| Major Events |
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| Event | Time | Associated |
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Al-Qaeda and prewar Iraq | 1988- March 2003 |
Founders meet and form al-Qaeda | Aug. 17, 1988- Aug. 20, 1988 | Osama bin Laden (Leader), Abu Ubaidah al-Banshiri, Wael Julaidan, Mamdouh Mahmud Salim |
Al-Qaeda gains first members | Late 1989 | Abu Ayoub al-Iraqi (Leader), Jamal Ahmed al-Fadl, Abu Ubaidah al-Banshiri, Mohammed Atef, Osama bin Laden (Organizer), Ayman al-Zawahiri, Doctor Abdallah Izzildine, Abu Musab al Saudi, Doctor Fadhl el Masry, Abu Faraj al-Yemeni, Abu Burhan al-Iraqi, Mamdouh Mahmud Salim |
Al-Qaeda seeks WMD | 1993 |
World Trade Center truck bombing | 1218 local, Feb. 26, 1993 | Ramzi Yousef (Operational Commander), Eyad Ismoil (Attacker), Mohammad Salameh (Facilitator), Nidal Ayyad (Facilitator), Abdul Rahman Yasin (Facilitator), Mahmud Abouhalima (Facilitator), Ahmad Mohammed Ajaj (Facilitator), Khalid Shaikh Mohammed (Financier) |
Al-Qaeda tries to buy uranium in Sudan | Late 1993- Early 1994 | Jamal Ahmed al-Fadl, Abu Fadhl al-Makkee (Leader), Abu Dijana al Yemeni, Abu Rida al Suri, Salah Abdel al Mobruk, Al Fadl Al Shahideen, Basheer, Mamdouh Mahmud Salim, Abu Musab al Suri |
Black Hawk Down | Oct. 3, 1993- Oct. 4, 1993 | Mohammed Atef (Facilitator), Abu Ubaidah al-Banshiri (Facilitator), Saif al-Adel (Facilitator), Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah (Facilitator), Mushin Musa Matwalli Atwah (Facilitator), Fazul Abdullah Mohammed (Facilitator), Ahmed Mohammed Hamed Ali (Facilitator), Mohamed Sadeek Odeh (Facilitator) |
Project Bojinka | August 1994- January 1995 | Ramzi Yousef (Leader), Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, Wali Khan Amin Shah, Abdul Hakim Murad, Mohammed Jamal Khalifa (Financier) |
Ramzi Yousef captured | Feb. 7, 1995 | Ramzi Yousef |
Khalid Shaikh Mohammed proposes 9-11 to bin Laden | Mid 1996 | Osama bin Laden, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, Mohammed Atef (Organizer) |
Osama bin Laden goes to Afghanistan | May 19, 1996 | Osama bin Laden, Mohammed Atef |
Abu Ubaidah al-Banshiri drowns in Lake Victoria | May 21, 1996 | Abu Ubaidah al-Banshiri |
Khobar Towers bombing | 2200 local, June 25, 1996 | Abdelkarim al-Nasser, Ahmed al-Mughassil, Ali el-Hoorie, Ibrahim al-Yacoub, Hani al-Sayegh, Mustafa al-Qassab, Abdallah al-Jarash, Hussein al-Mughis, Saed al-Bahar, Saleh Ramadan, Ali al-Marhoun, Mustafa al-Mualem, Fadel al-Alawe |
Osama bin Laden declares jihad | Aug. 23, 1996 | Osama bin Laden (Speaker) |
Luxor Massacre | Nov. 17, 1997 |
LAX Millennium Plot | 1998- Dec. 14, 1999 | Ahmed Ressam, Abdelghani Meskini |
Osama bin Laden issues fatwah calling for killing Americans | Feb. 23, 1998 | Osama bin Laden (Leader), Ayman al-Zawahiri (Leader) |
Osama bin Laden issues another fatwah | May 14, 1998 | Osama bin Laden |
Bin Laden stops using satellite phone | Summer 1998 | Osama bin Laden |
East African Embassy Bombings | 1030 local, Aug. 7, 1998- 1039 local, Aug. 7, 1998 | Osama bin Laden (Organizer), Mohammed Atef (Facilitator), Ayman al-Zawahiri (Facilitator), Saif al-Adel (Facilitator), Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah (Operational Commander), Mamdouh Mahmud Salim (Facilitator), Wadih El Hage (Facilitator), Azzam (Suicide Bomber), Fazul Abdullah Mohammed, Mustafa Mohammed Fadhil, Khalfan Khamis Mohamed, Mohamed Sadeek Odeh, Mohamed Rashed Daoud Al-Owhali (Attacker), Fahid Mohammed Ally Msalam, Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, Hamden Khalif Allah Awad (Suicide Bomber), Mushin Musa Matwalli Atwah, Ahmed Mohammed Hamed Ali |
Jordan Millennium Plot | Late 1998- Nov. 30, 1999 | Abu Zubaydah (Organizer), Khadr Abu Hoshar (Operational Commander) |
Bin Laden approves 9-11 operation | Late 1998- Early 1999 | Osama bin Laden, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed (Operational Commander), Mohammed Atef (Organizer) |
9-11 Part 2 | Mid 1999- Spring 2000 | Khalid Shaikh Mohammed (Operational Commander), Tawfiq bin Attash, Abu Bara al-Yemeni, Osama bin Laden (Organizer) |
The Kuala Lumpur meeting | Jan. 5, 2000- Jan. 8, 2000 | Khalid al-Mihdhar, Nawaf al-Hazmi, Tawfiq bin Attash, Abu Bara al-Yemeni, Hambali (Organizer), Yazid Sufaat |
USS Cole bombing | 1122 local, Oct. 12, 2000 | Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri (Operational Commander), Tawfiq bin Attash (Facilitator), Ibrahim al-Thawar (Suicide Bomber), Hassan al Khamri (Suicide Bomber), Jamal al Badawi (Facilitator), Fahd al Quso (Facilitator), Mushin Musa Matwalli Atwah (Facilitator), Osama bin Laden (Organizer), Saif al-Adel (Facilitator), Qaed Salim Sinan al-Harethi (Facilitator), Mohammed Hamdi al-Ahdal (Facilitator) |
9-11 | 0814 local, Sept. 11, 2001- 1003 local, Sept. 11, 2001 | Osama bin Laden (Organizer), Khalid Shaikh Mohammed (Operational Commander), Mohamed Atta, Marwan al-Shehhi, Ziad Jarrah, Nawaf al-Hazmi, Khalid al-Mihdhar, Hani Hanjour, Abdul Aziz al Omari, Satam al Suqami, Wail al-Shehri, Waleed al-Shehri, Fayez Bannihammad, Mohand al-Shehri, Ahmed al-Ghamdi, Hamza al-Ghamdi, Majed Moqed, Salem al-Hazmi, Saeed al-Ghamdi, Ahmed al-Nami, Ahmed al-Haznawi, Ramzi Binalshibh (Facilitator), Ali Abdulaziz Ali (Financier), Mustafa Ahmed al-Hawsawi (Financier), Mohammed Atef (Organizer), Tawfiq bin Attash (Facilitator), Abu Turab al Urdani (Facilitator) |
WTC South Tower collapses | 0959 local, Sept. 11, 2001 |
WTC North Tower collapses | 1029 local, Sept. 11, 2001 |
Mohammed Atef killed | Nov. 14, 2001 | Mohammed Atef (Primary Target) |
Abu Zubaydah captured | March 28, 2002 | Abu Zubaydah, Ghassan al Sharbi |
Limburg oil tanker attacked | Oct. 6, 2002 | Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri (Organizer), Osama bin Laden (Organizer), Fawaz al-Rabihi (Facilitator), Mohammed Hamdi al-Ahdal (Facilitator), Qaed Salim Sinan al-Harethi (Facilitator) |
Bali nightclub bombing | Oct. 12, 2002 | Hambali (Facilitator), Dulmatin (Operational Commander), Umar Patek (Facilitator), Imam Samudra (Operational Commander), Huda bin Abdul Haq (Facilitator), Wan Min Wan Mat (Financier), Abu Bakar Bashir (Organizer), Abu Dujana |
Al-Nashiri captured | Early November 2002 | Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri |
CIA kills Yemen al-Qaeda chief and US citizen | Nov. 3, 2002 | Qaed Salim Sinan al-Harethi (Primary Target), Kamal Derwish (Secondary Target) |
KSM captured | March 1, 2003 | Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, Mustafa Ahmed al-Hawsawi |
Tawfiq bin Attash and Ali Abdulaziz captured | April 29, 2003 | Tawfiq bin Attash, Ali Abdulaziz Ali |
Hambali captured | Aug. 11, 2003 | Hambali, Lillie |
Pakistani offensive against militants in tribal regions | March 2004 |
3-11 Madrid train bombings | March 11, 2004 | Allekema Lamari (Operational Commander), Serhane ben Abdelmajid Fakhet (Operational Commander), Jamal Ahmidan (Organizer), Mohammed Oulad Akcha, Rachid Oulad Akcha, Abdennabi Koujaa, Asri Rifaat Anouar |
UK Foils Transatlantic Bombings | July 2005- Aug. 10, 2006 | Abdul Muneem Patel, Abdul Waheed, Abdula Ahmed Ali, Assad Sarwar, Assan Abdullah Khan, Cossor Ali, Ibrahim Savant, Muhammed Usman Saddique, Nabeel Hussain, Osman Adam Khatib, Shamin Mohammed Uddin, Shazad Khuram Ali, Tanvir Hussain, Umair Hussain (Acquitted), Umar Islam, Waheed Arafat Khan, Waheed Zaman, Waseem Kayani, Mehran Hussain (Acquitted), Mohammed Yasar Gulzar, Abu Obaidah al-Masri, Rashid Rauf, Abdul Rauf, Maroof Rauf, Matiur Rehman, Tayib Rauf |
7-7 London transit bombings | 0850 local, July 7, 2005- 0947 local, July 7, 2005 | Mohammed Siddeque Khan, Shehzad Tanweer, Hasib Hussein, Jermaine Lindsay |
Omar al-Farouq and three others escape from US prison | Early Morning July 11, 2005 | Omar al-Farouq, Muhammad Jafar Jamal al-Khatani, Abdullah Hashimi, Abu Yahya al-Libi |
Massive jailbreak in Yemen | Feb. 3, 2006 | Jamal al Badawi, Fawaz al-Rabihi |
Zarqawi killed | June 7, 2006 | Abu Musab al-Zarqawi (Primary Target), Sheikh Abd Al-Rahman (Secondary Target) |
Abdul Hadi al-Iraqi captured | Fall 2006 | Abdul Hadi al-Iraqi |
Osama bin Laden issues first video statement in three years | Sept. 7, 2007- Mid August 2007 | Osama bin Laden (Speaker) |
| All Events |
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| Event | Time | Associated |
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Al-Qaeda and prewar Iraq | 1988- March 2003 |
Bin Laden and Abu Rida discuss forming al-Qaeda | Aug. 11, 1988 | Osama bin Laden, Abu Rida al Suri |
Founders meet and form al-Qaeda | Aug. 17, 1988- Aug. 20, 1988 | Osama bin Laden (Leader), Abu Ubaidah al-Banshiri, Wael Julaidan, Mamdouh Mahmud Salim |
Essam al-Ridi ships sniper rifles to Afghanistan | 1989 | Essam al-Ridi |
Training at Jihad Wal Camp in Afghanistan | 1989 | Jamal Ahmed al-Fadl, Abu Jaffar (Leader), Salem al Masri (Leader), Haydar Dosari (Leader), Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah (Leader) |
Osama bin Laden at Areen Guesthouse | Winter 1989 | Osama bin Laden, Mamdouh Mahmud Salim, Abu Nofal al-Saudi, Jamal Ahmed al-Fadl |
Jamal al-Fadl goes to Sudan | Late 1989 | Jamal Ahmed al-Fadl |
Al-Qaeda gains first members | Late 1989 | Abu Ayoub al-Iraqi (Leader), Jamal Ahmed al-Fadl, Abu Ubaidah al-Banshiri, Mohammed Atef, Osama bin Laden (Organizer), Ayman al-Zawahiri, Doctor Abdallah Izzildine, Abu Musab al Saudi, Doctor Fadhl el Masry, Abu Faraj al-Yemeni, Abu Burhan al-Iraqi, Mamdouh Mahmud Salim |
Abdullah Azzam assassinated | Nov. 24, 1989 | Abdullah Azzam (Primary Target), Osama bin Laden (Operational Commander) |
Osama bin Laden goes to Saudi Arabia | 1990 | Osama bin Laden |
Arnaout and al-Qaeda member purchase small arms | 1990 | Enaam Arnaout, Yassin al-Iraqi, Abu Ubaidah al-Banshiri (Organizer), Mohammed Atef (Organizer) |
Al-Qaeda founders discuss possible move to Sudan | 1990 | Abu Ayoub al-Iraqi, Abu Hammam al Saudi, Abu Unays al Saudi, Abu Hassan al Sudani, Abu Fadhl al-Makkee, Abu Ubaidah al-Banshiri |
Osama bin Laden sends group to scout Sudan | 1990 | Abu Hammam al Saudi, Mamdouh Mahmud Salim, Abu Hassan al Sudani, Abu Rida al Suri |
Osama bin Laden goes to Sudan | 1991- 1991 | Osama bin Laden, Ali Mohamed (Facilitator) |
