| Direct Associations |
|---|
| Name | Relationship | Link(s) | Earliest
Associated |
|---|
 Abu Hammam al Saudi | Subordinate | Al-Qaeda
| |
 Abu Mohamed el Masry Saad al Sharif | Subordinate | Al-Qaeda
| |
| Khalifa al Muscat Omani | Subordinate | Al-Qaeda
| |
| Qaricept al Jizaeri | Subordinate | Al-Qaeda
| |
| Saad al-Sharif | Subordinate | Al-Qaeda
Jamal Ahmed al-Fadl steals from al-Qaeda
| Summer 1995 |
| Wadih El Hage | Subordinate | Al-Qaeda
Wadi al Aqiq
Essam al-Ridi meets with Osama bin Laden
Wadih El Hage and Fazul Mohammed deliver money from Osama
East African Embassy Bombings
| 1986 |
| Wadih El Hage served as personal secretary to Osama bin Laden in Sudan. |
 Abu Amjed | Subordinate | Al-Qaeda
| |
| Sharif al Deen | Subordinate | International al-Ikhlas Company
| |
| Abu Ayoub al-Iraqi | Subordinate | Al-Qaeda
Al-Qaeda gains first members
| |
| Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah | Subordinate | Al-Qaeda
Al-Qaeda majlis al shura
East African Embassy Bombings
| |
| Abu Faraj al-Yemeni | Subordinate | Al-Qaeda
Al-Qaeda majlis al shura
Al-Qaeda gains first members
| |
| Abu Basir al-Yemeni | Subordinate | Al-Qaeda
| |
| Abu Ubaidah al-Banshiri | Subordinate | Al-Qaeda
Founders meet and form al-Qaeda
Al-Qaeda gains first members
Abu Fadhl al Makkee gives Jamal al-Fadl money to buy a farm
Essam al-Ridi meets with Osama bin Laden
Al-Qaeda discusses targeting US forces in Somalia
| Aug. 17, 1988 |
| Abu Qutaiba al Suri | Subordinate | Al-Qaeda
| |
| Abu Faraj al-Libbi | Subordinate | Al-Qaeda
| |
| Mamdouh Mahmud Salim | Subordinate | Al-Qaeda
Wadi al Aqiq
Al-Qaeda majlis al shura
Founders meet and form al-Qaeda
Osama bin Laden at Areen Guesthouse
Al-Qaeda gains first members
Essam al-Ridi meets with Osama bin Laden
Jamal Ahmed al-Fadl steals from al-Qaeda
East African Embassy Bombings
| Aug. 17, 1988 |
| Mohammed Atef | Subordinate | 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 |
| Sulaiman Abu Ghaith | Subordinate | Al-Qaeda
| |
| Shaikh Saiid al-Masri | Subordinate | Al-Qaeda
Al-Qaeda
Al-Qaeda operatives run businesses from office in Khartoum
| 1991 |
| Tawfiq bin Attash | Subordinate | Al-Qaeda
Al-Nashiri and Attash meet bin Laden
9-11 Part 2
Nashiri and Attash meet with bin Laden on Cole plot
USS Cole bombing
9-11
Attash meets bin Laden
| 1994 |
| Khalid Shaikh Mohammed | Subordinate | Al-Qaeda
Al-Qaeda
OBL and KSM in battle together
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 Part 2
Issa al Britani cases targets in the United States
Al-Qaeda plot to attack Israeli city
9-11
| 1987 |
| Nasser al Bahri | Subordinate | Al-Qaeda
| |
| Mohammed bin Laden | Subordinate | Al-Qaeda
Bin Laden son marries Atef daughter
| 1983 |
| Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri | Subordinate | 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 |
| Ayman al-Zawahiri | Subordinate | Al-Qaeda
Al-Qaeda
Al-Qaeda majlis al shura
Al-Qaeda gains first members
Osama bin Laden issues fatwah calling for killing Americans
Osama bin Laden holds press conference
Iraqi delegation meets with bin Laden
East African Embassy Bombings
Bin Laden son marries Atef daughter
