| Event | Time | Location(s) | Associated |
|---|
 Al-Nashiri goes home to Yemen |  Late 1996-
1997 | Yemen | Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri |
| Badawi trains in Afghanistan | 1998 | Afghanistan | Jamal al Badawi (Trainee), Tawfiq bin Attash (Trainer) |
| Osama bin Laden tasks al-Nashiri to attack ship | Late 1998 | Afghanistan | Osama bin Laden, Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri |
| Cole conspirators detained by Yemenis | 1999 | Yemen | Tawfiq bin Attash |
| Khallad goes to Yemen to assist in ship plot | Early 1999 | Yemen | Tawfiq bin Attash |
| Nashiri enlists Badawi in Cole plot | Spring 1999 |  Afghanistan
Yemen | Tawfiq bin Attash (Communicant 1), Jamal al Badawi (Communicant 2), Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri |
| Khallad released from Yemeni jail | Summer 1999 | Yemen | Tawfiq bin Attash |
| Nashiri rents Aden residence | Summer 1999 | Madinat al Sha'ab area, Aden, Yemen | Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri (Leader), Jamal al Badawi (Facilitator) |
| Nashiri buys boat | Summer 1999 | Madinat al Sha'ab area, Aden, Yemen | Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri (Leader), Jamal al Badawi (Facilitator) |
| Nashiri transports explosives to Aden | Fall 1999 | Sa'dah, Yemen
Madinat al Sha'ab area, Aden, Yemen | Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri (Leader) |
| Failed USS The Sullivans bombing | Jan. 3, 2000 | Aden, Yemen | 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 | Harbor, Aden, Yemen | Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri |
| Attash meets Quso and Thawar | Mid January 2000 | Bangkok, Thailand | Tawfiq bin Attash, Fahd al Quso, Ibrahim al-Thawar, Khalid al-Mihdhar, Nawaf al-Hazmi |
| Nashiri and Attash meet with bin Laden on Cole plot | Spring 2000-
Summer 2000 | Kandahar, Kandahar, Afghanistan | Osama bin Laden, Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, Tawfiq bin Attash |
| Nashiri and Atwah test explosives | Summer 2000-
Fall 2000 | Training Camp, Kandahar, Kandahar, Afghanistan | Mushin Musa Matwalli Atwah, Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri |
| Khamri leases Aden apartment | Summer 2000 | Al-Tawahi neighborhood, Aden, Yemen | Hassan al Khamri |
| Nashiri refits bomb boat | Summer 2000-
Fall 2000 | Madinat al Sha'ab area, Aden, Yemen | Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri |
| Badawi enlists Quso to film Cole bombing | September 2000 | Aden, Yemen | Jamal al Badawi, Fahd al Quso |
| Badawi detained | Late 2000 | Yemen | Jamal al Badawi, Fahd al Quso |
| Attash flees Yemen | Late September 2000 | Aden, Yemen
Afghanistan | Tawfiq bin Attash |
| Al Qaeda leaders discuss Cole attack | Mid October 2000 | Kandahar, Kandahar, Afghanistan | Osama bin Laden, Saif al-Adel |
| Nashiri in Afghanistan during Cole attack | Oct. 12, 2000 | Afghanistan | Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri |
| USS Cole bombing | 1122 local, Oct. 12, 2000 | Harbor, Aden, Yemen | 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 | Harbor, Aden, Yemen | Fahd al Quso |
| Bin Laden son marries Atef daughter | January 2001 | Tarnak Farms, Kandahar, Kandahar, Afghanistan | Osama bin Laden, Mohammed Atef, Ayman al-Zawahiri, Mohammed bin Laden |
| Bin Laden praises Cole suicide bombers | Spring 2001 | Al Farouq Training Camp, Afghanistan | Osama bin Laden |
| Attash describes Cole plot | Spring 2001 | Al Farouq Training Camp, Afghanistan | Tawfiq bin Attash |
| Badawi and Quso escape from Yemeni prison | April 2003 | Aden, Yemen | Jamal al Badawi, Fahd al Quso |
| Badawi recaptured | March 2004 | Yemen | Jamal al Badawi |