Al-Qaeda operatives run businesses from office in Khartoum | 1991- 1995 | Osama bin Laden, Abu Hassan el Masry, Al Qubashi al Sudani, Shaikh Saiid al-Masri, Abdel Rahman Somali, Omar al Makkee, Motassem Sadeek Abu Sashl, Doctor Sharif al Din Ali Mukhtar, Abu Fadhl al-Makkee, Khalid Ali Waleed |
Abu Fadhl al Makkee gives Jamal al-Fadl money to buy a farm | 1991 | Abu Fadhl al-Makkee (Sender), Jamal Ahmed al-Fadl (Recipient), Abu Ubaidah al-Banshiri (Organizer), Osama bin Laden (Organizer) |
Ayman al-Zawahri gives money to Jamal al-Fadl to buy a farm | 1991 | Ayman al-Zawahiri (Sender), Jamal Ahmed al-Fadl (Recipient), Abu Ubaidah al-Banshiri (Organizer) |
Ali Mohamed trains Fazul Abdullah Mohamed | 1991- 1992 | Ali Mohamed (Trainer), Fazul Abdullah Mohammed (Trainee) |
Kherchtou to Miram Shah | Jan. 26, 1991 | LHoussaine Kherchtou |
Kherchtou to Farouq camp | Jan. 26, 1991 | LHoussaine Kherchtou |
Kherchtou trains at Farouq | Jan. 26, 1991- Late March 1991 | LHoussaine Kherchtou (Trainee), Shuaib (Trainer), Mushin Musa Matwalli Atwah (Trainer), Abu Ahmed el Masri 2 (Trainee) |
Kherchtou joins al-Qaeda | Early April 1991 | LHoussaine Kherchtou, Abu Ahmed el Masri 2, Abu Ahmed al Harbi (Leader) |
Al-Qaeda members meet with Shia representatives in Sudan | Late 1991 | Osama bin Laden, Sheikh Nomani, Ahmed Abdel Rahman Hamadabi, Jamal Ahmed al-Fadl |
Jamal al Fadl goes from Kenya to Pakistan | Late 1991 | Jamal Ahmed al-Fadl |
Kherchtou becomes trainer | Late 1991- Late 1992 | LHoussaine Kherchtou (Trainer), Khalid al-Fawwaz (Leader), Mohamed Sadeek Odeh |
Jamal al-Fadl goes to Kenya | Late 1991 | Jamal Ahmed al-Fadl |
Jamal al-Fadl briefly arrested in Sudan | Late 1991 | Jamal Ahmed al-Fadl |
Kherchtou goes to Jihad Wal camp | 1992 | Saif al Islam el Masry (Leader), Saif al-Adel, LHoussaine Kherchtou (Trainee), Muntasser al Jaziri (Trainer) |
Al-Nashiri becomes trainer at Khalden | 1992 | Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri |
Mohammed Atef returns from Somalia | 1992 | Mohammed Atef |
Osama bin Laden issues fatwah on US troops | 1992 | Osama bin Laden (Speaker) |
Group conducts explosives training in Sudan | 1992 | Salem al Masri, Saif al Islam el Masry, Saif al-Adel, Abu Talha al Sudani |
Bin Laden and associates discuss Sudan businesses | 1992 | Osama bin Laden (Leader), Abu Rida al Suri, Jamal Ahmed al-Fadl |
Mohammed Atef goes to Somalia | 1992 | Mohammed Atef |
Mamdouh Mahmud Salim meets with Iranians | 1992 | Mamdouh Mahmud Salim |
Abu Fadhl invites Wadih El Hage to Sudan | 1992 | Abu Fadhl al-Makkee (Communicant 1), Wadih El Hage (Communicant 2) |
Usama Lubnani runs guesthouse | 1992 | Usama Lubnani |
Abu Ahmed el Masri 2 conducts training at Farouq | 1992 | Abu Ahmed el Masri 2 (Trainer) |
Al-Qaeda members train in Iran | 1992 |
Odeh joins al-Qaeda | 1992 | Mohamed Sadeek Odeh |
Ali Mohamed trains operatives in surveillance | 1992 | Ali Mohamed (Trainer), LHoussaine Kherchtou (Trainee), Anas al-Liby (Trainee), Saif al Liby (Trainee), Abu Rifa al Liby (Trainee), Abu Ahmed el Masri 2 (Trainee), Abu Madyan el Masry (Trainee) |
Jamal al-Fadl goes to Hungary | August 1992 | Jamal Ahmed al-Fadl |
Jamal al-Fadl meets with Izzeldine and Abu Nofal | August 1992 | Jamal Ahmed al-Fadl, Doctor Abdallah Izzildine, Abu Nofal al-Saudi |
Senior al-Qaeda leaders discuss early fatwah against US | Late 1992 | Mamdouh Mahmud Salim (Speaker), Saad al-Sharif, Abu Faraj al-Yemeni, Jamal Ahmed al-Fadl |
Kherchtou learns electronics | Late 1992 | LHoussaine Kherchtou (Trainee), Abu al-Alkali (Trainer), Salem al-Iraqi (Trainer), Anas al-Liby, Abu Rifa al Liby, Mohamed Sadeek Odeh |
Al-Qaeda sends Essam al-Ridi money | Late 1992 | Essam al-Ridi (Recipient), Wadih El Hage (Sender) |
Jamal al-Fadl goes to Croatia | Fall 1992 | Jamal Ahmed al-Fadl, Mohamed Sarudani, Abu Zubair al Madani, Abdel Rahman al Dosari, Enaam Arnaout, Abu Fadhl al-Makkee (Organizer) |
Al-Qaeda bombs hotel in Aden | Dec. 29, 1992 | Saif Islami Jannubi (Organizer) |
Al-Qaeda establishes base in Kenya | 1993 | Khalid al-Fawwaz |
Al-Qaeda smuggles weapons to Yemen | 1993 | Jamal Ahmed al-Fadl, Abu Fadhl al-Makkee (Facilitator), Abu Ayoub al-Iraqi (Organizer), Abu Naem al Liby, Ibrahim Ahmed Mahmoud al Qosi, Abu Habib al Pakistani, Abu Mohamed al-Yemeni 2, Ibn Mubarak al Sharqawi |
Target Holland Tunnel | 1993- June 24, 1993 |
Target Lincoln Tunnel | 1993- June 24, 1993 |
Al-Qaeda plans to smuggle weapons to Sudan | 1993 | Abu Fadhl al-Makkee, Abu Rida al Suri, Jamal Ahmed al-Fadl |
Ali Mohamed in Khartoum | 1993 | Ali Mohamed, Wadih El Hage |
Target United Nations | 1993- June 24, 1993 | Sheikh Omar Abdel Rahman |
Al-Qaeda seeks WMD | 1993 |
Jamal al-Fadl goes to Jordan | Early 1993 | Jamal Ahmed al-Fadl (Sender), Abu Akram Urdani (Recipient), Abu Rida al Suri (Organizer), Abu Fadhl al-Makkee (Organizer) |
Essam al-Ridi buys al-Qaeda a plane to ship Stinger missiles | Early 1993 | Essam al-Ridi, Wadih El Hage (Facilitator) |
Essam al-Ridi pilots plane to Sudan | Early 1993 | Essam al-Ridi |
Essam al-Ridi meets with Osama bin Laden | Early 1993 | Essam al-Ridi, Wadih El Hage, Osama bin Laden, Mohammed Atef, Mamdouh Mahmud Salim, Abu Ubaidah al-Banshiri |
Essam al-Ridi goes from Sudan to US | Early 1993 | Essam al-Ridi |
World Trade Center truck bombing | 1218 local, Feb. 26, 1993 | Ramzi Yousef (Operational Commander), Eyad Ismoil (Attacker), Mohammad Salameh (Facilitator), Nidal Ayyad (Facilitator), Abdul Rahman Yasin (Facilitator), Mahmud Abouhalima (Facilitator), Ahmad Mohammed Ajaj (Facilitator), Khalid Shaikh Mohammed (Financier) |
Atef and others train Somali tribes | Spring 1993 | Mohammed Atef (Trainer), Abu Ubaidah al-Banshiri (Trainer), Mohamed Sadeek Odeh (Trainer), Fazul Abdullah Mohammed (Trainer), Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah (Trainer), Saif al-Adel (Trainer), Mushin Musa Matwalli Atwah (Trainer), Ahmed Mohammed Hamed Ali (Trainer) |
Atef describes Somalia to associates in Sudan | Mid 1993 | Mohammed Atef (Speaker), Jamal Ahmed al-Fadl |
Essam al-Ridi flies al-Qaeda passengers | Mid 1993 | Essam al-Ridi |
Shaikh Saiid in Khartoum | June 9, 1993 | Shaikh Saiid al-Masri |
Kherchtou in Sudan | September 1993 | LHoussaine Kherchtou |
Abu Talha plans trip to Somalia | Late 1993 | Abu Talha al Sudani, Jamal Ahmed al-Fadl |
Al-Qaeda members visit chemical warfare research lab | Late 1993- Early 1994 | Jamal Ahmed al-Fadl, Mamdouh Mahmud Salim, Abu Rida al Suri, Muqadem Abdul Baset Hamza, Amin Abdel Marouf |
Kherchtou attends flight school | Late 1993 | LHoussaine Kherchtou, Saif al Islam el Masry (Organizer) |
Abu Talha goes to Somalia | Late 1993 | Abu Talha al Sudani, Saif al Islam el Masry, Abu Mohamed al Yemeni |
Anas al-Liby and Ali Mohamed scout Nairobi embassy | Late 1993 | Anas al-Liby, Ali Mohamed |
Al-Qaeda tries to buy uranium in Sudan | Late 1993- Early 1994 | Jamal Ahmed al-Fadl, Abu Fadhl al-Makkee (Leader), Abu Dijana al Yemeni, Abu Rida al Suri, Salah Abdel al Mobruk, Al Fadl Al Shahideen, Basheer, Mamdouh Mahmud Salim, Abu Musab al Suri |
Al-Qaeda discusses targeting US forces in Somalia | Late 1993 | Osama bin Laden, Abu Ubaidah al-Banshiri, Abu Talha al Sudani, Jamal Ahmed al-Fadl |
Kherchou arrives in Kenya | October 1993 | LHoussaine Kherchtou, Ihab Ali, Mustafa Mohammed Fadhil, Saif al Liby |
Black Hawk Down | Oct. 3, 1993- Oct. 4, 1993 | Mohammed Atef (Facilitator), Abu Ubaidah al-Banshiri (Facilitator), Saif al-Adel (Facilitator), Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah (Facilitator), Mushin Musa Matwalli Atwah (Facilitator), Fazul Abdullah Mohammed (Facilitator), Ahmed Mohammed Hamed Ali (Facilitator), Mohamed Sadeek Odeh (Facilitator) |
Al-Qaeda operatives trained by Hezbollah in Lebanon | Fall 1993 | Abu Talha al Sudani (Trainee), Saif al Islam el Masry (Trainee), Salem al Masri (Trainee), Saif al-Adel (Trainee), Abu Jaffar al-Masry (Trainee) |
Threat to US Embassy in Saudi Arabia | 1994 | Mohammed Atef, Jamal Ahmed al-Fadl |
Anas al-Liby and Ali Mohamed plot in Nairobi | 1994 | Anas al-Liby, Ali Mohamed |
Mohamed Saddiq Odeh gets married | 1994 | Mohamed Sadeek Odeh, Wadih El Hage, Fazul Abdullah Mohammed |
Al-Qaeda plots against US Embassy in Saudi Arabia | 1994 | Mohammed Atef, Jamal Ahmed al-Fadl |
Atef and al-Banshiri meet with Odeh | 1994 | Mohammed Atef, Abu Ubaidah al-Banshiri, Mohamed Sadeek Odeh |
Khalfan Khamis Mohamed trains in explosives in Afghanistan | 1994 | Khalfan Khamis Mohamed |
Mohamed Sadeek Odeh moves to Kenya | 1994 | Mohamed Sadeek Odeh |
Fazul Abdullah Mohammed attends training camp | 1994 | Fazul Abdullah Mohammed |
Wadih El Hage moves to Kenya | 1994 | Wadih El Hage |
Al-Nashiri in Tajikistan | 1994 | Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri |
Al-Nashiri and Attash meet bin Laden | 1994 | Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, Tawfiq bin Attash, Osama bin Laden |
Yousef meets with Abu Sayyaf leaders | Early 1994 | Ramzi Yousef |
Essam al-Ridi meets El Hage in Nairobi | Mid 1994 | Essam al-Ridi, Wadih El Hage |
Al-Qaeda plane crashes | Mid 1994 | Essam al-Ridi, Ihab Ali, Wadih El Hage |
Al-Qaeda opens London office | July 11, 1994 | Khalid al-Fawwaz (Leader), Osama bin Laden (Organizer) |
Project Bojinka | August 1994- January 1995 | Ramzi Yousef (Leader), Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, Wali Khan Amin Shah, Abdul Hakim Murad, Mohammed Jamal Khalifa (Financier) |
Threat to Pope John Paul II | August 1994 | Ramzi Yousef, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, Wali Khan Amin Shah, Abdul Hakim Murad, Mohammed Jamal Khalifa |
Threat to transpacific airliners | August 1994- January 1995 | Ramzi Yousef, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, Wali Khan Amin Shah, Abdul Hakim Murad, Mohammed Jamal Khalifa |
Yousef rents Manila apartment | August 1994 | Ramzi Yousef, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed |
Threat to US Consulate in Karachi | August 1994 | Ramzi Yousef, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, Wali Khan Amin Shah, Abdul Hakim Murad, Mohammed Jamal Khalifa |
Threat to CIA headquarters | August 1994 | Ramzi Yousef, Abdul Hakim Murad, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, Wali Khan Amin Shah, Mohammed Jamal Khalifa |
Bin Laden meets with Iraqi intelligence officer | Late 1994 | Osama bin Laden |
Al-Qaeda leaders visit Nairobi | Late 1994 | LHoussaine Kherchtou, Abu Fadhl al-Makkee, Mohammed Atef, Ali Mohamed, Anas al-Liby, Hamzalla al Liby, Abu Khalid al-Masri, Khalid al-Fawwaz |
