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Known Activities of Khalid Shaikh Mohammed

Major Events
EventTimeAssociated
World Trade Center truck bombing1218 local, Feb. 26, 1993Ramzi Yousef (Operational Commander), Eyad Ismoil (Attacker), Mohammad Salameh (Facilitator), Nidal Ayyad (Facilitator), Abdul Rahman Yasin (Facilitator), Mahmud Abouhalima (Facilitator), Ahmad Mohammed Ajaj (Facilitator), Khalid Shaikh Mohammed (Financier)
Project BojinkaAugust 1994-
January 1995
Ramzi Yousef (Leader), Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, Wali Khan Amin Shah, Abdul Hakim Murad, Mohammed Jamal Khalifa (Financier)
Khalid Shaikh Mohammed proposes 9-11 to bin LadenMid 1996Osama bin Laden, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, Mohammed Atef (Organizer)
Bin Laden approves 9-11 operationLate 1998-
Early 1999
Osama bin Laden, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed (Operational Commander), Mohammed Atef (Organizer)
9-11 Part 2Mid 1999-
Spring 2000
Khalid Shaikh Mohammed (Operational Commander), Tawfiq bin Attash, Abu Bara al-Yemeni, Osama bin Laden (Organizer)
9-110814 local, Sept. 11, 2001-
1003 local, Sept. 11, 2001
Osama bin Laden (Organizer), Khalid Shaikh Mohammed (Operational Commander), Mohamed Atta, Marwan al-Shehhi, Ziad Jarrah, Nawaf al-Hazmi, Khalid al-Mihdhar, Hani Hanjour, Abdul Aziz al Omari, Satam al Suqami, Wail al-Shehri, Waleed al-Shehri, Fayez Bannihammad, Mohand al-Shehri, Ahmed al-Ghamdi, Hamza al-Ghamdi, Majed Moqed, Salem al-Hazmi, Saeed al-Ghamdi, Ahmed al-Nami, Ahmed al-Haznawi, Ramzi Binalshibh (Facilitator), Ali Abdulaziz Ali (Financier), Mustafa Ahmed al-Hawsawi (Financier), Mohammed Atef (Organizer), Tawfiq bin Attash (Facilitator), Abu Turab al Urdani (Facilitator)
KSM capturedMarch 1, 2003Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, Mustafa Ahmed al-Hawsawi
All Events
EventTimeAssociated
KSM attends North Carolina A and T1983-
December 1986
Khalid Shaikh Mohammed
Khalid Shaikh Mohammed attends Chowan College1983Khalid Shaikh Mohammed
OBL and KSM in battle together1987Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, Osama bin Laden
KSM meets famous mujahideenEarly 1987Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, Zahid al-Shaikh, Abdul Rasool Sayyaf
KSM trains at Sada campMid 1987Khalid Shaikh Mohammed (Trainee), Abdul Rasool Sayyaf (Organizer)
KSM fights in Afghan civil warLate 1987Khalid Shaikh Mohammed
KSM works for NGO1988-
1992
Khalid Shaikh Mohammed
KSM fights in Bosnia1992Khalid Shaikh Mohammed
KSM lives in QatarFall 1992-
January 1996
Khalid Shaikh Mohammed
KSM wires money to SalamehNov. 3, 1992Khalid Shaikh Mohammed (Sender), Mohammad Salameh (Recipient)
World Trade Center truck bombing1218 local, Feb. 26, 1993Ramzi Yousef (Operational Commander), Eyad Ismoil (Attacker), Mohammad Salameh (Facilitator), Nidal Ayyad (Facilitator), Abdul Rahman Yasin (Facilitator), Mahmud Abouhalima (Facilitator), Ahmad Mohammed Ajaj (Facilitator), Khalid Shaikh Mohammed (Financier)
Project BojinkaAugust 1994-
January 1995
Ramzi Yousef (Leader), Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, Wali Khan Amin Shah, Abdul Hakim Murad, Mohammed Jamal Khalifa (Financier)
Threat to Pope John Paul IIAugust 1994Ramzi Yousef, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, Wali Khan Amin Shah, Abdul Hakim Murad, Mohammed Jamal Khalifa
Threat to transpacific airlinersAugust 1994-
January 1995
Ramzi Yousef, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, Wali Khan Amin Shah, Abdul Hakim Murad, Mohammed Jamal Khalifa
Yousef rents Manila apartmentAugust 1994Ramzi Yousef, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed
