| Time | Location | Event | Present |
|---|
 1982 | Egypt |  Abu Ayyub al-Masri joins Egyptian Islamic Jihad | Abu Ayyub al-Masri |
| Aug. 11, 1988 | Afghanistan | Bin Laden and Abu Rida discuss forming al-Qaeda | Osama bin Laden, Abu Rida al Suri |
| Aug. 17, 1988 | Afghanistan | Founders meet and form al-Qaeda | Osama bin Laden (Leader), Abu Ubaidah al-Banshiri, Wael Julaidan, Mamdouh Mahmud Salim |
| 1989 | Jihad Wal training camp, near Khost, Paktia, Afghanistan | Training at Jihad Wal Camp in Afghanistan | Jamal Ahmed al-Fadl, Abu Jaffar (Leader), Salem al Masri (Leader), Haydar Dosari (Leader), Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah (Leader) |
| Winter 1989 | Areen Guesthouse, Paktia, Afghanistan | Osama bin Laden at Areen Guesthouse | Osama bin Laden, Mamdouh Mahmud Salim, Abu Nofal al-Saudi, Jamal Ahmed al-Fadl |
| Late 1989 | Farouq training camp, Near Khost, Paktia, Afghanistan | Al-Qaeda gains first members | Abu Ayoub al-Iraqi (Leader), Jamal Ahmed al-Fadl, Abu Ubaidah al-Banshiri, Mohammed Atef |
 1990 | Guesthouse, Pakistan | Al-Qaeda founders discuss possible move to Sudan | Abu Ayoub al-Iraqi, Abu Hammam al Saudi, Abu Unays al Saudi, Abu Hassan al Sudani, Abu Fadhl al-Makkee, Abu Ubaidah al-Banshiri |
| 1990 | Pakistan | Osama bin Laden sends group to scout Sudan | Abu Hammam al Saudi, Mamdouh Mahmud Salim, Abu Hassan al Sudani, Abu Rida al Suri |
| 1990 | Sudan | (Arrival) |
| 1991 | Offices, McNimr Street, Khartoum, Sudan | Al-Qaeda operatives run businesses from office in Khartoum | 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 |
| 1991 | Sudan | Abu Fadhl al Makkee gives Jamal al-Fadl money to buy a farm | Abu Fadhl al-Makkee (Sender) |
| Jan. 23, 1991 | Milan, Italy | Kherchtou and others go to Pakistan | LHoussaine Kherchtou, Abu Ahmed el Masri 2 |
| Jan. 23, 1991 | Bait al Ansar guesthouse, Peshawar, Pakistan | (Arrival) |
| Jan. 26, 1991 | Farouq Camp, Near Khost, Afghanistan | Kherchtou trains at Farouq | LHoussaine Kherchtou (Trainee), Shuaib (Trainer), Mushin Musa Matwalli Atwah (Trainer), Abu Ahmed el Masri 2 (Trainee) |
| Early April 1991 | Miram Shah, Pakistan | Kherchtou joins al-Qaeda | LHoussaine Kherchtou, Abu Ahmed el Masri 2, Abu Ahmed al Harbi (Leader) |
| 1992 | Farm, Damazine, Sudan | Group conducts explosives training in Sudan | Salem al Masri, Saif al Islam el Masry, Saif al-Adel, Abu Talha al Sudani |
| 1992 | Guesthouse, Sudan | Bin Laden and associates discuss Sudan businesses | Osama bin Laden (Leader), Abu Rida al Suri, Jamal Ahmed al-Fadl |
| 1992 | Khartoum, Sudan | Abu Fadhl invites Wadih El Hage to Sudan | Abu Fadhl al-Makkee (Communicant 1) |
| 1992 | Farouq Training Camp, Near Khost, Afghanistan | Abu Ahmed el Masri 2 conducts training at Farouq | Abu Ahmed el Masri 2 (Trainer) |
| 1992 | Peshawar, Pakistan | Ali Mohamed trains operatives in surveillance | 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) |
| August 1992 | Budapest, Hungary | Jamal al-Fadl meets with Izzeldine and Abu Nofal | Jamal Ahmed al-Fadl, Doctor Abdallah Izzildine, Abu Nofal al-Saudi |
