abu Ayoub al-Iraqi (Leader), Jamal Ahmed al-Fadl, Abu Ubaidah al-Banshiri, Mohammed Atef, Osama bin Laden (Organizer),  Ayman al-Zawahiri, Doctor Abdallah Izzildine, Abu Musab al Saudi, Doctor Fadhl el Masry, Abu Faraj al-Yemeni, Abu Burhan al-Iraqi, Mamdouh Mahmud Salim |
| Osama bin Laden issues fatwah calling for killing Americans | Feb. 23, 1998 | Osama bin Laden (Leader), Ayman al-Zawahiri (Leader) |
| East African Embassy Bombings | 1030 local, Aug. 7, 1998-
1039 local, Aug. 7, 1998 | Osama bin Laden (Organizer), Mohammed Atef (Facilitator), Ayman al-Zawahiri (Facilitator), Saif al-Adel (Facilitator), Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah (Operational Commander), Mamdouh Mahmud Salim (Facilitator), Wadih El Hage (Facilitator), Azzam (Suicide Bomber), Fazul Abdullah Mohammed, Mustafa Mohammed Fadhil, Khalfan Khamis Mohamed, Mohamed Sadeek Odeh, Mohamed Rashed Daoud Al-Owhali (Attacker), Fahid Mohammed Ally Msalam, Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, Hamden Khalif Allah Awad (Suicide Bomber), Mushin Musa Matwalli Atwah, Ahmed Mohammed Hamed Ali |
| All Events |
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| Event | Time | Associated |
|---|
| Abu Ayyub al-Masri joins Egyptian Islamic Jihad | 1982 | Abu Ayyub al-Masri, Ayman al-Zawahiri (Organizer) |
| Al-Qaeda gains first members | Late 1989 | Abu Ayoub al-Iraqi (Leader), Jamal Ahmed al-Fadl, Abu Ubaidah al-Banshiri, Mohammed Atef, Osama bin Laden (Organizer), Ayman al-Zawahiri, Doctor Abdallah Izzildine, Abu Musab al Saudi, Doctor Fadhl el Masry, Abu Faraj al-Yemeni, Abu Burhan al-Iraqi, Mamdouh Mahmud Salim |
| Ayman al-Zawahri gives money to Jamal al-Fadl to buy a farm | 1991 | Ayman al-Zawahiri (Sender), Jamal Ahmed al-Fadl (Recipient), Abu Ubaidah al-Banshiri (Organizer) |
| Eidarous contacts al-Zawahiri | Oct. 29, 1997 | Ibrahim Eidarous (Communicant 1), Ayman al-Zawahiri (Communicant 2), Abdel Abdel Bary |
| Osama bin Laden issues fatwah calling for killing Americans | Feb. 23, 1998 | Osama bin Laden (Leader), Ayman al-Zawahiri (Leader) |
 Two al-Qaeda members meet with Iraqi intelligence | March 1998 | Ayman al-Zawahiri (Organizer) |
| Osama bin Laden holds press conference | May 26, 1998 | Osama bin Laden (Speaker), Mohammed Atef, Mohamed Rashed Daoud Al-Owhali, Ayman al-Zawahiri |
| Iraqi delegation meets with bin Laden | July 1998 | Osama bin Laden, Ayman al-Zawahiri (Organizer) |
| East African Embassy Bombings | 1030 local, Aug. 7, 1998-
1039 local, Aug. 7, 1998 | Osama bin Laden (Organizer), Mohammed Atef (Facilitator), Ayman al-Zawahiri (Facilitator), Saif al-Adel (Facilitator), Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah (Operational Commander), Mamdouh Mahmud Salim (Facilitator), Wadih El Hage (Facilitator), Azzam (Suicide Bomber), Fazul Abdullah Mohammed, Mustafa Mohammed Fadhil, Khalfan Khamis Mohamed, Mohamed Sadeek Odeh, Mohamed Rashed Daoud Al-Owhali (Attacker), Fahid Mohammed Ally Msalam, Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, Hamden Khalif Allah Awad (Suicide Bomber), Mushin Musa Matwalli Atwah, Ahmed Mohammed Hamed Ali |
| Bin Laden son marries Atef daughter | January 2001 | Osama bin Laden, Mohammed Atef, Ayman al-Zawahiri, Mohammed bin Laden |
| Hambali introduces WMD researcher to Zawahiri | Early 2001 | Yazid Sufaat, Hambali, Ayman al-Zawahiri, Mohammed Atef (Organizer) |
| Yazid Sufaat works on anthrax for al-Qaeda | Early 2001 | Yazid Sufaat, Mohammed Atef (Organizer), Ayman al-Zawahiri (Organizer) |
| Bin Laden walking in the mountains video | Sept. 10, 2003 | Osama bin Laden, Ayman al-Zawahiri, Amin al-Haq |
| Zawahiri audio recording on many topics | Sept. 28, 2003 | Ayman al-Zawahiri (Speaker) |
| Ayman al-Zawahri issues videotaped statement on Afghanistan | June 22, 2006-
May 30, 2006 | Ayman al-Zawahiri (Speaker), Abu Hanifah (Facilitator) |
| Al-Qaeda July 2006 composite video | July 7, 2006 | Osama bin Laden, Ayman al-Zawahiri, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Adam Gadahn, Shehzad Tanweer |
| Zawahiri and Gadahn September 2006 video | Sept. 2, 2006 | Ayman al-Zawahiri, Adam Gadahn |
| Zawahiri threatens attacks in Middle East | Sept. 11, 2006-
Summer 2006 | Ayman al-Zawahiri |
| Zawahiri speaks on Palestinian strife | Dec. 20, 2006 | Ayman al-Zawahiri (Speaker) |
| Zawahiri calls for attacks on Ethiopian forces in Somalia | Jan. 5, 2007 | Ayman al-Zawahiri (Speaker) |
| Zawahiri threatens UK over Rushdie knighthood | July 10, 2007 | Ayman al-Zawahiri |
