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Known Associates of Mohammed Atef

Direct Associations
Name	Relationship	Link(s)	Earliest Associated
Osama bin Laden	Supervisor	Al-Qaeda Al-Qaeda Al-Qaeda majlis al shura Al-Qaeda gains first members Essam al-Ridi meets with Osama bin Laden Khalid Shaikh Mohammed proposes 9-11 to bin Laden Osama bin Laden goes to Afghanistan Osama bin Laden holds press conference East African Embassy Bombings Bin Laden approves 9-11 operation Bin Laden meets with KSM regarding planes operation Bin Laden son marries Atef daughter 9-11	Early 1993
Abu Khalid al-Masri	Subordinate	Al-Qaeda Al-Qaeda leaders visit Nairobi	Late 1994
Abd al-Rahim	Subordinate	Al-Qaeda
Muhammad Said Ali Hasan	Subordinate	Al-Qaeda
Khalid Ibn Muhammad al-Juhani	Subordinate	Al-Qaeda
Abu Turab al Urdani	Subordinate	9-11 plotters 9-11
Saif al-Adel	Subordinate	Al-Qaeda Military Committee Al-Qaeda Al-Qaeda majlis al shura Atef and others train Somali tribes Black Hawk Down East African Embassy Bombings	Spring 1993
Both sat on al-Qaeda's military committee.
Wadih El Hage	Associate	Wadih El Hage meets Atef Essam al-Ridi meets with Osama bin Laden Atef and El Hage go to Mombasa Fazul Mohammed writes to Co-conspirator Wadih El Hage meets with Atef in Peshawar Wadih El Hage writes to Co-conspirator 2 East African Embassy Bombings	1983
Hambali	Associate	Hambali introduces WMD researcher to Zawahiri	1998
Ayman al-Zawahiri	Same Group	Egyptian Islamic Jihad Al-Qaeda Al-Qaeda majlis al shura Al-Qaeda gains first members Osama bin Laden holds press conference East African Embassy Bombings Bin Laden son marries Atef daughter Hambali introduces WMD researcher to Zawahiri Yazid Sufaat works on anthrax for al-Qaeda	May 26, 1998
Ibrahim Eidarous	Same Group	Egyptian Islamic Jihad
Abu Ubaidah al-Banshiri	Same Group	Al-Qaeda Military Committee Al-Qaeda gains first members Arnaout and al-Qaeda member purchase small arms Essam al-Ridi meets with Osama bin Laden Atef and others train Somali tribes Black Hawk Down Atef and al-Banshiri meet with Odeh	Late 1989
Saif al Islam el Masry	Same Group	Al-Qaeda Military Committee
Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah	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
Khalid Shaikh Mohammed	Same Group	9-11 plotters 9-11 Second Wave Plotters Al-Qaeda KSM visits Atef in Sudan Khalid Shaikh Mohammed proposes 9-11 to bin Laden Bin Laden approves 9-11 operation Bin Laden meets with KSM regarding planes operation 9-11 Second Wave plot 9-11	1995
Mohamed Atta	Same Group	9-11 plotters Atef meets with Hamburg cell 9-11	Early December 1999
Ramzi Binalshibh	Same Group	9-11 plotters Atef meets with Hamburg cell 9-11	Early December 1999
Mustafa Ahmed al-Hawsawi	Same Group	9-11 plotters 9-11
Ali Abdulaziz Ali	Same Group	9-11 plotters 9-11
Marwan al-Shehhi	Same Group	9-11 plotters 9-11
Zacarias Moussaoui	Same Group	9-11 Second Wave Plotters 9-11 Second Wave plot
Abderraouf Jdey	Same Group	9-11 Second Wave Plotters 9-11 Second Wave plot
Zaini Zakariya	Same Group	9-11 Second Wave Plotters 9-11 Second Wave plot
Abdullah Azzam	Same Group	Al-Qaeda
Shaikh Saiid al-Masri	Same Group	Al-Qaeda
Saad bin Laden	Same Group	Al-Qaeda
Mamdouh Mahmud Salim	Same Group	Al-Qaeda majlis al shura Al-Qaeda gains first members Essam al-Ridi meets with Osama bin Laden East African Embassy Bombings	Early 1993
Abu Faraj al-Yemeni	Same Group	Al-Qaeda majlis al shura Al-Qaeda gains first members
Abu Ayoub al-Iraqi	Same Event	Al-Qaeda gains first members	Late 1989