Threat to US Consulate in KarachiAugust 1994Ramzi Yousef, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, Wali Khan Amin Shah, Abdul Hakim Murad, Mohammed Jamal Khalifa
Threat to CIA headquartersAugust 1994Ramzi Yousef, Abdul Hakim Murad, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, Wali Khan Amin Shah, Mohammed Jamal Khalifa
Bojinka cell meets in KarachiSeptember 1994Ramzi Yousef (Leader), Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, Wali Khan Amin Shah
Bojinka plotters bomb theater2230 local, Dec. 1, 1994Ramzi Yousef (Organizer), Khalid Shaikh Mohammed (Facilitator), Wali Khan Amin Shah (Facilitator), Abdul Hakim Murad (Facilitator)
KSM visits Atef in Sudan1995Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, Mohammed Atef
KSM visits Yemen1995Khalid Shaikh Mohammed
KSM visits Malaysia1995Khalid Shaikh Mohammed
KSM visits Brazil1995Khalid Shaikh Mohammed
Khalid Shaikh Mohammed in QatarJanuary 1996-
July 1996
Khalid Shaikh Mohammed
KSM moves to AfghanistanEarly 1996Khalid Shaikh Mohammed
Khalid Shaikh Mohammed proposes 9-11 to bin LadenMid 1996Osama bin Laden, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, Mohammed Atef (Organizer)
KSM visits IndiaLate 1996Khalid Shaikh Mohammed
KSM visits IndonesiaLate 1996Khalid Shaikh Mohammed
KSM visits Hambali in MalaysiaLate 1996Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, Hambali
KSM moves from Iran to KarachiJanuary 1997Khalid Shaikh Mohammed
KSM goes to AzerbaijanEarly 1997Khalid Shaikh Mohammed
KSM returns to KarachiEarly 1997Khalid Shaikh Mohammed
KSM meets Hambali in Karachi1998Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, Hambali
Bin Laden approves 9-11 operationLate 1998-
Early 1999
Osama bin Laden, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed (Operational Commander), Mohammed Atef (Organizer)
Bin Laden meets with KSM regarding planes operationSpring 1999Osama bin Laden, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, Mohammed Atef
9-11 Part 2Mid 1999-
Spring 2000
Khalid Shaikh Mohammed (Operational Commander), Tawfiq bin Attash, Abu Bara al-Yemeni, Osama bin Laden (Organizer)
Issa al-Britani visits Hambali in MalaysiaLate 1999Hambali, Dhiren Barot, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed (Organizer)
KSM teaches 9-11 operativesEarly December 1999Khalid Shaikh Mohammed (Trainer), Nawaf al-Hazmi (Trainee), Tawfiq bin Attash (Trainee), Abu Bara al-Yemeni (Trainee)
Shehhi meets KSMEarly December 1999Marwan al-Shehhi (Trainee), Khalid Shaikh Mohammed (Trainer)
9-11 Second Wave plot2000Khalid Shaikh Mohammed (Organizer), Mohammed Atef (Organizer), Zacarias Moussaoui, Abderraouf Jdey, Zaini Zakariya
Atta and Binalshibh meet KSMEarly 2000Khalid Shaikh Mohammed (Trainer), Ramzi Binalshibh (Trainee), Mohamed Atta (Trainee), Abderraouf Jdey (Trainee)
Bin Laden recalls KSM to AfghanistanSpring 2000Khalid Shaikh Mohammed
Hanjour reports to KSMMid June 2000-
June 20, 2000
Khalid Shaikh Mohammed (Trainer), Hani Hanjour (Trainee)
Threat to Newark financial buildingAugust 2000Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, Dhiren Barot, Nadeem Tarmohamed, Qaisar Shaffi
Threat to NYC financial buildingsAugust 2000Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, Dhiren Barot, Nadeem Tarmohamed, Qaisar Shaffi
Threat to DC financial buildingsLate August 2000Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, Dhiren Barot, Nadeem Tarmohamed, Qaisar Shaffi
Nami and Hamlan meet KSMOctober 2000Khalid Shaikh Mohammed (Leader), Abu Basir al-Yemeni, Ahmed al-Nami, Mushabib al Hamlan
Nami contacts KSMMid October 2000Ahmed al-Nami (Communicant 1), Khalid Shaikh Mohammed (Communicant 2)