Bin Laden walking in the mountains video
Al-Qaeda July 2006 composite video
| 1985 |
| Ayman al-Zawahiri has served as Osama bin Laden's right-hand man since the death of Muhammed Atef in 2001. They reportedly met in Pakistan in the mid-1980s. |
| Atiyah Abd al Rahman | Subordinate | Al-Qaeda
| |
| Abu Jihad al-Masri | Subordinate | Al-Qaeda
| |
| Abdul Hadi al-Iraqi | Subordinate | Al-Qaeda
| |
| Saif al-Adel | Subordinate | Al-Qaeda
Al-Qaeda
Al-Qaeda majlis al shura
East African Embassy Bombings
Al Qaeda leaders discuss Cole attack
USS Cole bombing
| Mid October 2000 |
| Abu Fadhl al-Makkee | Relative | Al-Qaeda operatives run businesses from office in Khartoum
Abu Fadhl al Makkee gives Jamal al-Fadl money to buy a farm
Jamal Ahmed al-Fadl steals from al-Qaeda
| 1991 |
| Abu Fadhl married a cousin of Osama bin Laden. |
| Essam al-Ridi | Subordinate | Essam al-Ridi meets with Osama bin Laden
| 1985 |
| Mohammed Jamal Khalifa | Relative | | |
| They are brothers-in-law through Osama bin Laden's sister. |
| Abdullah Azzam | Associate | Maktab al-Khidamat
Al-Qaeda
Abdullah Azzam assassinated
| 1980 |
| They reportedly met in Peshawar, Pakistan, as the anti-Soviet jihad got underway. |
| Enaam Arnaout | Associate | | 1988 |
| Abu Zubair al Madani | Relative | | |
| They were cousins. |
| Aws al-Madani | Relative | | |
| Al-Madani is reportedly bin Laden's son-in-law. |
| Abu Jamal | Same Group | Mercy International Relief Organization
| |
| Ali Mohamed | Same Group | Mercy International Relief Organization
Osama bin Laden goes to Sudan
| |
| Abu al Kher al Yemeni | Same Group | Mercy International Relief Organization
| |
| Saad bin Laden | Same Group | Al-Qaeda
| |
| Jamal Ahmed al-Fadl | Same Event | Osama lectures against Saddam Hussein
Osama bin Laden at Areen Guesthouse
Al-Qaeda gains first members
Abu Fadhl al Makkee gives Jamal al-Fadl money to buy a farm
Al-Qaeda members meet with Shia representatives in Sudan
Bin Laden and associates discuss Sudan businesses
Al-Qaeda discusses targeting US forces in Somalia
Jamal Ahmed al-Fadl steals from al-Qaeda
| 1988 |
| Abu Rida al Suri | Same Event | Bin Laden and Abu Rida discuss forming al-Qaeda
Bin Laden and associates discuss Sudan businesses
| Aug. 11, 1988 |
| Wael Julaidan | Same Event | Founders meet and form al-Qaeda
| Aug. 17, 1988 |
| Abu Nofal al-Saudi | Same Event | Osama bin Laden at Areen Guesthouse
| Winter 1989 |
| Abu Hassan el Masry | Same Event | Al-Qaeda operatives run businesses from office in Khartoum
| 1991 |
| Al Qubashi al Sudani | Same Event | Al-Qaeda operatives run businesses from office in Khartoum
| 1991 |
| Abdel Rahman Somali | Same Event | Al-Qaeda operatives run businesses from office in Khartoum
| 1991 |
| Omar al Makkee | Same Event | Al-Qaeda operatives run businesses from office in Khartoum
| 1991 |
| Motassem Sadeek Abu Sashl | Same Event | Al-Qaeda operatives run businesses from office in Khartoum
| 1991 |
| Doctor Sharif al Din Ali Mukhtar | Same Event | Al-Qaeda operatives run businesses from office in Khartoum
| 1991 |
| Khalid Ali Waleed | Same Event | Al-Qaeda operatives run businesses from office in Khartoum