Al-Qaeda considers French targets in Senegal | Fall 1994 | Mohammed Atef (Organizer), Ali Mohamed, LHoussaine Kherchtou |
Abu Rida al-Suri becomes president of BIF in Illinos | Fall 1994 | Abu Rida al Suri |
Threat to French interests in Senegal | Fall 1994 | Mohammed Atef (Operational Commander), Ali Mohamed, LHoussaine Kherchtou |
Ali Mohamed goes to United States | Fall 1994 | Ali Mohamed |
Khalifa and Abu Rida al Suri in Philippines | Mid December 1994 | Mohammed Jamal Khalifa, Abu Rida al Suri |
Al-Qaeda associates detained | Dec. 16, 1994 | Mohammed Jamal Khalifa, Abu Rida al Suri |
KSM visits Atef in Sudan | 1995 | Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, Mohammed Atef |
Atef and El Hage go to Mombasa | Early 1995 | Mohammed Atef, Wadih El Hage |
Ali Mohamed sends letter to Wadih El Hage | Early 1995 | Ali Mohamed (Communicant 1), Wadih El Hage (Communicant 2) |
Ramzi Yousef captured | Feb. 7, 1995 | Ramzi Yousef |
Ali Mohamed sends Wadih El Hage second letter | March 1995 | Ali Mohamed (Communicant 1), Wadih El Hage (Communicant 2) |
Gunmen attack Egyptian president | June 26, 1995 |
Jamal Ahmed al-Fadl steals from al-Qaeda | Summer 1995 | Jamal Ahmed al-Fadl, Abu Fadhl al-Makkee, Saad al-Sharif, Mamdouh Mahmud Salim, Abu Dijana al Yemeni, Osama bin Laden, Ihsan el Madani |
Wadih El Hage to Slovakia | Late 1995 | Wadih El Hage |
Saudi National Guard bombing | Nov. 13, 1995 |
Wadih El Hage visits Khalid al-Fawwaz | December 1995 | Wadih El Hage, Khalid al-Fawwaz |
Wadih El Hage visits Ali Mohamed | December 1995 | Ali Mohamed, Wadih El Hage |
Wali Khan Amin Shah detained | December 1995 | Wali Khan Amin Shah |
Wadih El Hage and Fazul Mohammed deliver money from Osama | 1996 | Wadih El Hage, Fazul Abdullah Mohammed, Osama bin Laden (Organizer) |
US Grand Jury investigates Osama bin Laden | 1996 | Osama bin Laden |
Gouled Dourad trains at Khalden | January 1996- October 1996 | Gouled Hassan Dourad |
Odeh meets with al-Qaeda figure | 1996 | Mohamed Sadeek Odeh, Fahid Mohammed Ally Msalam |
Al-Owhali trains in Afghanistan | 1996 | Mohamed Rashed Daoud Al-Owhali |
Al-Owhali meets Osama bin Laden | 1996 | Osama bin Laden, Mohamed Rashed Daoud Al-Owhali |
Wadih El Hage sends letter to conspirator in Florida | Jan. 5, 1996 | Wadih El Hage (Communicant 1), Ihab Ali (Communicant 2) |
Atef in Afghanistan | Jan. 5, 1996 | Mohammed Atef |
Al-Qaeda breaks with Libyans | Early 1996 |
Jamal al-Fadl flees Sudan | February 1996 | Jamal Ahmed al-Fadl |
Jamal al-Fadl sees friend in Jordan | February 1996 | Jamal Ahmed al-Fadl, Abu Akram Urdani |
Younis Khalis hosts bin Laden in Afghanistan | Mid 1996 | Younis Khalis, Zuhayr Abdul Ghaffer al-Kubaysi |
Khalid Shaikh Mohammed proposes 9-11 to bin Laden | Mid 1996 | Osama bin Laden, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, Mohammed Atef (Organizer) |
Osama bin Laden goes to Afghanistan | May 19, 1996 | Osama bin Laden, Mohammed Atef |
El Hage and Fazul Mohammed investigate al-Banshiri's death | Late May 1996 | Wadih El Hage, Fazul Abdullah Mohammed |
Abu Ubaidah al-Banshiri drowns in Lake Victoria | May 21, 1996 | Abu Ubaidah al-Banshiri |
Khobar Towers bombing | 2200 local, June 25, 1996 | Abdelkarim al-Nasser, Ahmed al-Mughassil, Ali el-Hoorie, Ibrahim al-Yacoub, Hani al-Sayegh, Mustafa al-Qassab, Abdallah al-Jarash, Hussein al-Mughis, Saed al-Bahar, Saleh Ramadan, Ali al-Marhoun, Mustafa al-Mualem, Fadel al-Alawe |
Osama bin Laden declares jihad | Aug. 23, 1996 | Osama bin Laden (Speaker) |
Khalid al-Fawwaz distributes al-Qaeda jihad declaration | September 1996 | Khalid al-Fawwaz |
Jamal Ahmed al-Fadl starts talking to the Americans | Sept. 7, 1996 | Jamal Ahmed al-Fadl |
Abu Hoshar detained | Late 1996 | Khadr Abu Hoshar |
Raed HIjazi moves to Boston | Late 1996 | Raed Hijazi |
Gouled trains at Khost-area camp | October 1996- December 1996 | Gouled Hassan Dourad |
Gouled returns to Somalia | December 1996 | Gouled Hassan Dourad |
Jamal al-Fadl talks to FBI | Dec. 6, 1996 | Jamal Ahmed al-Fadl |
El Hage mails false passports to Baku | Dec. 21, 1996 | Wadih El Hage (Communicant 1) |
Saudis detain senior al-Qaeda financier | 1997 | Abu Fadhl al-Makkee |
Odeh goes to Somalia | 1997 | Mohamed Sadeek Odeh, Wadih El Hage (Organizer) |
Al-Nashiri fights with Taliban in Kabul | 1997 | Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri |
Al-Nashiri fights with Taliban in Jalalabad | 1997 | Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri |
Fazul Mohammed writes to Co-conspirator | Early 1997 | Fazul Abdullah Mohammed (Communicant 1), Ihab Ali (Communicant 2), Wadih El Hage, Mohammed Atef |
Abu Khadija al-Iraqi in Sudan | Early 1997 | Abu Khadija al Iraqi |
Wadih El Hage meets with Atef in Peshawar | Late January 1997 | Wadih El Hage, Mohammed Atef |
Wadih El Hage meets with Mustafa Fadhl | Late February 1997 | Wadih El Hage, Mustafa Mohammed Fadhil |
Wadih El Hage writes to Co-conspirator 2 | Feb. 21, 1997 | Wadih El Hage (Communicant 1), Ihab Ali (Communicant 2), Mohammed Atef |
CNN interviews bin Laden | May 10, 1997- March 20, 1997 | Osama bin Laden |
Money from Sudan to El Hage | July 3, 1997 | Embassy Bombings Co-Conspirator 4 (Sender), Wadih El Hage (Recipient) |
Fazul Mohammed contacts Khalid Al Fawwaz | Summer 1997 | Fazul Abdullah Mohammed (Communicant 1), Khalid al-Fawwaz (Communicant 2) |
Abu Ibrahim sends El Hage money | Summer 1997 | Mamdouh Mahmud Salim (Sender), Wadih El Hage (Recipient) |
Wadih El Hage talks with Abu Khadija al-Iraqi | Summer 1997 | Wadih El Hage (Communicant 1), Abu Khadija al Iraqi (Communicant 2) |
Kenya Cell makes final preparations | Aug. 1, 1997- Aug. 6, 1997 | Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah (Leader), Fazul Abdullah Mohammed, Mohamed Rashed Daoud Al-Owhali, Azzam |
FBI meets with El Hage | Aug. 22, 1997 | Wadih El Hage |
Khalid al-Fawwaz rents London office | Sept. 4, 1997 | Khalid al-Fawwaz, Abdel Abdel Bary |
Wadih El Hage interviewed by FBI | Sept. 23, 1997 | Wadih El Hage |
Wadih El Hage interviewed by FBI 2 | Oct. 17, 1997 | Wadih El Hage |
Luxor Massacre | Nov. 17, 1997 |
Dhiren Barot serves as trainer | 1998 | Dhiren Barot |
Wadih El Hage in Texas | January 1998 | Wadih El Hage |
LAX Millennium Plot | 1998- Dec. 14, 1999 | Ahmed Ressam, Abdelghani Meskini |
Badawi trains in Afghanistan | 1998 | Jamal al Badawi (Trainee), Tawfiq bin Attash (Trainer) |
KSM meets Hambali in Karachi | 1998 | Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, Hambali |
Saif al Islam el Masry in Chechnya | 1998 | Saif al Islam el Masry |
Nashiri and Azzam plot to smuggle missiles into Saudi Arabia | Early 1998 | Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, Azzam |
Osama bin Laden issues fatwah calling for killing Americans | Feb. 23, 1998 | Osama bin Laden (Leader), Ayman al-Zawahiri (Leader) |
Two al-Qaeda members meet with Iraqi intelligence | March 1998 | Ayman al-Zawahiri (Organizer) |
Fazul Mohammed goes to Kenya | March 4, 1998 | Fazul Abdullah Mohammed |
Odeh discusses fatwahs | April 1998 | Mohamed Sadeek Odeh |
Saudis disrupt anti-US missile attack | Spring 1998 |
Khalfan Mohamed and Mustafa Fadhil plot jihad job | Spring 1998 | Khalfan Khamis Mohamed, Mustafa Mohammed Fadhil |
Fazul Mohammed goes to Kenya 2 | April 28, 1998 | Fazul Abdullah Mohammed |
Fazul Abdullah Mohammed in Nairobi | May 1998- Aug. 7, 1998 | Fazul Abdullah Mohammed |
Fazul Abdullah Mohammed rents a villa | May 1998 | Fazul Abdullah Mohammed |
Mamdouh Salim in Bosnia | May 1998 | Mamdouh Mahmud Salim |
Atef writes to Khalid al Fawwaz | May 7, 1998 | Mohammed Atef (Sender), Khalid al-Fawwaz (Recipient) |
Fazul Mohammed goes to Kenya 3 | May 10, 1998 | Fazul Abdullah Mohammed |
Osama bin Laden issues another fatwah | May 14, 1998 | Osama bin Laden |
Al-Owhali goes to Pakistan | May 17, 1998- May 18, 1998 | Mohamed Rashed Daoud Al-Owhali |
Osama bin Laden holds press conference | May 26, 1998 | Osama bin Laden (Speaker), Mohammed Atef, Mohamed Rashed Daoud Al-Owhali, Ayman al-Zawahiri |
Osama bin Laden speaks of Nuclear Bomb of Islam | May 29, 1998 | Osama bin Laden (Speaker) |
Fadhil and Khalfan Mohamed rent house | June 1998 | Mustafa Mohammed Fadhil, Khalfan Khamis Mohamed |
Khalfan Mohamed and Fahid Msalam buy Suzuki Samurai | June 1998 | Khalfan Khamis Mohamed, Fahid Mohammed Ally Msalam |
Al-Owhali and Azzam make videotape | June 1998 | Mohamed Rashed Daoud Al-Owhali, Azzam |
Azzam goes to Nairobi | June 19, 1998 | Azzam |
Msalam and Swedan purchase Toyota Dyna, the Nairobi bomb truck | Late June 1998 | Fahid Mohammed Ally Msalam, Sheikh Ahmed Salim Swedan |
Iraqi delegation meets with bin Laden | July 1998 | Osama bin Laden, Ayman al-Zawahiri (Organizer) |
Ghailani and Swedan purchase Nissan Atlas, Tanzania bomb truck | July 1998 | Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, Sheikh Ahmed Salim Swedan |
Tanzania cell meets | Summer 1998 | Mustafa Mohammed Fadhil, Khalfan Khamis Mohamed, Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, Fahid Mohammed Ally Msalam |
Bin Laden stops using satellite phone | Summer 1998 | Osama bin Laden |
Tanzania cell makes final preparations | Late July 1998- Early August 1998 | Mustafa Mohammed Fadhil, Khalfan Khamis Mohamed, Fahid Mohammed Ally Msalam, Hamden Khalif Allah Awad (Suicide Bomber), Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani |
Al-Owhali goes to Kenya | July 31, 1998- Aug. 2, 1998 | Mohamed Rashed Daoud Al-Owhali |
Odeh and others stay in Nairobi hotel | Aug. 1, 1998- Aug. 6, 1998 | Mohamed Sadeek Odeh, Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, Fazul Abdullah Mohammed |
Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah advises Odeh to leave Kenya | Aug. 1, 1998 | Mohamed Sadeek Odeh (Communicant 1), Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah (Communicant 2) |
Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah and Odeh go to Nairobi | Early August 1998 | Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah (Leader), Mohamed Sadeek Odeh |
Ahmed Mohammed Hamed Ali goes to Pakistan | Aug. 2, 1998 | Ahmed Mohammed Hamed Ali |
Swedan and Fadhil go to Pakistan | Aug. 2, 1998 | Sheikh Ahmed Salim Swedan, Mustafa Mohammed Fadhil |
Kenyan cell meets | Aug. 2, 1998 | Fazul Abdullah Mohammed, Mohamed Sadeek Odeh |
Fazul Abdullah Mohammed cases American embassy | Aug. 4, 1998 | Fazul Abdullah Mohammed, Mohamed Rashed Daoud Al-Owhali, Azzam, Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah (Leader) |