Moussaoui recalled to PakistanFall 2000Zacarias Moussaoui, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed
Issa al Britani cases targets in the United StatesEarly 2001Issa al Britani, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed (Organizer), Osama bin Laden (Organizer)
Binalshibh meets with KSM in KarachiEarly June 2001Ramzi Binalshibh, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, Abd al Rahim Ghulum Rabbani
Binalshibh contacts KSMMid July 2001Ramzi Binalshibh (Communicant 1), Khalid Shaikh Mohammed (Communicant 2)
Al-Qaeda plot to attack Israeli citySummer 2001Osama bin Laden, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed
9-110814 local, Sept. 11, 2001-
1003 local, Sept. 11, 2001
Osama bin Laden (Organizer), Khalid Shaikh Mohammed (Operational Commander), Mohamed Atta, Marwan al-Shehhi, Ziad Jarrah, Nawaf al-Hazmi, Khalid al-Mihdhar, Hani Hanjour, Abdul Aziz al Omari, Satam al Suqami, Wail al-Shehri, Waleed al-Shehri, Fayez Bannihammad, Mohand al-Shehri, Ahmed al-Ghamdi, Hamza al-Ghamdi, Majed Moqed, Salem al-Hazmi, Saeed al-Ghamdi, Ahmed al-Nami, Ahmed al-Haznawi, Ramzi Binalshibh (Facilitator), Ali Abdulaziz Ali (Financier), Mustafa Ahmed al-Hawsawi (Financier), Mohammed Atef (Organizer), Tawfiq bin Attash (Facilitator), Abu Turab al Urdani (Facilitator)
West Coast Airliner PlotNovember 2001-
Mid 2002
Khalid Shaikh Mohammed (Operational Commander), Hambali, Lillie, Zubair
Second-Wave Target Los AngelesNovember 2001-
Mid 2002
Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, Hambali, Lillie, Zubair
Foiled Shoe Bombing of AA 63Dec. 22, 2001Richard Reid (Attacker), Sajid Badat (Facilitator), Ali Abdulaziz Ali (Facilitator), Khalid Shaikh Mohammed (Operational Commander)
Threat to US gas stations2002Majid Khan, Ali Abdulaziz Ali, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed (Organizer)
Plot to bomb US gas stations2002-
2003
Majid Khan, Ali Abdulaziz Ali, Uzair Paracha, Saifullah Paracha, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed (Organizer)
Al-Qaeda targets Brooklyn Bridge and trainsEarly 2002-
March 2003
Iyman Faris, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, Majid Khan
Target Brooklyn BridgeEarly 2002Iyman Faris, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed
Faris meets Khalid Shaikh MohammedEarly 2002Iyman Faris, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, Majid Khan
Target DC-area trainsEarly 2002Iyman Faris, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed
Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl killedJan. 29, 2002Khalid Shaikh Mohammed (Attacker)
Djerba synagogue bombingApril 11, 2002Nizar bin Mohammed Nawar (Suicide Bomber), Khalid Shaikh Mohammed (Facilitator), Saad bin Laden (Facilitator)
Disrupted Heathrow Airport Plot2003-
2003
Khalid Shaikh Mohammed (Operational Commander)
Target Heathrow Airport2003Khalid Shaikh Mohammed (Operational Commander)
KSM capturedMarch 1, 2003Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, Mustafa Ahmed al-Hawsawi
US financial buildings on orange alert1400 local, Aug. 1, 2004-
Nov. 10, 2004
Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, Dhiren Barot, Nadeem Tarmohamed, Qaisar Shaffi
Fourteen senior prisoners to GuantanamoSept. 4, 2006Ali Abdulaziz Ali, Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, Hambali, Mustafa Ahmed al-Hawsawi, Lillie, Majid Khan, Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, Abu Faraj al-Libbi, Abu Zubaydah, Ramzi Binalshibh, Zubair, Tawfiq bin Attash, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, Gouled Hassan Dourad

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