| Direct Associations |
|---|
| Name | Relationship | Link(s) | Earliest Associated |
|---|
Mohamed Atta | Supervisor | 9-11 plotters American Airlines Flight 11 Hijackers AA 11 takes off 9-11 AA 11 hijacked AA 11 crashes into WTC North Tower
| Sept. 11, 2001 |
Wail al-Shehri | Sibling | American Airlines Flight 11 Hijackers Muscle hijackers train at al Farouq Attash meets several 9-11 operatives in Kandahar Muscle hijackers receive pre-9-11 training Shehri brothers obtain visas Three future hijackers travel Saudi Arabia to Beirut Three future hijackers travel Beirut to Iran Taliban destroys Bamiyan Buddhas Muscle hijackers transit Karachi Muscle hijackers transit UAE Three from AA 11 team in Newton hotel AA 11 takes off 9-11 AA 11 hijacked AA 11 crashes into WTC North Tower
| Dec. 20, 1978 |
Abdul Aziz al Omari | Same Group | American Airlines Flight 11 Hijackers Muscle hijackers train at al Farouq Attash meets several 9-11 operatives in Kandahar Muscle hijackers receive pre-9-11 training Taliban destroys Bamiyan Buddhas Muscle hijackers transit Karachi Muscle hijackers transit UAE AA 11 takes off 9-11 AA 11 hijacked AA 11 crashes into WTC North Tower
| 2000 |
Satam al Suqami | Same Group | American Airlines Flight 11 Hijackers Attash meets several 9-11 operatives in Kandahar Muscle hijackers receive pre-9-11 training Taliban destroys Bamiyan Buddhas Muscle hijackers transit Karachi Muscle hijackers transit UAE Waleed al-Shehri and al-Suqami fly UAE-London Waleed al-Shehri and al-Suqami fly London-Orlando Waleed al-Shehri and Suqami fly Fort Lauderdale-Freeport Waleed al-Shehri and Suqami fly Freeport-Fort Lauderdale Three from AA 11 team in Newton hotel AA 11 takes off 9-11 AA 11 hijacked AA 11 crashes into WTC North Tower
| Summer 2000 |
Ahmed al-Ghamdi | Same Event | Muscle hijackers train at al Farouq Muscle hijackers receive pre-9-11 training Taliban destroys Bamiyan Buddhas Muscle hijackers transit Karachi Muscle hijackers transit UAE 9-11
| 2000 |
Saeed al-Ghamdi | Same Event | Muscle hijackers train at al Farouq Attash meets several 9-11 operatives in Kandahar Muscle hijackers receive pre-9-11 training Taliban destroys Bamiyan Buddhas Muscle hijackers transit Karachi Muscle hijackers transit UAE 9-11
| 2000 |
Hamza al-Ghamdi | Same Event | Muscle hijackers train at al Farouq Attash meets several 9-11 operatives in Kandahar Muscle hijackers receive pre-9-11 training Taliban destroys Bamiyan Buddhas Muscle hijackers transit Karachi Muscle hijackers transit UAE 9-11
| 2000 |
Ahmed al-Haznawi | Same Event | Muscle hijackers train at al Farouq Muscle hijackers receive pre-9-11 training Taliban destroys Bamiyan Buddhas Muscle hijackers transit Karachi Muscle hijackers transit UAE 9-11
| 2000 |
Ahmed al-Nami | Same Event | Muscle hijackers train at al Farouq Attash meets several 9-11 operatives in Kandahar Muscle hijackers receive pre-9-11 training Nami and Hamlan stay with Waleed al-Shehri in Jeddah Three future hijackers travel Saudi Arabia to Beirut Three future hijackers travel Beirut to Iran Taliban destroys Bamiyan Buddhas Muscle hijackers transit Karachi Muscle hijackers transit UAE 9-11
| 2000 |
Salem al-Hazmi | Same Event | Muscle hijackers train at al Farouq Attash meets several 9-11 operatives in Kandahar Muscle hijackers receive pre-9-11 training Taliban destroys Bamiyan Buddhas Muscle hijackers transit Karachi Muscle hijackers transit UAE 9-11
| 2000 |
Tawfiq bin Attash | Same Event | Attash meets several 9-11 operatives in Kandahar 9-11
| Summer 2000 |
Majed Moqed | Same Event | Attash meets several 9-11 operatives in Kandahar Muscle hijackers receive pre-9-11 training Taliban destroys Bamiyan Buddhas Muscle hijackers transit Karachi Muscle hijackers transit UAE 9-11
| Summer 2000 |
Abu Turab al Urdani | Same Event | Muscle hijackers receive pre-9-11 training 9-11
| Late 2000 |
Mohand al-Shehri | Same Event | Muscle hijackers receive pre-9-11 training Taliban destroys Bamiyan Buddhas Muscle hijackers transit Karachi Muscle hijackers transit UAE 9-11
| Late 2000 |
Fayez Bannihammad | Same Event | Muscle hijackers receive pre-9-11 training Taliban destroys Bamiyan Buddhas Muscle hijackers transit Karachi Muscle hijackers transit UAE 9-11
| Late 2000 |
Mushabib al Hamlan | Same Event | Nami and Hamlan stay with Waleed al-Shehri in Jeddah
| Late October 2000 |
Abd al Rahim Ghulum Rabbani | Same Event | Muscle hijackers transit Karachi
| Spring 2001 |
Abdullah Sindhi | Same Event | Muscle hijackers transit Karachi
| Spring 2001 |
Ramzi Binalshibh | Same Event | Muscle hijackers transit Karachi 9-11
| Spring 2001 |
Ali Abdulaziz Ali | Same Event | Muscle hijackers transit UAE 9-11
| Spring 2001 |
Mustafa Ahmed al-Hawsawi | Same Event | Muscle hijackers transit UAE 9-11
| Spring 2001 |
| Indirect Associations |
|---|
Mullah Omar | Indirect | Taliban destroys Bamiyan Buddhas
| Early March 2001 |
Osama bin Laden | Indirect | 9-11
| Sept. 11, 2001 |
Khalid Shaikh Mohammed | Indirect | 9-11
| Sept. 11, 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 |
Mohammed Atef | 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. |