Al-Owhali calls Yemen | 0919 local, Aug. 5, 1998 | Mohamed Rashed Daoud Al-Owhali (Communicant 1), Ahmed al-Hada (Communicant 2) |
Mohamed Sadeek Odeh goes to Pakistan | Aug. 6, 1998 | Mohamed Sadeek Odeh, Fahid Mohammed Ally Msalam |
Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah goes to Pakistan | Aug. 6, 1998 | Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah |
Ahmed Abdullah Ahmed and Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani go to Pakistan | Aug. 6, 1998 | Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah (Leader), Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani |
Mohamed Sadeek Odeh detained | Aug. 7, 1998 | Mohamed Sadeek Odeh |
Fazul Mohammed, Al-Owhali and Azzam drive to embassy | 0930 local, Aug. 7, 1998- 1030 local, Aug. 7, 1998 | Fazul Abdullah Mohammed, Mohamed Rashed Daoud Al-Owhali, Azzam |
East African Embassy Bombings | 1030 local, Aug. 7, 1998- 1039 local, Aug. 7, 1998 | Osama bin Laden (Organizer), Mohammed Atef (Facilitator), Ayman al-Zawahiri (Facilitator), Saif al-Adel (Facilitator), Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah (Operational Commander), Mamdouh Mahmud Salim (Facilitator), Wadih El Hage (Facilitator), Azzam (Suicide Bomber), Fazul Abdullah Mohammed, Mustafa Mohammed Fadhil, Khalfan Khamis Mohamed, Mohamed Sadeek Odeh, Mohamed Rashed Daoud Al-Owhali (Attacker), Fahid Mohammed Ally Msalam, Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, Hamden Khalif Allah Awad (Suicide Bomber), Mushin Musa Matwalli Atwah, Ahmed Mohammed Hamed Ali |
Truck bombing at US Embassy Nairobi | 1030 local, Aug. 7, 1998 | Azzam (Suicide Bomber), Mohamed Rashed Daoud Al-Owhali (Attacker), Fazul Abdullah Mohammed (Organizer), Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah (Operational Commander) |
Truck bombing at US Embassy Dar Es Salaam | 1039 local, Aug. 7, 1998 | Hamden Khalif Allah Awad (Suicide Bomber), Khalfan Khamis Mohamed |
Khalfan Mohammed goes to South Africa | Aug. 8, 1998 | Khalfan Khamis Mohamed |
Al-Owhali calls Yemen after the attacks | Aug. 8, 1998 | Mohamed Rashed Daoud Al-Owhali (Communicant 1), Ahmed al-Hada (Communicant 2) |
Al-Owhali calls Yemen after attacks 2 | Aug. 9, 1998 | Mohamed Rashed Daoud Al-Owhali (Communicant 1), Ahmed al-Hada (Communicant 2) |
Osama bin Laden satellite phone calls Yemen | Aug. 10, 1998 | Ahmed al-Hada (Communicant 2), Osama bin Laden (Communicant 1) |
Fazul Abdullah Mohammed goes to Comoros Islands | Aug. 14, 1998 | Fazul Abdullah Mohammed |
Odeh transferred from Pakistan to Kenya | Aug. 14, 1998 | Mohamed Sadeek Odeh |
Mohamed Rashed Daoud Al-Owhali captured | Aug. 16, 1998 | Mohamed Rashed Daoud Al-Owhali (Primary Target) |
Wadih El Hage interviewed by FBI 3 | Aug. 20, 1998 | Wadih El Hage |
US Navy launches cruise missiles at al-Qaeda sites | 2200 local, Aug. 20, 1998 |
Mamdouh Mahmud Salim captured | Sept. 16, 1998 | Mamdouh Mahmud Salim |
Mamdouh Mahmud Salim interviewed by Germans and FBI | Sept. 16, 1998- Sept. 28, 1998 | Mamdouh Mahmud Salim |
Osama bin Laden tasks al-Nashiri to attack ship | Late 1998 | Osama bin Laden, Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri |
Jordan Millennium Plot | Late 1998- Nov. 30, 1999 | Abu Zubaydah (Organizer), Khadr Abu Hoshar (Operational Commander) |
Ghailani trains in al-Qaeda camps | Late 1998 | Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani |
Bin Laden approves 9-11 operation | Late 1998- Early 1999 | Osama bin Laden, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed (Operational Commander), Mohammed Atef (Organizer) |
Target Radisson SAS Hotel Amman | Late 1998 | Abu Zubaydah, Khadr Abu Hoshar |
Germany sends Mamdouh Mahmud Salim to the United States | Dec. 20, 1998 | Mamdouh Mahmud Salim |
SE Asia assassination plot | 1999 | Omar al-Farouq, Yassin Sywal |
Jdey trains in Afghanistan | 1999- 2000 | Abderraouf Jdey |
Boussora in Afghanistan | 1999 | Faker Boussora |
Iraq offers bin Laden safe haven | 1999 | Osama bin Laden |
Target LAX | 1999 | Ahmed Ressam |
Al-Qaeda threat to FBI HQ | 1999 |
Abu Ayyub al-Masri goes to Afghanistan | 1999 | Abu Ayyub al-Masri |
Cole conspirators detained by Yemenis | 1999 | Tawfiq bin Attash |
Khallad goes to Yemen to assist in ship plot | Early 1999 | Tawfiq bin Attash |
Bin Laden reported at Sheikh Ali camp | Early February 1999- Feb. 12, 1999 | Osama bin Laden |
Attash is denied US visa | April 3, 1999 | Tawfiq bin Attash |
Nashiri enlists Badawi in Cole plot | Spring 1999 | Tawfiq bin Attash (Communicant 1), Jamal al Badawi (Communicant 2), Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri |
Bin Laden meets with KSM regarding planes operation | Spring 1999 | Osama bin Laden, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, Mohammed Atef |
Bin Laden reported in Kandahar area | May 1999 | Osama bin Laden |
9-11 Part 2 | Mid 1999- Spring 2000 | Khalid Shaikh Mohammed (Operational Commander), Tawfiq bin Attash, Abu Bara al-Yemeni, Osama bin Laden (Organizer) |
Hijazi receives explosives training in Afghanistan | June 1999- November 1999 | Raed Hijazi (Trainee), Khalil Deek (Facilitator), Abu Zubaydah, Khadr Abu Hoshar (Facilitator) |
Osama bin Laden says all American males should be killed | June 1999 | Osama bin Laden |
Reported chemical weapons training at Darunta | Summer 1999 |
Khallad released from Yemeni jail | Summer 1999 | Tawfiq bin Attash |
Nashiri rents Aden residence | Summer 1999 | Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri (Leader), Jamal al Badawi (Facilitator) |
Reported attempt to obtain nuclear material at Herat | Summer 1999 |
Nashiri buys boat | Summer 1999 | Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri (Leader), Jamal al Badawi (Facilitator) |
Issa al-Britani visits Hambali in Malaysia | Late 1999 | Hambali, Dhiren Barot, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed (Organizer) |
NSA learns of Kuala Lumpur meeting | Late 1999 |
Slahi meets with Hamburg Cell | October 1999 | Mohamedou Ould Slahi (Leader), Ramzi Binalshibh, Marwan al-Shehhi, Ziad Jarrah |
Khalfan Mohamed detained | Oct. 5, 1999 | Khalfan Khamis Mohamed (Primary Target) |
Initial assocation of four muscle hijackers | Fall 1999 | Ahmed al-Ghamdi, Saeed al-Ghamdi, Hamza al-Ghamdi, Ahmed al-Haznawi |
Veteran operatives attend Mes Aynak training | Fall 1999 | Saif al-Adel (Trainer), Salah al Din (Trainer), Khalid al-Mihdhar (Trainee), Nawaf al-Hazmi (Trainee), Ibrahim al-Thawar (Trainee), Abu Bara al-Yemeni (Trainee), Tawfiq bin Attash (Trainee), Nasser al Bahri (Trainee), Abderraouf Jdey (Trainee) |
Nashiri transports explosives to Aden | Fall 1999 | Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri (Leader) |
Atta and Jarrah go to Karachi | Late November 1999 | Mohamed Atta, Ziad Jarrah |
Hamburg Cell in Afghanistan | Late November 1999 | Mohamed Atta, Marwan al-Shehhi, Ziad Jarrah |
Atta meets with bin Laden | Late November 1999- Early January 1999 | Mohamed Atta, Osama bin Laden |
Abu Zubaydah-Abu Hoshar call intercepted | Nov. 30, 1999 | Khadr Abu Hoshar (Communicant 1), Abu Zubaydah (Communicant 2) |
Jordanians break up millennium cell | Nov. 30, 1999 | Khadr Abu Hoshar |
Deek detained | December 1999 | Khalil Deek |
Binalshibh arrives at Taliban office in Quetta | Early December 1999 | Ramzi Binalshibh |
Atta and al-Hazmi stay at Quetta guesthouse | Early December 1999 | Mohamed Atta, Nawaf al-Hazmi |
KSM teaches 9-11 operatives | Early December 1999 | Khalid Shaikh Mohammed (Trainer), Nawaf al-Hazmi (Trainee), Tawfiq bin Attash (Trainee), Abu Bara al-Yemeni (Trainee) |
Binalshibh escorted to Kandahar | Early December 1999 | Ramzi Binalshibh |
Hamburg Cell in Kandahar | Early December 1999 | Ramzi Binalshibh, Mohamed Atta, Ziad Jarrah |
Binalshibh meets bin Laden | Early December 1999 | Ramzi Binalshibh, Osama bin Laden |
Shehhi meets KSM | Early December 1999 | Marwan al-Shehhi (Trainee), Khalid Shaikh Mohammed (Trainer) |
Shehhi goes to UAE | Early December 1999- Early 2000 | Marwan al-Shehhi |
Atef meets with Hamburg cell | Early December 1999 | Mohammed Atef, Mohamed Atta, Ziad Jarrah, Ramzi Binalshibh |
Nawaf al-Hazmi goes to Afghanistan | Mid December 1999 | Nawaf al-Hazmi |
Two operatives travel to Kuala Lumpur | Mid December 1999 | Abu Bara al-Yemeni, Tawfiq bin Attash |
Attash and Abu Bara meet Hambali | Mid December 1999 | Tawfiq bin Attash, Abu Bara al-Yemeni, Hambali |
Ahmed Ressam arrested | Dec. 14, 1999 | Ahmed Ressam |
Bin Laden reported in Kandahar | Dec. 20, 1999 | Osama bin Laden |
Attash flies to Bangkok | Dec. 31, 1999 | Tawfiq bin Attash |
9-11 Second Wave plot | 2000 | Khalid Shaikh Mohammed (Organizer), Mohammed Atef (Organizer), Zacarias Moussaoui, Abderraouf Jdey, Zaini Zakariya |
Moqed and Suqami train at Khalden | 2000 | Satam al Suqami (Trainee), Majed Moqed (Trainee) |
Muscle hijackers train at al Farouq | 2000 | Ahmed al-Nami (Trainee), Ahmed al-Ghamdi (Trainee), Saeed al-Ghamdi (Trainee), Hamza al-Ghamdi (Trainee), Ahmed al-Haznawi (Trainee), Wail al-Shehri (Trainee), Waleed al-Shehri (Trainee), Salem al-Hazmi (Trainee), Abdul Aziz al Omari (Trainee) |
Attash cases flight to Hong Kong | Jan. 1, 2000 | Tawfiq bin Attash |
Ali Abdulaziz Ali orders aircraft material | Early January 2000 | Ali Abdulaziz Ali, Marwan al-Shehhi |
Attash cases flight to Bangkok | Jan. 2, 2000 | Tawfiq bin Attash |
Failed USS The Sullivans bombing | Jan. 3, 2000 | Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri (Operational Commander), Jamal al Badawi (Facilitator), Fahd al Quso (Facilitator), Hassan al Khamri, Ibrahim al-Thawar |
Nashiri salvages The Sullivans bomb boat | Jan. 4, 2000 | Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri |
Khalid al-Mihdhar travels to Kuala Lumpur | Jan. 5, 2000 | Khalid al-Mihdhar |
The Kuala Lumpur meeting | Jan. 5, 2000- Jan. 8, 2000 | Khalid al-Mihdhar, Nawaf al-Hazmi, Tawfiq bin Attash, Abu Bara al-Yemeni, Hambali (Organizer), Yazid Sufaat |
Al-Mihdhar meets Shakir at airport | Jan. 5, 2000 | Khalid al-Mihdhar, Ahmad Hikmat Shakir |
Two operatives meet Aulaqi | Early 2000 | Nawaf al-Hazmi, Anwar Aulaqi, Khalid al-Mihdhar |
Atta and Binalshibh meet KSM | Early 2000 | Khalid Shaikh Mohammed (Trainer), Ramzi Binalshibh (Trainee), Mohamed Atta (Trainee), Abderraouf Jdey (Trainee) |
Hazmi and Mihdhar at King Fahd mosque | Early 2000 | Nawaf al-Hazmi, Khalid al-Mihdhar |
