| Direct Associations |
|---|
| Name | Relationship | Link(s) | Earliest
Associated |
|---|
 Osama bin Laden | Supervisor | Al-Qaeda
Al-Nashiri and Attash meet bin Laden
Nashiri meets bin Laden in Jalalabad
Osama bin Laden tasks al-Nashiri to attack ship
Nashiri and Attash meet with bin Laden on Cole plot
USS Cole bombing
Limburg oil tanker attacked
| 1994 |
 Abu Hazim al-Shair | Subordinate | Al-Qaeda
| |
| Fahd al Quso | Subordinate | Al-Qaeda
Failed USS The Sullivans bombing
USS Cole bombing
| |
| Hassan al Khamri | Subordinate | Al-Qaeda
Failed USS The Sullivans bombing
USS Cole bombing
| |
| Jamal al Badawi | Subordinate | Al-Qaeda
Nashiri enlists Badawi in Cole plot
Nashiri rents Aden residence
Nashiri buys boat
Failed USS The Sullivans bombing
USS Cole bombing
| Spring 1999 |
| Azzam | Relative | Nashiri and Azzam plot to smuggle missiles into Saudi Arabia
| |
| They are cousins. |
| Omar Ibn al-Khattab | Subordinate | | |
| Nashiri served under Khattab in Tajikistan and Chechnya in the early 1990s. |
| Tawfiq bin Attash | Same Event | Al-Nashiri and Attash meet bin Laden
Nashiri enlists Badawi in Cole plot
Nashiri and Attash meet with bin Laden on Cole plot
USS Cole bombing
Fourteen senior prisoners to Guantanamo
| 1994 |
| Mushin Musa Matwalli Atwah | Same Event | Nashiri and Atwah test explosives
USS Cole bombing
| Summer 2000 |
| Ali Abdulaziz Ali | Same Event | Fourteen senior prisoners to Guantanamo
| Sept. 4, 2006 |
| Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani | Same Event | Fourteen senior prisoners to Guantanamo
| Sept. 4, 2006 |
| Hambali | Same Event | Fourteen senior prisoners to Guantanamo
| Sept. 4, 2006 |
| Mustafa Ahmed al-Hawsawi | Same Event | Fourteen senior prisoners to Guantanamo
| Sept. 4, 2006 |
| Lillie | Same Event | Fourteen senior prisoners to Guantanamo
| Sept. 4, 2006 |
| Majid Khan | Same Event | Fourteen senior prisoners to Guantanamo
| Sept. 4, 2006 |
| Abu Faraj al-Libbi | Same Event | Fourteen senior prisoners to Guantanamo
| Sept. 4, 2006 |
| Abu Zubaydah | Same Event | Fourteen senior prisoners to Guantanamo
| Sept. 4, 2006 |
| Ramzi Binalshibh | Same Event | Fourteen senior prisoners to Guantanamo
| Sept. 4, 2006 |
| Zubair | Same Event | Fourteen senior prisoners to Guantanamo
| Sept. 4, 2006 |
| Khalid Shaikh Mohammed | Same Event | Fourteen senior prisoners to Guantanamo
| Sept. 4, 2006 |
| Gouled Hassan Dourad | Same Event | Fourteen senior prisoners to Guantanamo
| Sept. 4, 2006 |
| Indirect Associations |
|---|
 Ibrahim al-Thawar | Indirect | Failed USS The Sullivans bombing
USS Cole bombing
| Jan. 3, 2000 |
| Saif al-Adel | Indirect | USS Cole bombing
| Oct. 12, 2000 |
| Qaed Salim Sinan al-Harethi | Indirect | USS Cole bombing
| Oct. 12, 2000 |
| Mohammed Hamdi al-Ahdal | Indirect | USS Cole bombing
Limburg oil tanker attacked
Limburg oil tanker attacked
| Oct. 12, 2000 |
| Fawaz al-Rabihi | Indirect | Limburg oil tanker attacked
| Oct. 6, 2002 |
| Direct Associations describe relationships in which the two are believed to have had a personal relationship. Indirect associations are those who are connected through an event or group, but it is not established in sources that they ever had direct contact. |