| 1991 |
| Sheikh Nomani | Same Event | Al-Qaeda members meet with Shia representatives in Sudan
| Late 1991 |
| Ahmed Abdel Rahman Hamadabi | Same Event | Al-Qaeda members meet with Shia representatives in Sudan
| Late 1991 |
| Abu Talha al Sudani | Same Event | Al-Qaeda discusses targeting US forces in Somalia
| Late 1993 |
| Ihsan el Madani | Same Event | Jamal Ahmed al-Fadl steals from al-Qaeda
| Summer 1995 |
| Abu Dijana al Yemeni | Same Event | Jamal Ahmed al-Fadl steals from al-Qaeda
| Summer 1995 |
| Mohamed Rashed Daoud Al-Owhali | Same Event | Al-Owhali meets Osama bin Laden
Osama bin Laden holds press conference
East African Embassy Bombings
| 1996 |
| Ahmed al-Hada | Same Event | Osama bin Laden satellite phone calls Yemen
| Aug. 10, 1998 |
| Mohamed Atta | Same Event | Atta meets with bin Laden
9-11
| Late November 1999 |
| Ramzi Binalshibh | Same Event | Binalshibh meets bin Laden
Binalshibh reports to bin Laden
9-11
| Early December 1999 |
| Mushabib al Hamlan | Same Event | Hamlan meets bin Laden
Hamlan and Nami volunteer to bin Laden
| Mid 2000 |
| Ahmed al-Nami | Same Event | Hamlan and Nami volunteer to bin Laden
9-11
| Mid 2000 |
| Iyman Faris | Same Event | Iyman Faris meets Osama bin Laden
| Late 2000 |
| Majid Khan | Same Event | Iyman Faris meets Osama bin Laden
| Late 2000 |
| Amin al-Haq | Same Event | Bin Laden walking in the mountains video
| Sept. 10, 2003 |
| 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 |
| Khalid al-Fawwaz | Indirect | Al-Qaeda opens London office
| July 11, 1994 |
| Fazul Abdullah Mohammed | Indirect | Wadih El Hage and Fazul Mohammed deliver money from Osama
| 1996 |
| Azzam | Indirect | East African Embassy Bombings
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 |
| Mohamed Sadeek Odeh | 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 |
| Mushin Musa Matwalli Atwah | Indirect | East African Embassy Bombings
| Aug. 7, 1998 |
| Ahmed Mohammed Hamed Ali | Indirect | East African Embassy Bombings
| Aug. 7, 1998 |
| Abu Bara al-Yemeni | Indirect | 9-11 Part 2
| Mid 1999 |
| Ibrahim al-Thawar | Indirect | USS Cole bombing
| Oct. 12, 2000 |
| Hassan al Khamri | Indirect | USS Cole bombing
| Oct. 12, 2000 |
| Jamal al Badawi | Indirect | USS Cole bombing
| Oct. 12, 2000 |
| Fahd al Quso | Indirect | USS Cole bombing
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
| Oct. 12, 2000 |
| Issa al Britani | Indirect | Issa al Britani cases targets in the United States
| Early 2001 |
| Marwan al-Shehhi | Indirect | 9-11
| Sept. 11, 2001 |
| Ziad Jarrah | Indirect | 9-11
| Sept. 11, 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 |
| Ali Abdulaziz Ali | Indirect | 9-11
| Sept. 11, 2001 |
| Mustafa Ahmed al-Hawsawi | Indirect | 9-11
| Sept. 11, 2001 |
| Abu Turab al Urdani | Indirect | 9-11
Limburg oil tanker attacked
Limburg oil tanker attacked
| Sept. 11, 2001 |
| Fawaz al-Rabihi | Indirect | Limburg oil tanker attacked
| Oct. 6, 2002 |
| Abu Musab al-Zarqawi | 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
Gadahn 9-11-2006 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. |