Shehhi in Saudi Arabia | Early 2000 | Marwan al-Shehhi |
Shehhi in Bahrain | Early 2000 | Marwan al-Shehhi |
Abu Bara goes to Yemen | Jan. 8, 2000 | Abu Bara al-Yemeni |
Three operatives to Bangkok | Jan. 8, 2000 | Tawfiq bin Attash, Nawaf al-Hazmi, Khalid al-Mihdhar |
Attash meets Quso and Thawar | Mid January 2000 | Tawfiq bin Attash, Fahd al Quso, Ibrahim al-Thawar, Khalid al-Mihdhar, Nawaf al-Hazmi |
Nawaf al-Hazmi and Khalid al-Mihdhar fly to LA | Jan. 15, 2000 | Khalid al-Mihdhar, Nawaf al-Hazmi |
Hijackers possibly meet US contact | Jan. 15, 2000 | Nawaf al-Hazmi, Khalid al-Mihdhar, Mohdar Abdullah |
Shehhi obtains US visa | Jan. 18, 2000 | Marwan al-Shehhi |
Jarrah flies Karachi-Dubai | Jan. 30, 2000 | Ziad Jarrah |
Jarrah questioned in Dubai | Jan. 30, 2000 | Ziad Jarrah |
Jarrah returns to Hamburg from Afghanistan | Jan. 31, 2000 | Ziad Jarrah |
Threat to Clinton visit to Pakistan | February 2000 |
Two 9-11 operatives meet Bayoumi | Afternoon Feb. 1, 2000 | Khalid al-Mihdhar, Nawaf al-Hazmi, Omar al Bayoumi, Caysan Bin Don |
Two hijackers go to Bayoumi for help | Feb. 4, 2000 | Nawaf al-Hazmi, Khalid al-Mihdhar, Omar al Bayoumi |
Bayoumi throws party at hijackers apartment | Mid February 2000 | Nawaf al-Hazmi, Khalid al-Mihdhar, Omar al Bayoumi, Caysan Bin Don |
Atta returns to Hamburg from Pakistan | Late February 2000 | Mohamed Atta |
Shehhi returns to Hamburg from overseas | March 2000 | Marwan al-Shehhi |
Binalshibh returns to Hamburg from Pakistan | Early March 2000 | Ramzi Binalshibh |
Hamlan travels UAE-Islamabad | Mid March 2000 | Mushabib al Hamlan |
Hamlan stays at al-Qaeda guesthouse | Mid March 2000 | Hassan Ghul, Mushabib al Hamlan, Abu Zubaydah (Facilitator) |
Hamlan goes to Afghanistan | Mid March 2000 | Mushabib al Hamlan |
Ali Abdulaziz Ali sends money to Hazmi | April 2000 | Ali Abdulaziz Ali (Sender), Nawaf al-Hazmi (Recipient) |
Nawaf al-Hazmi takes first flying lesson | April 4, 2000 | Nawaf al-Hazmi |
Hamlan trains at Khalden | Spring 2000 | Mushabib al Hamlan |
Hanjour trains in Afghanistan | Spring 2000 | Hani Hanjour (Trainee) |
Bin Laden recalls KSM to Afghanistan | Spring 2000 | Khalid Shaikh Mohammed |
Nashiri and Attash meet with bin Laden on Cole plot | Spring 2000- Summer 2000 | Osama bin Laden, Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, Tawfiq bin Attash |
Binalshibh applies for US visa | May 2000 | Ramzi Binalshibh |
Hazmi and Mihdhar take two flying lessons | May 5, 2000- May 10, 2000 | Nawaf al-Hazmi (Trainee), Khalid al-Mihdhar (Trainee) |
Two hijackers rent San Diego house | May 10, 2000 | Nawaf al-Hazmi, Khalid al-Mihdhar |
Hamlan trains at Farouq | Mid 2000 | Mushabib al Hamlan (Trainee) |
Hamlan meets bin Laden | Mid 2000 | Mushabib al Hamlan, Osama bin Laden (Leader) |
Hamlan meets al-Nami | Mid 2000 | Mushabib al Hamlan, Ahmed al-Nami |
Abu Basir meets Hamlan and Nami | Mid 2000 | Mushabib al Hamlan (Trainee), Ahmed al-Nami (Trainee), Abu Basir al-Yemeni (Trainer) |
Abu Hafs the Mauritanian meets Hamlan and Nami | Mid 2000 | Mushabib al Hamlan, Ahmed al-Nami, Abu Hafs the Mauritanian (Leader) |
Hamlan and Nami volunteer to bin Laden | Mid 2000 | Mushabib al Hamlan, Ahmed al-Nami, Osama bin Laden (Leader) |
Atta obtains US visa | May 18, 2000 | Mohamed Atta |
Jarrah obtains US visa | May 25, 2000 | Ziad Jarrah |
Shehhi flies Brussels-Newark | May 29, 2000 | Marwan al-Shehhi |
Hazmi and Mihdhar at King Fahd mosque 2 | June 2000 | Nawaf al-Hazmi, Khalid al-Mihdhar, Mohdar Abdullah, Khallam |
Binalshibh applies for US visa 2 | June 2000 | Ramzi Binalshibh |
Atta takes bus from Hamburg to Prague | June 2, 2000 | Mohamed Atta |
Atta flies from Prague to Newark | June 3, 2000 | Mohamed Atta |
Hijackers drive to LA | June 9, 2000 | Khalid al-Mihdhar, Nawaf al-Hazmi, Mohdar Abdullah |
Mihdhar leaves US for Yemen | June 9, 2000 | Khalid al-Mihdhar |
Mihdhar stays in Yemen | Mid June 2000- Mid July 2000 | Khalid al-Mihdhar |
Hanjour reports to KSM | Mid June 2000- June 20, 2000 | Khalid Shaikh Mohammed (Trainer), Hani Hanjour (Trainee) |
Hanjour travels Karachi-Saudi Arabia | June 20, 2000 | Hani Hanjour |
Jarrah flies DUS-EWR | June 27, 2000 | Ziad Jarrah |
Atta and Shehhi visit Oklahoma flight school | July 2, 2000- July 3, 2000 | Mohamed Atta, Marwan al-Shehhi |
Mihdhar returns to Afghanistan | Mid July 2000- Late 2000 | Khalid al-Mihdhar |
Atta and Shehhi attend Florida flight school | Summer 2000- Late September 2000 | Mohamed Atta (Trainee), Marwan al-Shehhi (Trainee) |
Jarrah in Florida flight school | Summer 2000- Late 2000 | Ziad Jarrah (Trainee) |
Nashiri and Atwah test explosives | Summer 2000- Fall 2000 | Mushin Musa Matwalli Atwah, Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri |
Khamri leases Aden apartment | Summer 2000 | Hassan al Khamri |
Attash meets several 9-11 operatives in Kandahar | Summer 2000 | Tawfiq bin Attash, Saeed al-Ghamdi, Satam al Suqami, Wail al-Shehri, Waleed al-Shehri, Abdul Aziz al Omari, Ahmed al-Nami, Hamza al-Ghamdi, Salem al-Hazmi, Majed Moqed |
Nashiri refits bomb boat | Summer 2000- Fall 2000 | Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri |
Threat to Newark financial building | August 2000 | Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, Dhiren Barot, Nadeem Tarmohamed, Qaisar Shaffi |
Threat to NYC financial buildings | August 2000 | Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, Dhiren Barot, Nadeem Tarmohamed, Qaisar Shaffi |
Barot and Tarmohamed fly UK-JFK | Aug. 17, 2000 | Dhiren Barot, Nadeem Tarmohamed |
Threat to DC financial buildings | Late August 2000 | Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, Dhiren Barot, Nadeem Tarmohamed, Qaisar Shaffi |
Barot and Tarmohamed in DC | Late August 2000 | Dhiren Barot, Nadeem Tarmohamed |
Odeh transferred from Kenya to United States | Aug. 27, 2000 | Mohamed Sadeek Odeh |
Badawi enlists Quso to film Cole bombing | September 2000 | Jamal al Badawi, Fahd al Quso |
Bin Laden calls for release of jihadi prisoners | September 2000 | Osama bin Laden (Speaker) |
Binalshibh applies for US visa 3 | September 2000 | Ramzi Binalshibh |
Ahmed al-Ghamdi obtains US visa | Sept. 3, 2000 | Ahmed al-Ghamdi |
Saeed al-Ghamdi obtains US visa | Sept. 4, 2000 | Saeed al-Ghamdi |
Hazmi deposits Salmi checks | Sept. 5, 2000 | Yazeed al Salmi (Sender), Nawaf al-Hazmi (Recipient) |
Tarmohamed flies US-UK | Sept. 5, 2000 | Nadeem Tarmohamed |
Mihdhar stays with cousin in Mecca | Late 2000- February 2001 | Khalid al-Mihdhar |
Muscle hijackers receive pre-9-11 training | Late 2000- Early 2001 | Abu Turab al Urdani (Trainer), Ahmed al-Ghamdi (Trainee), Saeed al-Ghamdi (Trainee), Hamza al-Ghamdi (Trainee), Ahmed al-Haznawi (Trainee), Wail al-Shehri (Trainee), Waleed al-Shehri (Trainee), Mohand al-Shehri (Trainee), Majed Moqed (Trainee), Satam al Suqami (Trainee), Ahmed al-Nami (Trainee), Salem al-Hazmi (Trainee), Abdul Aziz al Omari (Trainee), Fayez Bannihammad (Trainee) |
Badawi detained | Late 2000 | Jamal al Badawi, Fahd al Quso |
Iyman Faris goes to Afghanistan | Late 2000 | Iyman Faris, Majid Khan |
Haznawi and Rashid at guesthouse | Late 2000 | Saud al Rashid, Ahmed al-Haznawi |
Iyman Faris meets Osama bin Laden | Late 2000 | Iyman Faris, Osama bin Laden, Majid Khan |
Attash flees Yemen | Late September 2000 | Tawfiq bin Attash |
Atta and Shehhi enroll at another aviation school | Late September 2000- Early October 2000 | Mohamed Atta, Marwan al-Shehhi |
Hanjour obtains US visa | Sept. 25, 2000 | Hani Hanjour |
Drone possibly sights bin Laden | Sept. 28, 2000 | Osama bin Laden |
Two hijackers fly Iran-Kuwait | October 2000 | Mohand al-Shehri, Hamza al-Ghamdi |
Binalshibh applies for US visa 4 | October 2000 | Ramzi Binalshibh |
Nami and Hamlan meet KSM | October 2000 | Khalid Shaikh Mohammed (Leader), Abu Basir al-Yemeni, Ahmed al-Nami, Mushabib al Hamlan |
Nami and Hamlan meet Atef | October 2000 | Mohammed Atef (Leader), Mushabib al Hamlan, Ahmed al-Nami |
Nami and Hamlan go to Iran | October 2000 | Ahmed al-Nami, Mushabib al Hamlan |
Nami and Hamlan go to Qatar | October 2000 | Ahmed al-Nami, Mushabib al Hamlan |
Nami and Hamlan go to UAE | October 2000 | Ahmed al-Nami, Mushabib al Hamlan |
Nami and Hamlan go to Mecca | October 2000 | Ahmed al-Nami, Mushabib al Hamlan |
Nami and Hamlan go to Jeddah | October 2000 | Ahmed al-Nami, Mushabib al Hamlan |
Moussaoui in London | Early October 2000 | Zacarias Moussaoui |
Atta and Shehhi return to Huffman pilot school | Early October 2000- Mid December 2000 | Mohamed Atta (Trainee), Marwan al-Shehhi (Trainee) |
Al Qaeda leaders discuss Cole attack | Mid October 2000 | Osama bin Laden, Saif al-Adel |
Nami contacts KSM | Mid October 2000 | Ahmed al-Nami (Communicant 1), Khalid Shaikh Mohammed (Communicant 2) |
Nashiri in Afghanistan during Cole attack | Oct. 12, 2000 | Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri |
USS Cole bombing | 1122 local, Oct. 12, 2000 | Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri (Operational Commander), Tawfiq bin Attash (Facilitator), Ibrahim al-Thawar (Suicide Bomber), Hassan al Khamri (Suicide Bomber), Jamal al Badawi (Facilitator), Fahd al Quso (Facilitator), Mushin Musa Matwalli Atwah (Facilitator), Osama bin Laden (Organizer), Saif al-Adel (Facilitator), Qaed Salim Sinan al-Harethi (Facilitator), Mohammed Hamdi al-Ahdal (Facilitator) |
Quso conceals boat trailer | Afternoon Oct. 12, 2000 | Fahd al Quso |
Moussaoui seeks flight training in Malaysia | Fall 2000 | Zacarias Moussaoui |
Hanjour meets Ali in UAE | Fall 2000 | Hani Hanjour, Ali Abdulaziz Ali |
Moussaoui recalled to Pakistan | Fall 2000 | Zacarias Moussaoui, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed |
Hamza al-Ghamdi obtains US visa | Oct. 17, 2000 | Hamza al-Ghamdi |
Nami and Hamlan stay with Waleed al-Shehri in Jeddah | Late October 2000 | Ahmed al-Nami, Mushabib al Hamlan, Waleed al-Shehri |
Mohand al-Shehri obtains US visa | Oct. 23, 2000 | Mohand al-Shehri |
Shehri brothers obtain visas | Oct. 24, 2000 | Wail al-Shehri, Waleed al-Shehri |
Nami obtains US visa | Oct. 28, 2000 | Ahmed al-Nami, Mushabib al Hamlan |
Reported Shalawi training in Afghanistan | November 2000 | Hamdan al Shalawi |
Ahmed al-Ghamdi in Beirut | November 2000 | Ahmed al-Ghamdi |
Salem al Hazmi flies Saudi Arabia-Beirut | November 2000 | Salem al-Hazmi |
Hamlan goes home to Riyadh | November 2000 | Mushabib al Hamlan |