| Late 1992 | Guesthouse, Riyadh City, Khartoum, Sudan | Senior al-Qaeda leaders discuss early fatwah against US | Mamdouh Mahmud Salim (Speaker), Saad al-Sharif, Abu Faraj al-Yemeni, Jamal Ahmed al-Fadl |
| Late 1992 | Electronics workship, Hyatabad neighborhood, Peshawar, Pakistan | Kherchtou learns electronics | LHoussaine Kherchtou (Trainee), Abu al-Alkali (Trainer), Salem al-Iraqi (Trainer), Anas al-Liby, Abu Rifa al Liby, Mohamed Sadeek Odeh |
| Fall 1992 | Zagreb, Croatia | Jamal al-Fadl goes to Croatia | Jamal Ahmed al-Fadl, Mohamed Sarudani, Abu Zubair al Madani, Abdel Rahman al Dosari, Enaam Arnaout |
| 1993 | Khartoum, Sudan | Al-Qaeda smuggles weapons to Yemen | Jamal Ahmed al-Fadl, Abu Naem al Liby, Ibrahim Ahmed Mahmoud al Qosi, Abu Habib al Pakistani, Abu Mohamed al-Yemeni 2 |
| 1993 | Sudan | Al-Qaeda plans to smuggle weapons to Sudan | Abu Fadhl al-Makkee, Abu Rida al Suri, Jamal Ahmed al-Fadl |
| Early 1993 | Amman, Jordan | Jamal al-Fadl goes to Jordan | Abu Akram Urdani (Recipient) |
| Early 1993 | Khartoum, Sudan | Essam al-Ridi meets with Osama bin Laden | Essam al-Ridi, Wadih El Hage, Osama bin Laden, Mohammed Atef, Mamdouh Mahmud Salim, Abu Ubaidah al-Banshiri |
| Spring 1993 | Somalia | Atef and others train Somali tribes | 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) |
| Late 1993 | Khartoum, Sudan | Abu Talha plans trip to Somalia | Abu Talha al Sudani, Jamal Ahmed al-Fadl |
| Late 1993 | Chemical weapons lab, Hilat Koko, Khartoum, Sudan | Al-Qaeda members visit chemical warfare research lab | Jamal Ahmed al-Fadl, Mamdouh Mahmud Salim, Abu Rida al Suri, Muqadem Abdul Baset Hamza, Amin Abdel Marouf |
| Late 1993 | Khartoum, Sudan | Abu Talha goes to Somalia | Abu Talha al Sudani, Saif al Islam el Masry, Abu Mohamed al Yemeni |
| Late 1993 | Somalia | (Arrival) |
| Late 1993 | Khartoum, Sudan | Al-Qaeda tries to buy uranium in Sudan | 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 |
| Late 1993 | Guesthouse, Riyadh City, Khartoum, Sudan | Al-Qaeda discusses targeting US forces in Somalia | Osama bin Laden, Abu Ubaidah al-Banshiri, Abu Talha al Sudani, Jamal Ahmed al-Fadl |
| Fall 1993 | Bekaa Valley, Lebanon | Al-Qaeda operatives trained by Hezbollah in Lebanon | Abu Talha al Sudani (Trainee), Saif al Islam el Masry (Trainee), Salem al Masri (Trainee), Saif al-Adel (Trainee), Abu Jaffar al-Masry (Trainee) |
| 1994 | Mombasa, Kenya | Atef and al-Banshiri meet with Odeh | Mohammed Atef, Abu Ubaidah al-Banshiri, Mohamed Sadeek Odeh |
| Fall 1994 | Illinois, United States | Abu Rida al-Suri becomes president of BIF in Illinos | Abu Rida al Suri |
| Mid December 1994 | Philippines | Khalifa and Abu Rida al Suri in Philippines | Mohammed Jamal Khalifa, Abu Rida al Suri |
| Dec. 16, 1994 | San Francisco, California, United States | Al-Qaeda associates detained | Mohammed Jamal Khalifa, Abu Rida al Suri |
| Summer 1995 | Khartoum, Sudan | Jamal Ahmed al-Fadl steals from al-Qaeda | Jamal Ahmed al-Fadl, Abu Fadhl al-Makkee, Saad al-Sharif, Mamdouh Mahmud Salim, Abu Dijana al Yemeni, Osama bin Laden, Ihsan el Madani |
