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Known Associates of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi

Direct Associations
Name	Relationship	Link(s)	Earliest Associated
Sheikh Abd Al-Rahman	Subordinate	Al-Qaeda in Iraq Zarqawi killed	2006
Sheikh Abd Al-Rahman was with al-Zarqawi when both were killed by a U.S. airstrike.
Sheikh Mansur	Subordinate	Al-Qaeda in Iraq Al-Qaeda in Iraq	2006
Sheikh Mansur served as religious emir for al-Qaeda in Iraq.
Salem bin Suweid	Subordinate	Al-Qaeda in Iraq US diplomat assassinated in Amman
Yasser Freihat	Subordinate	Al-Qaeda in Iraq US diplomat assassinated in Amman
Sabri Khrabudh al-Dulaimi	Subordinate	Al-Qaeda in Iraq Al-Qaeda in Iraq
Umar Baziyani	Subordinate	Ansar al-Sunna
Abu Atiya	Subordinate	Al-Qaeda in Iraq
Abu Ashraf	Subordinate	Al-Qaeda in Iraq
Abu Taisir	Subordinate	Al-Qaeda in Iraq
Abu Hafs al-Urduni	Subordinate	Islamic International Peacekeeping Brigade
Abu Ayyub al-Masri	Subordinate	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.
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
Indirect Associations
Osama bin Laden	Indirect	Al-Qaeda July 2006 composite video	July 7, 2006
Ayman al-Zawahiri	Indirect	Al-Qaeda July 2006 composite video	July 7, 2006
Adam Gadahn	Indirect	Al-Qaeda July 2006 composite video	July 7, 2006
Shehzad Tanweer	Indirect	Al-Qaeda July 2006 composite video	July 7, 2006
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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