Mamdouh Mahmud Salim attacks prison guard | Nov. 1, 2000 | Mamdouh Mahmud Salim (Attacker), Khalfan Khamis Mohamed (Attacker) |
Nami back in Afghanistan | November 2000 | Ahmed al-Nami |
Three future hijackers travel Saudi Arabia to Beirut | Mid November 2000 | Wail al-Shehri, Waleed al-Shehri, Ahmed al-Nami |
Three future hijackers travel Beirut to Iran | Mid November 2000 | Wail al-Shehri, Waleed al-Shehri, Ahmed al-Nami |
Haznawi obtains US visa | Nov. 12, 2000 | Ahmed al-Haznawi, Jihad al Ghamdi |
Barot flies US-UK | Nov. 14, 2000 | Dhiren Barot |
Moqed obtains US visa | Nov. 20, 2000 | Majed Moqed |
Two future hijackers fly from Iran to Bahrain | Late November 2000 | Satam al Suqami, Majed Moqed |
Suqami obtains US visa | Nov. 21, 2000 | Satam al Suqami |
Moussaoui and Binalshibh in London | December 2000 | Zacarias Moussaoui, Ramzi Binalshibh |
Hanjour flies from Dubai to Paris | Dec. 8, 2000 | Hani Hanjour |
Hanjour flies from Paris to Cincinnati | Dec. 8, 2000 | Hani Hanjour |
Hanjour flies from Cincinnati to San Diego | Dec. 8, 2000 | Hani Hanjour |
Hazmi picks up Hanjour at airport | Dec. 8, 2000 | Hani Hanjour, Nawaf al-Hazmi |
Hazmi and Hanjour drive to Arizona | Mid December 2000 | Hani Hanjour, Nawaf al-Hazmi |
Hanjour takes pilot refresher course | Mid December 2000 | Hani Hanjour |
Jarrah flies to Germany en route to Beirut | Late December 2000 | Ziad Jarrah |
Jarrah flies Germany-Beirut | Late December 2000 | Ziad Jarrah |
Two candidate hijackers in Bahrain | 2001 | Qutaybah al Najdi, Saeed al Baluchi |
Aulaqi moves to Virginia | January 2001 | Anwar Aulaqi |
Bin Laden son marries Atef daughter | January 2001 | Osama bin Laden, Mohammed Atef, Ayman al-Zawahiri, Mohammed bin Laden |
Jdey returns to Canada | 2001 | Abderraouf Jdey |
Abu Ayyub al-Masri meets Abu Musab al-Zarqawi | 2001- Early 2002 | Abu Ayyub al-Masri, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi |
Ghailani works in al-Qaeda document forgery office | 2001 | Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani |
Atta gives progress report to Binalshibh | Early January 2001 | Mohamed Atta, Ramzi Binalshibh |
Nawaf al-Hazmi goes to Kuala Lumpur | Jan. 4, 2001 | Nawaf al-Hazmi |
Jarrah flies Beirut-Germany | Early 2001 | Ziad Jarrah |
Jarrah flies Germany-Florida | Early 2001 | Ziad Jarrah |
Hambali introduces WMD researcher to Zawahiri | Early 2001 | Yazid Sufaat, Hambali, Ayman al-Zawahiri, Mohammed Atef (Organizer) |
Issa al Britani cases targets in the United States | Early 2001 | Issa al Britani, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed (Organizer), Osama bin Laden (Organizer) |
Iyman Faris performs computer search in Karachi | Early 2001 | Iyman Faris |
Yazid Sufaat works on anthrax for al-Qaeda | Early 2001 | Yazid Sufaat, Mohammed Atef (Organizer), Ayman al-Zawahiri (Organizer) |
Hanjour trains on Boeing 737 simulator | Early 2001- March 2001 | Hani Hanjour |
Atta returns to United States | Jan. 10, 2001 | Mohamed Atta |
Shehhi goes to Morocco | Mid January 2001 | Marwan al-Shehhi, Abdelghani Mzoudi |
Atta wires Binalshibh money | Mid January 2001 | Mohamed Atta (Sender), Ramzi Binalshibh (Recipient) |
Shehhi returns to United States | Jan. 18, 2001 | Marwan al-Shehhi |
Jarrah visits father in Beirut | Late January 2001 | Ziad Jarrah |
Al-Mihdhar flies from Syria to Iran | February 2001 | Khalid al-Mihdhar |
Binalshibh reports to leadership in Afghanistan | February 2001 | Ramzi Binalshibh |
Jarrah visits girlfriend in Germany | February 2001 | Ziad Jarrah |
Mihdhar visits family in Yemen | February 2001 | Khalid al-Mihdhar |
Atta and Shehhi in Norcross | February 2001 | Mohamed Atta, Marwan al-Shehhi |
Mihdhar back in Afghanistan once more | February 2001- June 2001 | Khalid al-Mihdhar |
Atta and Shehhi in Decatur | February 2001 | Mohamed Atta, Marwan al-Shehhi |
Atta and Shehhi in Lawrenceville | February 2001 | Mohamed Atta, Marwan al-Shehhi |
Atta and Shehhi arrive in Virginia Beach | Feb. 19, 2001 | Mohamed Atta, Marwan al-Shehhi |
Atta and Shehhi go to Stone Mountain | Late February 2001 | Mohamed Atta, Marwan al-Shehhi |
Jarrah returns to US from Germany | Late February 2001 | Ziad Jarrah |
Moussaoui deposits money in Oklahoma | Feb. 26, 2001 | Zacarias Moussaoui |
Taliban destroys Bamiyan Buddhas | Early March 2001 | Mullah Omar (Organizer), Abdul Aziz al Omari, Ahmed al-Ghamdi, Ahmed al-Haznawi, Ahmed al-Nami, Fayez Bannihammad, Hamza al-Ghamdi, Mohand al-Shehri, Saeed al-Ghamdi, Salem al-Hazmi, Wail al-Shehri, Waleed al-Shehri, Satam al Suqami, Majed Moqed |
Jarrah goes to Decatur | Mid March 2001 | Ziad Jarrah |
Barot and Shaffi fly UK-JFK | March 11, 2001 | Dhiren Barot, Qaisar Shaffi |
Jarrah visits girlfriend in Germany again | Late March 2001- Early April 2001 | Ziad Jarrah |
Hanjour and Hazmi attend Virginia mosque | Early April 2001 | Hani Hanjour, Nawaf al-Hazmi, Eyad al Rababah, Anwar Aulaqi |
Hanjour and Hazmi move to Virginia | April 4, 2001 | Hani Hanjour, Nawaf al-Hazmi |
Tarmohamed again flies UK-JFK | April 4, 2001 | Nadeem Tarmohamed |
Shaffi flies US-UK | April 4, 2001 | Qaisar Shaffi |
Atta in Virginia Beach | April 4, 2001 | Mohamed Atta, Marwan al-Shehhi |
Kahtani flies UAE-London | April 4, 2001 | Muhammad al-Kahtani |
Kahtani flies London-Orlando | April 4, 2001 | Muhammad al-Kahtani |
Rejected Kahtani flies Orlando-London | April 4, 2001 | Muhammad al-Kahtani |
Barot and Tarmohamed again fly US-UK | April 8, 2001 | Dhiren Barot, Nadeem Tarmohamed |
Alleged Atta-Iraqi meeting in Prague | 1100 local, April 9, 2001 | Ahmad Khalil Samir al-Ani, Mohamed Atta |
Atta in Coral Springs | April 11, 2001 | Mohamed Atta, Marwan al-Shehhi |
Bin Laden praises Cole suicide bombers | Spring 2001 | Osama bin Laden |
Attash describes Cole plot | Spring 2001 | Tawfiq bin Attash |
Muscle hijackers transit Karachi | Spring 2001 | Abd al Rahim Ghulum Rabbani (Leader), Abdullah Sindhi, Abdul Aziz al Omari, Ahmed al-Ghamdi, Ahmed al-Nami, Fayez Bannihammad, Hamza al-Ghamdi, Ahmed al-Haznawi, Majed Moqed, Mohand al-Shehri, Saeed al-Ghamdi, Satam al Suqami, Wail al-Shehri, Waleed al-Shehri, Salem al-Hazmi, Ramzi Binalshibh |
Muscle hijackers transit UAE | Spring 2001 | Ali Abdulaziz Ali, Mustafa Ahmed al-Hawsawi, Abdul Aziz al Omari, Ahmed al-Ghamdi, Ahmed al-Nami, Fayez Bannihammad, Hamza al-Ghamdi, Ahmed al-Haznawi, Majed Moqed, Mohand al-Shehri, Saeed al-Ghamdi, Satam al Suqami, Wail al-Shehri, Waleed al-Shehri, Salem al-Hazmi |
Shehhi flies Miami-Cairo | April 18, 2001 | Marwan al-Shehhi |
Shehhi in Cairo | April 18, 2001- May 2, 2001 | Marwan al-Shehhi |
Waleed al-Shehri and al-Suqami fly UAE-London | Late April 2001 | Waleed al-Shehri, Satam al Suqami |
Waleed al-Shehri and al-Suqami fly London-Orlando | April 23, 2001 | Waleed al-Shehri, Satam al Suqami |
Nami obtains another US visa | April 23, 2001 | Ahmed al-Nami |
Three muscle hijackers fly Dubai-London | May 2001 | Hamza al-Ghamdi, Mohand al-Shehri, Ahmed al-Nami |
Atta and Jarrah get licenses | May 2, 2001 | Mohamed Atta, Ziad Jarrah |
Ahmed al-Ghamdi and Moqed fly Dubai-London | May 2, 2001 | Ahmed al-Ghamdi, Majed Moqed |
Two muscle hijackers move in with Hanjour and Hazmi | May 2, 2001 | Hani Hanjour, Nawaf al-Hazmi, Ahmed al-Ghamdi, Majed Moqed |
Ahmed al-Ghamdi and Moqed fly London-IAD | May 2, 2001 | Ahmed al-Ghamdi, Majed Moqed |
Shehhi flies Cairo-Miami | May 2, 2001 | Marwan al-Shehhi |
Four hijackers visit Fairfield | May 8, 2001 | Hani Hanjour, Nawaf al-Hazmi, Majed Moqed, Ahmed al-Ghamdi, Eyad al Rababah |
Four hijackers day trip to Paterson | Mid May 2001 | Hani Hanjour, Nawaf al-Hazmi, Majed Moqed, Ahmed al-Ghamdi, Eyad al Rababah |
Four hijackers return to Fairfield | Mid May 2001 | Hani Hanjour, Nawaf al-Hazmi, Majed Moqed, Ahmed al-Ghamdi, Eyad al Rababah |
Waleed al-Shehri and Suqami fly Fort Lauderdale-Freeport | May 19, 2001 | Waleed al-Shehri, Satam al Suqami |
Waleed al-Shehri and Suqami fly Freeport-Fort Lauderdale | May 19, 2001 | Waleed al-Shehri, Satam al Suqami |
Binalshibh reports to bin Laden | Late May 2001 | Osama bin Laden, Ramzi Binalshibh |
Shehhi cases New York-San Francisco flight | May 24, 2001 | Marwan al-Shehhi |
Shehhi flies SFO-LAS | May 24, 2001 | Marwan al-Shehhi |
Shehhi flies LAS-SFO | May 27, 2001 | Marwan al-Shehhi |
Shehhi flies SFO-New York | May 27, 2001 | Marwan al-Shehhi |
Three muscle hijackers fly London-Miami | May 28, 2001 | Hamza al-Ghamdi, Mohand al-Shehri, Ahmed al-Nami |
Atta meets three muscle hijackers at airport | May 28, 2001 | Hamza al-Ghamdi, Mohand al-Shehri, Ahmed al-Nami, Mohamed Atta |
Hanjour goes for additional simulator training in Arizona | June 2001 | Hani Hanjour |
Three muscle hijackers living in Delray Beach | June 2001 | Ahmed al-Nami, Hamza al-Ghamdi, Mohand al-Shehri |
Mihdhar sees cousin in Mecca again | June 2001- Early July 2001 | Khalid al-Mihdhar |
Binalshibh travels to Quetta | Early June 2001 | Ramzi Binalshibh |
Jarrah flies FLL-PHL | Early June 2001 | Ziad Jarrah |
Hanjour seeks to fly over Hudson Corridor | Early June 2001 | Hani Hanjour |
Jarrah seeks to fly over Hudson Corridor | Early June 2001 | Ziad Jarrah |
Binalshibh and Abu Rahmah travel Quetta-Karachi | Early June 2001 | Ramzi Binalshibh, Abd al Rahim Ghulum Rabbani |
Binalshibh meets with KSM in Karachi | Early June 2001 | Ramzi Binalshibh, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, Abd al Rahim Ghulum Rabbani |
Hanjour trains at Fairfield flight school | Early June 2001- Late July 2001 | Hani Hanjour |
Binalshibh in Kuala Lumpur to meet with absent Atta | Early June 2001- Late June 2001 | Ramzi Binalshibh |
Jarrah cases BWI-LAX flight | June 7, 2001 | Ziad Jarrah |
Jarrah flies LAX-LAS | June 7, 2001 | Ziad Jarrah |
Haznawi and Wail al-Shehri fly London-Miami | June 8, 2001 | Ahmed al-Haznawi, Wail al-Shehri |
Jarrah flies LAS-BWI | June 10, 2001 | Ziad Jarrah |
Saeed al-Ghamdi obtains second US visa | June 12, 2001 | Saeed al-Ghamdi |
Omari obtains US visa | June 18, 2001 | Abdul Aziz al Omari |
Banihammad obtains US visa | June 18, 2001 | Fayez Bannihammad |
Nawaf al-Hazmi flies EWR-MIA | June 19, 2001 | Nawaf al-Hazmi |
Probable Hazmi-Atta meeting | June 19, 2001- June 25, 2001 | Nawaf al-Hazmi, Mohamed Atta |
Salem al-Hazmi obtains US visa | June 20, 2001 | Salem al-Hazmi |
Several hijackers living in Paterson | Late June 2001 | Nawaf al-Hazmi, Salem al-Hazmi, Hani Hanjour, Majed Moqed, Abdul Aziz al Omari, Ahmed al-Ghamdi |