| February 1996 | Jordan | Jamal al-Fadl sees friend in Jordan | Jamal Ahmed al-Fadl, Abu Akram Urdani |
| May 21, 1996 | Lake Victoria, 30 miles offshore from Mwanza, Tanzania | Abu Ubaidah al-Banshiri drowns in Lake Victoria | Abu Ubaidah al-Banshiri |
| Late 1996 | Jordan | Abu Hoshar detained | Khadr Abu Hoshar |
| Early 1997 | Khartoum, Sudan | Abu Khadija al-Iraqi in Sudan | Abu Khadija al Iraqi |
| Summer 1997 | Heidelberg, Germany | Wadih El Hage talks with Abu Khadija al-Iraqi | Abu Khadija al Iraqi (Communicant 2) |
| Dec. 19, 1998 | Basilian Island, Philippines | Abdurajak Janjalani killed | Abdurajak Abubakar Janjalani (Primary Target) |
| 1999 | Egypt | Abu Ayyub al-Masri goes to Afghanistan | Abu Ayyub al-Masri |
| 1999 | Afghanistan | (Arrival) |
| June 1999 | Afghanistan | Hijazi receives explosives training in Afghanistan | Raed Hijazi (Trainee), Abu Zubaydah |
| Fall 1999 | Mes Aynak Training Camp, Kabul, Afghanistan | Veteran operatives attend Mes Aynak training | 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) |
| Nov. 30, 1999 | Jordan | Abu Zubaydah-Abu Hoshar call intercepted | Khadr Abu Hoshar (Communicant 1) |
| Nov. 30, 1999 | Amman, Jordan | Jordanians break up millennium cell | Khadr Abu Hoshar |
| Early December 1999 | Karachi, Pakistan | KSM teaches 9-11 operatives | Khalid Shaikh Mohammed (Trainer), Nawaf al-Hazmi (Trainee), Tawfiq bin Attash (Trainee), Abu Bara al-Yemeni (Trainee) |
| Mid December 1999 | Karachi, Pakistan | Two operatives travel to Kuala Lumpur | Abu Bara al-Yemeni, Tawfiq bin Attash |
| Mid December 1999 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | (Arrival) |
| Mid December 1999 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | Attash and Abu Bara meet Hambali | Tawfiq bin Attash, Abu Bara al-Yemeni, Hambali |
| Jan. 5, 2000 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | The Kuala Lumpur meeting | Khalid al-Mihdhar, Nawaf al-Hazmi, Tawfiq bin Attash, Abu Bara al-Yemeni, Yazid Sufaat |
| Jan. 8, 2000 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | Abu Bara goes to Yemen | Abu Bara al-Yemeni |
| Jan. 8, 2000 | Yemen | (Arrival) |
| Mid 2000 | Al Farouq Training Camp, Kandahar, Afghanistan | Abu Basir meets Hamlan and Nami | Mushabib al Hamlan (Trainee), Ahmed al-Nami (Trainee), Abu Basir al-Yemeni (Trainer) |
| Mid 2000 | Al Farouq Training Camp, Kandahar, Afghanistan | Abu Hafs the Mauritanian meets Hamlan and Nami | Mushabib al Hamlan, Ahmed al-Nami, Abu Hafs the Mauritanian (Leader) |
| Late 2000 | Al Matar Training Camp, Herat, Afghanistan | Muscle hijackers receive pre-9-11 training | 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) |
| October 2000 | Kandahar, Kandahar, Afghanistan | Nami and Hamlan meet KSM | Khalid Shaikh Mohammed (Leader), Abu Basir al-Yemeni, Ahmed al-Nami, Mushabib al Hamlan |
| 2001 | Al Farouq Training Camp, Kandahar, Afghanistan | Abu Ayyub al-Masri meets Abu Musab al-Zarqawi | Abu Ayyub al-Masri, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi |
| May 28, 2001 | Palawan Island, Philippines | Abu Sayyaf kidnaps 20 from resort | Abu Sabaya (Attacker) |
