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Known Associates of Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah

Direct Associations
Name	Relationship	Link(s)	Earliest Associated
Osama bin Laden	Supervisor	Al-Qaeda Al-Qaeda majlis al shura East African Embassy Bombings
Abu Mohamed el Masry Saad al Sharif	Poss alt ID
Mohamed Sadeek Odeh	Subordinate	Nairobi embassy bombing cell Atef and others train Somali tribes Black Hawk Down Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah advises Odeh to leave Kenya Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah and Odeh go to Nairobi East African Embassy Bombings	Spring 1993
Sheikh Ahmed Salim Swedan	Subordinate	East Africa Embassy Bombers
Fazul Abdullah Mohammed	Subordinate	Al-Qaeda East Africa Embassy Bombers Atef and others train Somali tribes Black Hawk Down Kenya Cell makes final preparations Fazul Abdullah Mohammed cases American embassy East African Embassy Bombings Truck bombing at US Embassy Nairobi	Spring 1993
Mohammed Atef	Same Group	Al-Qaeda Military Committee Al-Qaeda majlis al shura Atef and others train Somali tribes Black Hawk Down East African Embassy Bombings	Spring 1993
Abu Ubaidah al-Banshiri	Same Group	Al-Qaeda Military Committee Atef and others train Somali tribes Black Hawk Down	Spring 1993
Saif al-Adel	Same Group	Al-Qaeda Military Committee Al-Qaeda majlis al shura Atef and others train Somali tribes Black Hawk Down East African Embassy Bombings	Spring 1993
Saif al Islam el Masry	Same Group	Al-Qaeda Military Committee
Mustafa Mohammed Fadhil	Same Group	East Africa Embassy Bombers East African Embassy Bombings
Mohamed Rashed Daoud Al-Owhali	Same Group	East Africa Embassy Bombers Kenya Cell makes final preparations Fazul Abdullah Mohammed cases American embassy East African Embassy Bombings Truck bombing at US Embassy Nairobi	Aug. 1, 1997
Azzam	Same Group	East Africa Embassy Bombers Kenya Cell makes final preparations Fazul Abdullah Mohammed cases American embassy East African Embassy Bombings Truck bombing at US Embassy Nairobi	Aug. 1, 1997
Hamden Khalif Allah Awad	Same Group	East Africa Embassy Bombers East African Embassy Bombings
Khalfan Khamis Mohamed	Same Group	East Africa Embassy Bombers East African Embassy Bombings
Khalid Shaikh Mohammed	Same Group	Al-Qaeda Media Committee
Abu Musab Reuter	Same Group	Al-Qaeda Media Committee
Ayman al-Zawahiri	Same Group	Al-Qaeda majlis al shura East African Embassy Bombings
Mamdouh Mahmud Salim	Same Group	Al-Qaeda majlis al shura East African Embassy Bombings
Abu Faraj al-Yemeni	Same Group	Al-Qaeda majlis al shura
Jamal Ahmed al-Fadl	Same Event	Training at Jihad Wal Camp in Afghanistan	1989
Abu Jaffar	Same Event	Training at Jihad Wal Camp in Afghanistan	1989
Salem al Masri	Same Event	Training at Jihad Wal Camp in Afghanistan	1989
Haydar Dosari	Same Event	Training at Jihad Wal Camp in Afghanistan	1989
Mushin Musa Matwalli Atwah	Same Event	Atef and others train Somali tribes Black Hawk Down East African Embassy Bombings	Spring 1993
Ahmed Mohammed Hamed Ali	Same Event	Atef and others train Somali tribes Black Hawk Down East African Embassy Bombings	Spring 1993
Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani	Same Event	Ahmed Abdullah Ahmed and Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani go to Pakistan East African Embassy Bombings	Aug. 6, 1998
Indirect Associations
Wadih El Hage	Indirect	East African Embassy Bombings	Aug. 7, 1998
Fahid Mohammed Ally Msalam	Indirect	East African Embassy Bombings	Aug. 7, 1998
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.

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