Binalshibh in Bangkok | Late June 2001- Early July 2001 | Ramzi Binalshibh |
Nawaf al-Hazmi flies MIA-EWR | June 25, 2001 | Nawaf al-Hazmi |
Banihammad deposits money in UAE | June 25, 2001 | Fayez Bannihammad |
Saeed al-Ghamdi and Bannihammad fly London-Orlando | June 27, 2001 | Saeed al-Ghamdi, Fayez Bannihammad |
Atta cases BOS-SFO flight | June 28, 2001 | Mohamed Atta |
Atta flies SFO-LAS | June 28, 2001 | Mohamed Atta |
Salem al-Hazmi and Omari fly Dubai-Zurich | June 29, 2001 | Salem al-Hazmi, Abdul Aziz al Omari |
Salem al-Hazmi and Omari fly Zurich-JFK | June 29, 2001 | Salem al-Hazmi, Abdul Aziz al Omari |
Threat to Genoa G-8 summit | July 2001 |
Atta flies LAS-DEN | July 1, 2001 | Mohamed Atta |
Atta flies DEN-BOS | July 1, 2001 | Mohamed Atta |
Atta in Paterson | Early July 2001 | Mohamed Atta, Nawaf al-Hazmi |
Mihdhar arrives in United States | July 4, 2001 | Khalid al-Mihdhar |
Mihdhar moves in with Paterson hijackers | July 5, 2001 | Khalid al-Mihdhar, Nawaf al-Hazmi, Salem al-Hazmi, Hani Hanjour, Majed Moqed, Abdul Aziz al Omari, Ahmed al-Ghamdi |
Atta flies ZRH-MAD | July 8, 2001 | Mohamed Atta |
Atta flies MIA-ZRH | July 8, 2001 | Mohamed Atta |
Atta and Binalshibh meet in Spain | July 9, 2001- July 16, 2001 | Mohamed Atta, Ramzi Binalshibh, Muhammed Belfatmi |
Binalshibh flies HAM-REU | July 9, 2001 | Ramzi Binalshibh |
Atta drives from Madrid to Reus | July 9, 2001 | Mohamed Atta |
Suqami travels Fort Lauderdale-Orlando | July 10, 2001 | Satam al Suqami |
Binalshibh contacts KSM | Mid July 2001 | Ramzi Binalshibh (Communicant 1), Khalid Shaikh Mohammed (Communicant 2) |
Suqami Orlando-Fort Lauderdale | July 12, 2001 | Satam al Suqami |
Binalshibh flies Spain-HAM | July 16, 2001 | Ramzi Binalshibh |
Al-Qaeda plot to attack Israeli city | Summer 2001 | Osama bin Laden, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed |
Essabar delivers 9-11 plan to Afghanistan | Summer 2001 | Zakariya Essabar |
Ghassan al Sharbi trains in Afghanistan | Summer 2001 | Ghassan al Sharbi |
Atta flies MAD-ATL | July 19, 2001 | Mohamed Atta |
Atta flies ATL-FLL | July 19, 2001 | Mohamed Atta |
Hanjour pilots plane from NJ to MD | July 20, 2001 | Hani Hanjour, Nawaf al-Hazmi |
Atta takes Jarrah to Miami airport | July 25, 2001 | Mohamed Atta, Ziad Jarrah |
Jarrah flies MIA-DUS | July 25, 2001 | Ziad Jarrah |
Jarrah sees Binalshibh in Germany | July 25, 2001 | Ziad Jarrah, Ramzi Binalshibh |
Atta and Hamzi in Newark | July 26, 2001- July 30, 2001 | Mohamed Atta, Nawaf al-Hazmi |
Waleed al-Shehri flies Fort Lauderdale-Boston | July 30, 2001 | Waleed al-Shehri |
Waleed al-Shehri flies Boston-San Francisco | July 31, 2001 | Waleed al-Shehri |
Waleed al-Shehri flies San Francisco-Las Vegas | Aug. 1, 2001 | Waleed al-Shehri |
Atta communicates attack plans to Binalshibh | Aug. 3, 2001 | Mohamed Atta (Communicant 1), Ramzi Binalshibh (Communicant 2) |
Jarrah flies Germany-US | Aug. 5, 2001 | Ziad Jarrah |
Atta flies FLL-EWR | Aug. 7, 2001 | Mohamed Atta |
Ahmed al-Ghamdi and Omari fly to Miami | Aug. 7, 2001 | Ahmed al-Ghamdi, Abdul Aziz al Omari |
Atta tells Binalshibh date of 9-11 | Mid August 2001 | Mohamed Atta (Communicant 1), Ramzi Binalshibh (Communicant 2) |
Hazmi and Hanjour fly IAD-LAX | Aug. 13, 2001 | Nawaf al-Hazmi, Hani Hanjour |
Atta flies DC-LAS | Aug. 13, 2001 | Mohamed Atta |
Hazmi and Hanjour fly LAX-LAS | Aug. 13, 2001 | Nawaf al-Hazmi, Hani Hanjour |
Three hijackers in Vegas | Aug. 13, 2001- Aug. 14, 2001 | Nawaf al-Hazmi, Hani Hanjour, Mohamed Atta |
Atta flies LAS-FLL | Aug. 14, 2001 | Mohamed Atta |
Hazmi and Hanjour fly LAS-MSP | Aug. 14, 2001 | Nawaf al-Hazmi, Hani Hanjour |
Hazmi and Hanjour fly MSP-BWI | Aug. 14, 2001 | Nawaf al-Hazmi, Hani Hanjour |
Possible Hazmi-Mohdar Abdullah contact | Late August 2001 | Nawaf al-Hazmi (Communicant 1), Mohdar Abdullah (Communicant 2) |
Jarrah buys GPS unit | Aug. 22, 2001 | Ziad Jarrah |
Atta and Hazmi in Newark 2 | Aug. 23, 2001 | Mohamed Atta, Nawaf al-Hazmi |
Ali Abdulaziz Ali applies for US visa | Aug. 27, 2001 | Ali Abdulaziz Ali |
Essabar travels Hamburg-Karachi | Aug. 30, 2001 | Zakariya Essabar |
AA 77 hijackers in Laurel | Early September 2001- Sept. 10, 2001 | Hani Hanjour, Nawaf al-Hazmi, Khalid al-Mihdhar, Majed Moqed, Salem al-Hazmi |
Bahaji travels Hamburg-Karachi | Sept. 3, 2001 | Said Bahaji, Muhammed Belfatmi |
Mihdhar and Moqed buy tickets at BWI | Sept. 5, 2001 | Khalid al-Mihdhar, Majed Moqed |
Atta flies FLL-BWI | Sept. 7, 2001 | Mohamed Atta |
Atta meets AA 77 hijackers | Sept. 7, 2001- Sept. 9, 2001 | Hani Hanjour, Nawaf al-Hazmi, Khalid al-Mihdhar, Majed Moqed, Salem al-Hazmi, Mohamed Atta |
Three UA 93 hijackers gather in Newark | Sept. 7, 2001 | Saeed al-Ghamdi, Ahmed al-Nami, Ahmed al-Haznawi |
Jarrah drives to Newark | Sept. 8, 2001- Sept. 9, 2001 | Ziad Jarrah |
Atta flies BWI-BOS | Sept. 9, 2001 | Mohamed Atta |
Jarrah joins UA 93 team in Newark | Sept. 9, 2001- Early Morning Sept. 11, 2001 | Ziad Jarrah, Ahmed al-Haznawi, Ahmed al-Nami, Saeed al-Ghamdi |
Ahmed Shah Massoud killed | Sept. 9, 2001 |
Three from AA 11 team in Newton hotel | Sept. 9, 2001- Early Morning Sept. 11, 2001 | Wail al-Shehri, Waleed al-Shehri, Satam al Suqami |
Atta and Shehhi at hotel | Sept. 9, 2001 | Mohamed Atta, Marwan al-Shehhi |
AA 77 hijackers in Herndon | Sept. 10, 2001- Early Morning Sept. 11, 2001 | Hani Hanjour, Nawaf al-Hazmi, Khalid al-Mihdhar, Majed Moqed, Salem al-Hazmi |
Atta and Omari drive to Portland | Sept. 10, 2001 | Mohamed Atta, Abdul Aziz al Omari |
Atta and Omari fly from Portland to Boston | 0600 local, Sept. 11, 2001- 0645 local, Sept. 11, 2001 | Mohamed Atta (Leader), Abdul Aziz al Omari |
Al-Shehhi calls Atta | 0652 local, Sept. 11, 2001 | Marwan al-Shehhi (Communicant 1), Mohamed Atta (Communicant 2) |
AA 11 takes off | 0759 local, Sept. 11, 2001 | Mohamed Atta (Leader), Abdul Aziz al Omari (Attacker), Satam al Suqami (Attacker), Wail al-Shehri (Attacker), Waleed al-Shehri (Attacker) |
UA 175 takes off | 0814 local, Sept. 11, 2001 | Marwan al-Shehhi (Leader), Fayez Bannihammad (Attacker), Mohand al-Shehri (Attacker), Ahmed al-Ghamdi (Attacker), Hamza al-Ghamdi (Attacker) |
9-11 | 0814 local, Sept. 11, 2001- 1003 local, Sept. 11, 2001 | Osama bin Laden (Organizer), Khalid Shaikh Mohammed (Operational Commander), Mohamed Atta, Marwan al-Shehhi, Ziad Jarrah, Nawaf al-Hazmi, Khalid al-Mihdhar, Hani Hanjour, Abdul Aziz al Omari, Satam al Suqami, Wail al-Shehri, Waleed al-Shehri, Fayez Bannihammad, Mohand al-Shehri, Ahmed al-Ghamdi, Hamza al-Ghamdi, Majed Moqed, Salem al-Hazmi, Saeed al-Ghamdi, Ahmed al-Nami, Ahmed al-Haznawi, Ramzi Binalshibh (Facilitator), Ali Abdulaziz Ali (Financier), Mustafa Ahmed al-Hawsawi (Financier), Mohammed Atef (Organizer), Tawfiq bin Attash (Facilitator), Abu Turab al Urdani (Facilitator) |
AA 77 takes off | 0820 local, Sept. 11, 2001 | Hani Hanjour, Nawaf al-Hazmi, Khalid al-Mihdhar, Salem al-Hazmi, Majed Moqed |
UA 93 takes off | 0842 local, Sept. 11, 2001 | Ziad Jarrah, Saeed al-Ghamdi, Ahmed al-Nami, Ahmed al-Haznawi |
AA 11 crashes into WTC North Tower | 0846 local, Sept. 11, 2001 | Mohamed Atta, Abdul Aziz al Omari, Satam al Suqami, Wail al-Shehri, Waleed al-Shehri |
UA 175 crashes into WTC South Tower | 0903 local, Sept. 11, 2001 | Marwan al-Shehhi, Fayez Bannihammad, Mohand al-Shehri, Ahmed al-Ghamdi, Hamza al-Ghamdi |
AA 77 crashes into Pentagon | 0937 local, Sept. 11, 2001 | Hani Hanjour, Nawaf al-Hazmi, Khalid al-Mihdhar, Salem al-Hazmi, Majed Moqed |
WTC South Tower collapses | 0959 local, Sept. 11, 2001 |
UA 93 crashes | 1003 local, Sept. 11, 2001 | Ziad Jarrah, Saeed al-Ghamdi, Ahmed al-Nami, Ahmed al-Haznawi |
WTC North Tower collapses | 1029 local, Sept. 11, 2001 |
Ghailani flees to Karachi after fall of Taliban | Late 2001 | Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani |
Ibn al-Shaykh al-Libi detained | Fall 2001 | Ibn al-Shaykh al-Libi |
West Coast Airliner Plot | November 2001- Mid 2002 | Khalid Shaikh Mohammed (Operational Commander), Hambali, Lillie, Zubair |
Second-Wave Target Los Angeles | November 2001- Mid 2002 | Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, Hambali, Lillie, Zubair |
Mohammed Atef killed | Nov. 14, 2001 | Mohammed Atef (Primary Target) |
Osama bin Laden in Tora Bora | Early December 2001 | Osama bin Laden |
Faris visits travel agency for al-Qaeda | Late December 2001 | Iyman Faris, Majid Khan (Organizer) |
Foiled Shoe Bombing of AA 63 | Dec. 22, 2001 | Richard Reid (Attacker), Sajid Badat (Facilitator), Ali Abdulaziz Ali (Facilitator), Khalid Shaikh Mohammed (Operational Commander) |
Bin Laden praises 9-11 hijackers in video | Dec. 27, 2001- Early December 2001 | Osama bin Laden |
Threat to US gas stations | 2002 | Majid Khan, Ali Abdulaziz Ali, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed (Organizer) |
Plot to bomb US gas stations | 2002- 2003 | Majid Khan, Ali Abdulaziz Ali, Uzair Paracha, Saifullah Paracha, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed (Organizer) |
Al-Libi interrogated by CIA | Early January 2002 | Ibn al-Shaykh al-Libi |
Abu Ayyub al-Masri sets up al-Qaeda cell in Baghdad | Early 2002 | Abu Ayyub al-Masri |
Abu Ayyub al-Masri goes to Iraq | Early 2002 | Abu Ayyub al-Masri |
Boussora possibly in Turkey | Early 2002 | Faker Boussora, Abderraouf Jdey |
Al-Qaeda targets Brooklyn Bridge and trains | Early 2002- March 2003 | Iyman Faris, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, Majid Khan |
Target Brooklyn Bridge | Early 2002 | Iyman Faris, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed |
Faris meets Khalid Shaikh Mohammed | Early 2002 | Iyman Faris, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, Majid Khan |
Majid Khan goes to Pakistan | Early 2002 | Majid Khan |
Target DC-area trains | Early 2002 | Iyman Faris, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed |
Ibn al-Shaykh al-Libi transferred to Egyptian custody | Mid January 2002 | Ibn al-Shaykh al-Libi |
Reporter Daniel Pearl kidnapped | Jan. 23, 2002 |
Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl killed | Jan. 29, 2002 | Khalid Shaikh Mohammed (Attacker) |
CIA Predator strikes gathering | Feb. 4, 2002 |
Operation Anaconda | March 2, 2002- March 8, 2002 |
Abu Zubaydah captured | March 28, 2002 | Abu Zubaydah, Ghassan al Sharbi |
Faris returns to United States | April 2002 | Iyman Faris |