Jamal Ahmed al-Fadl	Same Event	Al-Qaeda gains first members Atef describes Somalia to associates in Sudan Threat to US Embassy in Saudi Arabia Al-Qaeda plots against US Embassy in Saudi Arabia	Late 1989
Essam al-Ridi	Same Event	Essam al-Ridi meets with Osama bin Laden	Early 1993
Mohamed Sadeek Odeh	Same Event	Atef and others train Somali tribes Black Hawk Down Atef and al-Banshiri meet with Odeh East African Embassy Bombings	Spring 1993
Fazul Abdullah Mohammed	Same Event	Atef and others train Somali tribes Black Hawk Down Fazul Mohammed writes to Co-conspirator East African Embassy Bombings	Spring 1993
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
LHoussaine Kherchtou	Same Event	Al-Qaeda leaders visit Nairobi Al-Qaeda considers French targets in Senegal Threat to French interests in Senegal	Late 1994
Abu Fadhl al-Makkee	Same Event	Al-Qaeda leaders visit Nairobi	Late 1994
Ali Mohamed	Same Event	Al-Qaeda leaders visit Nairobi Al-Qaeda considers French targets in Senegal Threat to French interests in Senegal	Late 1994
Anas al-Liby	Same Event	Al-Qaeda leaders visit Nairobi	Late 1994
Hamzalla al Liby	Same Event	Al-Qaeda leaders visit Nairobi	Late 1994
Khalid al-Fawwaz	Same Event	Al-Qaeda leaders visit Nairobi Atef writes to Khalid al Fawwaz	Late 1994
Mohamed Rashed Daoud Al-Owhali	Same Event	Osama bin Laden holds press conference East African Embassy Bombings	May 26, 1998
Ziad Jarrah	Same Event	Atef meets with Hamburg cell 9-11	Early December 1999
Mushabib al Hamlan	Same Event	Nami and Hamlan meet Atef	October 2000
Ahmed al-Nami	Same Event	Nami and Hamlan meet Atef 9-11	October 2000
Mohammed bin Laden	Same Event	Bin Laden son marries Atef daughter	January 2001
Indirect Associations
Doctor Abdallah Izzildine	Indirect	Al-Qaeda gains first members	Late 1989
Abu Musab al Saudi	Indirect	Al-Qaeda gains first members	Late 1989
Doctor Fadhl el Masry	Indirect	Al-Qaeda gains first members	Late 1989
Abu Burhan al-Iraqi	Indirect	Al-Qaeda gains first members	Late 1989
Enaam Arnaout	Indirect	Arnaout and al-Qaeda member purchase small arms	1990
Yassin al-Iraqi	Indirect	Arnaout and al-Qaeda member purchase small arms	1990
Ihab Ali	Indirect	Fazul Mohammed writes to Co-conspirator Wadih El Hage writes to Co-conspirator 2	Early 1997
Azzam	Indirect	East African Embassy Bombings	Aug. 7, 1998
Mustafa Mohammed Fadhil	Indirect	East African Embassy Bombings	Aug. 7, 1998
Khalfan Khamis Mohamed	Indirect	East African Embassy Bombings	Aug. 7, 1998
Fahid Mohammed Ally Msalam	Indirect	East African Embassy Bombings	Aug. 7, 1998
Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani	Indirect	East African Embassy Bombings	Aug. 7, 1998
Hamden Khalif Allah Awad	Indirect	East African Embassy Bombings	Aug. 7, 1998
Yazid Sufaat	Indirect	Hambali introduces WMD researcher to Zawahiri Yazid Sufaat works on anthrax for al-Qaeda	Early 2001
Nawaf al-Hazmi	Indirect	9-11	Sept. 11, 2001
Khalid al-Mihdhar	Indirect	9-11	Sept. 11, 2001
Hani Hanjour	Indirect	9-11	Sept. 11, 2001
Abdul Aziz al Omari	Indirect	9-11	Sept. 11, 2001
Satam al Suqami	Indirect	9-11	Sept. 11, 2001
Wail al-Shehri	Indirect	9-11	Sept. 11, 2001
Waleed al-Shehri	Indirect	9-11	Sept. 11, 2001
Fayez Bannihammad	Indirect	9-11	Sept. 11, 2001
Mohand al-Shehri	Indirect	9-11	Sept. 11, 2001
Ahmed al-Ghamdi	Indirect	9-11	Sept. 11, 2001
Hamza al-Ghamdi	Indirect	9-11	Sept. 11, 2001
Majed Moqed	Indirect	9-11	Sept. 11, 2001
Salem al-Hazmi	Indirect	9-11	Sept. 11, 2001
Saeed al-Ghamdi	Indirect	9-11	Sept. 11, 2001
Ahmed al-Haznawi	Indirect	9-11	Sept. 11, 2001
Tawfiq bin Attash	Indirect	9-11	Sept. 11, 2001
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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