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Known Activities of Tawfiq bin Attash

Major Events
EventTimeAssociated
9-11 Part 2Mid 1999-
Spring 2000
Khalid Shaikh Mohammed (Operational Commander), Tawfiq bin Attash, Abu Bara al-Yemeni, Osama bin Laden (Organizer)
The Kuala Lumpur meetingJan. 5, 2000-
Jan. 8, 2000
Khalid al-Mihdhar, Nawaf al-Hazmi, Tawfiq bin Attash, Abu Bara al-Yemeni, Hambali (Organizer), Yazid Sufaat
USS Cole bombing1122 local, Oct. 12, 2000Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri (Operational Commander), Tawfiq bin Attash (Facilitator), Ibrahim al-Thawar (Suicide Bomber), Hassan al Khamri (Suicide Bomber), Jamal al Badawi (Facilitator), Fahd al Quso (Facilitator), Mushin Musa Matwalli Atwah (Facilitator), Osama bin Laden (Organizer), Saif al-Adel (Facilitator), Qaed Salim Sinan al-Harethi (Facilitator), Mohammed Hamdi al-Ahdal (Facilitator)
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)
Tawfiq bin Attash and Ali Abdulaziz capturedApril 29, 2003Tawfiq bin Attash, Ali Abdulaziz Ali
All Events
EventTimeAssociated
Attash goes to fight in Afghanistan1994Tawfiq bin Attash
Al-Nashiri and Attash meet bin Laden1994Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, Tawfiq bin Attash, Osama bin Laden
Badawi trains in Afghanistan1998Jamal al Badawi (Trainee), Tawfiq bin Attash (Trainer)
Cole conspirators detained by Yemenis1999Tawfiq bin Attash
Khallad goes to Yemen to assist in ship plotEarly 1999Tawfiq bin Attash
Attash is denied US visaApril 3, 1999Tawfiq bin Attash
Nashiri enlists Badawi in Cole plotSpring 1999Tawfiq bin Attash (Communicant 1), Jamal al Badawi (Communicant 2), Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri
9-11 Part 2Mid 1999-
Spring 2000
Khalid Shaikh Mohammed (Operational Commander), Tawfiq bin Attash, Abu Bara al-Yemeni, Osama bin Laden (Organizer)
Khallad released from Yemeni jailSummer 1999Tawfiq bin Attash
Veteran operatives attend Mes Aynak trainingFall 1999Saif al-Adel (Trainer), Salah al Din (Trainer), Khalid al-Mihdhar (Trainee), Nawaf al-Hazmi (Trainee), Ibrahim al-Thawar (Trainee), Abu Bara al-Yemeni (Trainee), Tawfiq bin Attash (Trainee), Nasser al Bahri (Trainee), Abderraouf Jdey (Trainee)
KSM teaches 9-11 operativesEarly December 1999Khalid Shaikh Mohammed (Trainer), Nawaf al-Hazmi (Trainee), Tawfiq bin Attash (Trainee), Abu Bara al-Yemeni (Trainee)
Two operatives travel to Kuala LumpurMid December 1999Abu Bara al-Yemeni, Tawfiq bin Attash
Attash and Abu Bara meet HambaliMid December 1999Tawfiq bin Attash, Abu Bara al-Yemeni, Hambali
Attash flies to BangkokDec. 31, 1999Tawfiq bin Attash
Attash cases flight to Hong KongJan. 1, 2000Tawfiq bin Attash
Attash cases flight to BangkokJan. 2, 2000Tawfiq bin Attash
The Kuala Lumpur meetingJan. 5, 2000-
Jan. 8, 2000
Khalid al-Mihdhar, Nawaf al-Hazmi, Tawfiq bin Attash, Abu Bara al-Yemeni, Hambali (Organizer), Yazid Sufaat
Three operatives to BangkokJan. 8, 2000Tawfiq bin Attash, Nawaf al-Hazmi, Khalid al-Mihdhar
Attash meets Quso and ThawarMid January 2000Tawfiq bin Attash, Fahd al Quso, Ibrahim al-Thawar, Khalid al-Mihdhar, Nawaf al-Hazmi
Nashiri and Attash meet with bin Laden on Cole plotSpring 2000-
Summer 2000
Osama bin Laden, Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, Tawfiq bin Attash
Attash meets several 9-11 operatives in KandaharSummer 2000Tawfiq bin Attash, Saeed al-Ghamdi, Satam al Suqami, Wail al-Shehri, Waleed al-Shehri, Abdul Aziz al Omari, Ahmed al-Nami, Hamza al-Ghamdi, Salem al-Hazmi, Majed Moqed
Attash flees YemenLate September 2000Tawfiq bin Attash
USS Cole bombing1122 local, Oct. 12, 2000Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri (Operational Commander), Tawfiq bin Attash (Facilitator), Ibrahim al-Thawar (Suicide Bomber), Hassan al Khamri (Suicide Bomber), Jamal al Badawi (Facilitator), Fahd al Quso (Facilitator), Mushin Musa Matwalli Atwah (Facilitator), Osama bin Laden (Organizer), Saif al-Adel (Facilitator), Qaed Salim Sinan al-Harethi (Facilitator), Mohammed Hamdi al-Ahdal (Facilitator)
Attash describes Cole plotSpring 2001Tawfiq bin Attash
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)
Attash meets bin LadenJanuary 2003Osama bin Laden, Tawfiq bin Attash
Tawfiq bin Attash and Ali Abdulaziz capturedApril 29, 2003Tawfiq bin Attash, Ali Abdulaziz Ali
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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