Djerba synagogue bombing | April 11, 2002 | Nizar bin Mohammed Nawar (Suicide Bomber), Khalid Shaikh Mohammed (Facilitator), Saad bin Laden (Facilitator) |
Al-Qaeda shoots at US military plane | Mid May 2002 | Abu Huzifa (Attacker) |
Omar al-Farouq detained | June 5, 2002 | Omar al-Farouq |
The Bear detained | June 10, 2002 | Abu Zubair al-Haili |
Al-Qaeda claims responsibility for Djerba | June 23, 2002 | Sulaiman Abu Ghaith |
Saif al Islam el Masry captured | Summer 2002 | Saif al Islam el Masry |
September 2002 Orange Alert | Sept. 9, 2002- Sept. 24, 2002 | Omar al-Farouq |
Ramzi Binalshibh captured | Sept. 11, 2002 | Ramzi Binalshibh, Umar al-Gharbi |
Faris scouts Brooklyn Bridge | Late 2002 | Iyman Faris |
Limburg oil tanker attacked | Oct. 6, 2002 | Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri (Organizer), Osama bin Laden (Organizer), Fawaz al-Rabihi (Facilitator), Mohammed Hamdi al-Ahdal (Facilitator), Qaed Salim Sinan al-Harethi (Facilitator) |
Bali nightclub bombing | Oct. 12, 2002 | Hambali (Facilitator), Dulmatin (Operational Commander), Umar Patek (Facilitator), Imam Samudra (Operational Commander), Huda bin Abdul Haq (Facilitator), Wan Min Wan Mat (Financier), Abu Bakar Bashir (Organizer), Abu Dujana |
Possible bin Laden statement on Limburg | Oct. 14, 2002 | Osama bin Laden |
US diplomat assassinated in Amman | Oct. 28, 2002 | Abu Musab al-Zarqawi (Organizer), Salem bin Suweid (Attacker), Yasser Freihat (Attacker) |
Al-Nashiri captured | Early November 2002 | Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri |
CIA kills Yemen al-Qaeda chief and US citizen | Nov. 3, 2002 | Qaed Salim Sinan al-Harethi (Primary Target), Kamal Derwish (Secondary Target) |
Al-Qaeda car bombing and SAM attack | 0830 local, Nov. 28, 2002 | Abu Talha al Sudani (Operational Commander), Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan (Facilitator), Abdul Malik, Fazul Abdullah Mohammed (Facilitator) |
Mohammed Siddique Khan in Pakistan | 2003 | Mohammed Siddeque Khan |
Attash meets bin Laden | January 2003 | Osama bin Laden, Tawfiq bin Attash |
Disrupted Heathrow Airport Plot | 2003- 2003 | Khalid Shaikh Mohammed (Operational Commander) |
Target Heathrow Airport | 2003 | Khalid Shaikh Mohammed (Operational Commander) |
Threat to US government and tourist targets | 2003- 2004 |
Large al-Qaeda Karachi plot | 2003- Spring 2003 |
Gouled meets Abu Talha | Early 2003 | Gouled Hassan Dourad, Abu Talha al Sudani |
Ibn al-Shaykh al-Libi to Gitmo | February 2003- 2004 | Ibn al-Shaykh al-Libi |
KSM captured | March 1, 2003 | Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, Mustafa Ahmed al-Hawsawi |
Badawi and Quso escape from Yemeni prison | April 2003 | Jamal al Badawi, Fahd al Quso |
Tawfiq bin Attash and Ali Abdulaziz captured | April 29, 2003 | Tawfiq bin Attash, Ali Abdulaziz Ali |
Target Camp Lemonier | Mid 2003 | Abu Talha al Sudani, Gouled Hassan Dourad |
Gouled delivers weapons to Abu Talha | Mid 2003 | Gouled Hassan Dourad, Abu Talha al Sudani |
Ghailani moves to Waziristan | Mid 2003 | Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani |
Camp Lemonier Plot | Mid 2003- Early 2004 | Abu Talha al Sudani (Operational Commander), Gouled Hassan Dourad |
Hambali captured | Aug. 11, 2003 | Hambali, Lillie |
Gunawan detained | September 2003 | Gun Gun Rusman Gunawan |
Bin Laden walking in the mountains video | Sept. 10, 2003 | Osama bin Laden, Ayman al-Zawahiri, Amin al-Haq |
Zawahiri audio recording on many topics | Sept. 28, 2003 | Ayman al-Zawahiri (Speaker) |
Gouled cases Camp Lemonier | October 2003 | Gouled Hassan Dourad |
Pakistani offensive against militants in tribal regions | March 2004 |
Badawi recaptured | March 2004 | Jamal al Badawi |
3-11 Madrid train bombings | March 11, 2004 | Allekema Lamari (Operational Commander), Serhane ben Abdelmajid Fakhet (Operational Commander), Jamal Ahmidan (Organizer), Mohammed Oulad Akcha, Rachid Oulad Akcha, Abdennabi Koujaa, Asri Rifaat Anouar |
Abu Hazim al-Shair killed | March 15, 2004 | Abu Hazim al-Shair (Primary Target), Ibrahim al-Muzeini (Secondary Target) |
UK Urban Targets Plot | Mid 2004 |
Mohdar Abdullah deported | May 21, 2004 | Mohdar Abdullah |
Ahmed Ghailani detained | July 25, 2004 | Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani |
US financial buildings on orange alert | 1400 local, Aug. 1, 2004- Nov. 10, 2004 | Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, Dhiren Barot, Nadeem Tarmohamed, Qaisar Shaffi |
Adam Gadahn 2004 video | Oct. 27, 2004 | Adam Gadahn (Speaker) |
Two 7-7 bombers in Pakistan | November 2004- February 2005 | Mohammed Siddeque Khan, Shehzad Tanweer |
Abu Faraj al-Libbi captured | May 2, 2005 | Abu Faraj al-Libbi |
UK Foils Transatlantic Bombings | July 2005- Aug. 10, 2006 | Abdul Muneem Patel, Abdul Waheed, Abdula Ahmed Ali, Assad Sarwar, Assan Abdullah Khan, Cossor Ali, Ibrahim Savant, Muhammed Usman Saddique, Nabeel Hussain, Osman Adam Khatib, Shamin Mohammed Uddin, Shazad Khuram Ali, Tanvir Hussain, Umair Hussain (Acquitted), Umar Islam, Waheed Arafat Khan, Waheed Zaman, Waseem Kayani, Mehran Hussain (Acquitted), Mohammed Yasar Gulzar, Abu Obaidah al-Masri, Rashid Rauf, Abdul Rauf, Maroof Rauf, Matiur Rehman, Tayib Rauf |
Circle Line Train 204 bombed | 0850 local, July 7, 2005 | Shehzad Tanweer (Suicide Bomber) |
7-7 London transit bombings | 0850 local, July 7, 2005- 0947 local, July 7, 2005 | Mohammed Siddeque Khan, Shehzad Tanweer, Hasib Hussein, Jermaine Lindsay |
Circle Line Train 216 bombed | 0851 local, July 7, 2005 | Mohammed Siddeque Khan (Suicide Bomber) |
Piccadilly Line Train 311 bombed | 0853 local, July 7, 2005 | Jermaine Lindsay (Suicide Bomber) |
Double-decker bus bombed at Tavistock Square | 0947 local, July 7, 2005 | Hasib Hussein (Suicide Bomber) |
Omar al-Farouq and three others escape from US prison | Early Morning July 11, 2005 | Omar al-Farouq, Muhammad Jafar Jamal al-Khatani, Abdullah Hashimi, Abu Yahya al-Libi |
Mohammed Siddeque Khan martyrdom video airs | Sept. 1, 2005 | Mohammed Siddeque Khan (Speaker) |
Adam Gadahn 2005 video | Sept. 11, 2005 | Adam Gadahn (Speaker) |
Abu Hamza Rabia killed | Nov. 30, 2005 | Abu Hamza Rabia (Primary Target) |
US strikes at leadership meeting in Bajaur | Jan. 13, 2006 | Midhat Mursi (Secondary Target), Abdul Rehman al-Maghribi (Secondary Target), Khalid Habib (Secondary Target) |
Massive jailbreak in Yemen | Feb. 3, 2006 | Jamal al Badawi, Fawaz al-Rabihi |
Pakistan claims Atwah killed | April 12, 2006 | Mushin Musa Matwalli Atwah (Primary Target) |
Zarqawi killed | June 7, 2006 | Abu Musab al-Zarqawi (Primary Target), Sheikh Abd Al-Rahman (Secondary Target) |
Ayman al-Zawahri issues videotaped statement on Afghanistan | June 22, 2006- May 30, 2006 | Ayman al-Zawahiri (Speaker), Abu Hanifah (Facilitator) |
Al-Qaeda July 2006 composite video | July 7, 2006 | Osama bin Laden, Ayman al-Zawahiri, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Adam Gadahn, Shehzad Tanweer |
Pakistan arrests Rashid Rauf | Aug. 9, 2006 | Rashid Rauf |
UK-based militants target transatlantic airliners | Aug. 10, 2006 |
UK police raid Forest Road in London | Early Morning Aug. 10, 2006 |
UK police raid Ravenswood Road in London | Early Morning Aug. 10, 2006 | Amin Asmin Tariq |
UK police raid Folkestone Road in London | Early Morning Aug. 10, 2006 | Ibrahim Savant |
UK police raid Albert Road in London | Early Morning Aug. 10, 2006 | Muhammed Usman Saddique |
UK threat to critical | 0200 local, Aug. 10, 2006- Aug. 13, 2006 |
UK police arrest two at Birmingham home | 0300 local, Aug. 10, 2006 | Tayib Rauf, Maroof Rauf |
US Air Travel Alert | 0800 local, Aug. 10, 2006 |
State Department warns of attacks in India | Aug. 11, 2006 |
UK charges 11 in air bombing plot | Aug. 21, 2006 | Abdula Ahmed Ali (Charged), Tanvir Hussain (Charged), Umar Islam (Charged), Waheed Arafat Khan (Charged), Assad Sarwar (Charged), Osman Adam Khatib (Charged), Ibrahim Savant (Charged), Waheed Zaman (Charged), Cossor Ali (Charged), Mehran Hussain (Charged), Abdul Muneem Patel (Charged) |
Zawahiri and Gadahn September 2006 video | Sept. 2, 2006 | Ayman al-Zawahiri, Adam Gadahn |
Fourteen senior prisoners to Guantanamo | Sept. 4, 2006 | Ali Abdulaziz Ali, Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, Hambali, Mustafa Ahmed al-Hawsawi, Lillie, Majid Khan, Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, Abu Faraj al-Libbi, Abu Zubaydah, Ramzi Binalshibh, Zubair, Tawfiq bin Attash, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, Gouled Hassan Dourad |
Suicide bombing in Kabul kills 16 | Sept. 8, 2006 |
Gadahn 9-11-2006 video | Sept. 11, 2006 | Adam Gadahn, Osama bin Laden |
Zawahiri threatens attacks in Middle East | Sept. 11, 2006- Summer 2006 | Ayman al-Zawahiri |
Omar al-Farouq killed | Early Morning Sept. 25, 2006 | Omar al-Farouq |
Fawaz al-Rabihi killed | Oct. 1, 2006 | Fawaz al-Rabihi |
Abu Yahya calls for attack on White House | Oct. 10, 2006 | Abu Yahya al-Libi |
Abdul Hadi al-Iraqi captured | Fall 2006 | Abdul Hadi al-Iraqi |
Faqir Mohammed in Chingai madrassa | Oct. 30, 2006 | Faqir Mohammed |
Pakistanis strike Chingai madrassa | Oct. 30, 2006 | Liaquat Hussain (Secondary Target) |
Senior al-Qaeda member captured | Early November 2006 | Muhammad Jafar Jamal al-Khatani |
Abu Yahya al Libi praises Omar al-Farouq in video | Nov. 2, 2006- October 2006 | Abu Yahya al-Libi (Speaker) |
Abu Hafs al-Urduni killed in Dagestan | Nov. 26, 2006 | Abu Hafs al-Urduni (Primary Target) |
Zawahiri speaks on Palestinian strife | Dec. 20, 2006 | Ayman al-Zawahiri (Speaker) |
Zawahiri calls for attacks on Ethiopian forces in Somalia | Jan. 5, 2007 | Ayman al-Zawahiri (Speaker) |
Two al-Qaeda figures targeted in airstrike in Somalia | Late Jan. 7, 2007 | Fazul Abdullah Mohammed (Primary Target) |
Suicide bomber targets Cheney in Bagram | Feb. 27, 2007 | Mullah Abdul Rahim (Suicide Bomber), Qari Yousef Ahmadi, Abu Layth al-Libi (Operational Commander) |
Zawahiri threatens UK over Rushdie knighthood | July 10, 2007 | Ayman al-Zawahiri |
Danes arrest 2 with alleged al-Qaeda links | Sept. 4, 2007 |
Germans arrest three with alleged al-Qaeda links | Sept. 5, 2007 |
Osama bin Laden issues first video statement in three years | Sept. 7, 2007- Mid August 2007 | Osama bin Laden (Speaker) |
Abu Layth al-Libi killed by US missile | Early Morning Jan. 29, 2008 | Abu Layth al-Libi (Primary Target) |