Known Associates of Abu Ayyub al-Masri
| Direct Associations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Relationship | Link(s) | Earliest Associated |
 Abu Musab al-Zarqawi | Supervisor | Al-Qaeda in Iraq Mujahideen Shura Council Al-Qaeda in Iraq Abu Ayyub al-Masri meets Abu Musab al-Zarqawi | 2002 |
| Abu Ayyub may have set up the first al-Qaeda cell in Baghdad in 2002 under Zarqawi's direction. | |||
 Hamed Jumaa Farid al-Saeedi | Subordinate | Al-Qaeda in Iraq | |
| Abu Muhayyam al-Masri | Subordinate | Al-Qaeda in Iraq | |
| Khaled al-Mashhadani | Subordinate | Al-Qaeda in Iraq | |
| Ayman al-Zawahiri | Supervisor | Abu Ayyub al-Masri joins Egyptian Islamic Jihad | 1982 |
| Abu Ayyub joined al-Zawahiri's Egyptian Islamic Jihad in the 1980s and remains in contact with him. | |||
| Sheikh Mansur | Associate | Al-Qaeda in Iraq | 2006 |
| Both are senior members of al-Qaeda in Iraq. | |||
| Umar Baziyani | Associate | ||
| Abdullah bin Rashid | Same Group | Mujahideen Shura Council | |
| Abu Abd al-Rahman al-Iraqi | Same Group | Al-Qaeda in Iraq | |
| Talib Yousif Zwayed al-Isawy | Same Group | Al-Qaeda in Iraq | |
| Sabri Khrabudh al-Dulaimi | Same Group | Al-Qaeda in Iraq | |
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