| Early 2002 | Baghdad, Iraq | Abu Ayyub al-Masri sets up al-Qaeda cell in Baghdad | Abu Ayyub al-Masri |
| Early 2002 | Afghanistan | Abu Ayyub al-Masri goes to Iraq | Abu Ayyub al-Masri |
| Early 2002 | Baghdad, Iraq | (Arrival) |
| March 28, 2002 | Faisalabad, Pakistan | Abu Zubaydah captured | Abu Zubaydah, Ghassan al Sharbi |
| Mid May 2002 | Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia | Al-Qaeda shoots at US military plane | Abu Huzifa (Attacker) |
| June 10, 2002 | Morocco | The Bear detained | Abu Zubair al-Haili |
| Early 2003 | Mogadishu, Somalia | Gouled meets Abu Talha | Gouled Hassan Dourad, Abu Talha al Sudani |
| Mid 2003 | Mogadishu, Somalia | Gouled delivers weapons to Abu Talha | Gouled Hassan Dourad, Abu Talha al Sudani |
| March 15, 2004 | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | Abu Hazim al-Shair killed | Abu Hazim al-Shair (Primary Target), Ibrahim al-Muzeini (Secondary Target) |
| Early November 2004 | Fallujah, Anbar, Iraq | Abu Ayyub al-Masri flees Fallujah | Abu Ayyub al-Masri |
| May 2, 2005 | Mardan, Pakistan | Abu Faraj al-Libbi captured | Abu Faraj al-Libbi |
| Early Morning July 11, 2005 | U.S. detention facility, Bagram, Afghanistan | Omar al-Farouq and three others escape from US prison | Omar al-Farouq, Muhammad Jafar Jamal al-Khatani, Abdullah Hashimi, Abu Yahya al-Libi |
| Nov. 30, 2005 | Mir Ali, North Waziristan, Pakistan | Abu Hamza Rabia killed | Abu Hamza Rabia (Primary Target) |
| June 7, 2006 | Hibhib, near Baqubah, Iraq | Zarqawi killed | Abu Musab al-Zarqawi (Primary Target), Sheikh Abd Al-Rahman (Secondary Target) |
| June 13, 2006 | Iraq | Abu Ayyub al-Masri takes over al-Qaeda in Iraq | Abu Ayyub al-Masri |
| June 13, 2006 | Iraq | Abu Hamza vows to follow Zarqawi | Abu Ayyub al-Masri (Speaker) |
| June 16, 2006 | South of Yusifiyah, Iraq | Sheikh Mansur killed | Sheikh Mansur (Primary Target), Abu Tariq (Secondary Target) |
| Sept. 4, 2006 | U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba | Fourteen senior prisoners to Guantanamo | 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 |
| Oct. 10, 2006 | Afghanistan | Abu Yahya calls for attack on White House | Abu Yahya al-Libi |
| Oct. 12, 2006 | Iraq | Guerilla criticizes al-Qaeda in Iraq | Abu Usama al-Iraqi (Speaker) |
| Early November 2006 | Rawah, Anbar, Iraq | Iraqi army breaks up Anbar al-Qaeda cell | Abu Muhayyam al-Masri (Leader), Abu Issam al-Libi, Abu Zaid al-Suri |
| Nov. 10, 2006 | Iraq | Al-Qaeda in Iraq leader mocks US election results | Abu Ayyub al-Masri (Speaker) |
| Nov. 26, 2006 | Khasavyurt, Dagestan, Russia | Abu Hafs al-Urduni killed in Dagestan | Abu Hafs al-Urduni (Primary Target) |
| Dec. 22, 2006 | Iraq | Abu Omar al-Baghdadi offers truce if US withdraws from Iraq | Abu Omar al-Baghdadi (Speaker) |
| Early June 2007 | Java, Indonesia | Abu Dujana captured | Abu Dujana (Primary Target) |
| Early Morning Jan. 29, 2008 | Khushali Torikel, North Waziristan, Pakistan | Abu Layth al-Libi killed by US missile | Abu Layth al-Libi (Primary Target) |
