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09-12-2009, 12:38 PM
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is regarded as one of the most senior operatives in al-Qaeda. He was captured in Pakistan in 2003 and sent to Guantánamo Bay in 2006
Ramzi Binalshibh, a senior al-Qaeda member, was captured in Pakistan in September 2002. He faces charges over the 9/11 attacks and, at a pre-trial hearing in January to determine whether he was mentally competent to represent himself, he told the court that he was “proud” of the attacks
Mustafa Ahmad al-Hasawi is a Saudi, believed to be one of two key financial figures to have arranged funding for the 9/11 attacks. He was captured in Pakistan in 2003
Ali Abd al-Aziz Ali is accused of serving as a key lieutenant to Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, his uncle, during the 9/11 operation. His mentor was his cousin, Ramzi Yousef, jailed in the US for masterminding the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Centre
Walid bin Attash is thought to have helped two of the hijackers, Nawaf al-Hamzi and Khalid al-Mihdhar, to check out US flights in Asia. He was allegedly picked as one of the hijackers himself but was prevented from taking part when he was briefly arrested in Yemen. He is said to have served as bin Laden’s bodyguard
Baitullah Mehsud was the head of the Pakistan Taleban and commanded about 20,000 militants. He was killed in a US missile strike on August 5 2009. He had a $5 million (£3 million) reward on his head
Usama al-Kini was the head of al-Qaeda in Pakistan and on the FBI’s list of most wanted terrorist suspects. He died in a missile attack in South Waziristan in January 2009
Abu Jihad al-Masri Khakaina was an Egyptian al-Qaeda operative described by the US as the group’s propaganda chief. He died in a Predator strike on North Waziristan in November 2008
Abu Suleiman al-Jazari was an Algerian weapons expert and key al-Qaeda figure thought to have been the director of external operations. He died in a Predator strike in May 2008
Osama bin Laden is the FBI’s most wanted fugitive. He has a $50 million reward on his head.
Ayman al-Zawahiri is officially the second-in-command of al-Qaeda but in April the US State Department reported that he had assumed operational and strategic control of the organisation. He is believed to be in Pakistan Source: Times database
Ramzi Binalshibh, a senior al-Qaeda member, was captured in Pakistan in September 2002. He faces charges over the 9/11 attacks and, at a pre-trial hearing in January to determine whether he was mentally competent to represent himself, he told the court that he was “proud” of the attacks
Mustafa Ahmad al-Hasawi is a Saudi, believed to be one of two key financial figures to have arranged funding for the 9/11 attacks. He was captured in Pakistan in 2003
Ali Abd al-Aziz Ali is accused of serving as a key lieutenant to Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, his uncle, during the 9/11 operation. His mentor was his cousin, Ramzi Yousef, jailed in the US for masterminding the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Centre
Walid bin Attash is thought to have helped two of the hijackers, Nawaf al-Hamzi and Khalid al-Mihdhar, to check out US flights in Asia. He was allegedly picked as one of the hijackers himself but was prevented from taking part when he was briefly arrested in Yemen. He is said to have served as bin Laden’s bodyguard
Baitullah Mehsud was the head of the Pakistan Taleban and commanded about 20,000 militants. He was killed in a US missile strike on August 5 2009. He had a $5 million (£3 million) reward on his head
Usama al-Kini was the head of al-Qaeda in Pakistan and on the FBI’s list of most wanted terrorist suspects. He died in a missile attack in South Waziristan in January 2009
Abu Jihad al-Masri Khakaina was an Egyptian al-Qaeda operative described by the US as the group’s propaganda chief. He died in a Predator strike on North Waziristan in November 2008
Abu Suleiman al-Jazari was an Algerian weapons expert and key al-Qaeda figure thought to have been the director of external operations. He died in a Predator strike in May 2008
Osama bin Laden is the FBI’s most wanted fugitive. He has a $50 million reward on his head.
Ayman al-Zawahiri is officially the second-in-command of al-Qaeda but in April the US State Department reported that he had assumed operational and strategic control of the organisation. He is believed to be in Pakistan Source: Times database