| Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz |
Crown Prince and de facto regent of Saudi Arabia, 1995- |
| Mohdar Abdullah |
Yemeni; student in San Diego who assisted two 9/11 hijackers |
| Sayf al Adl |
Egyptian; high-ranking member of al Qaeda military committee |
| Mahmud Ahmed |
Director General of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate, 1999–2001 |
| Mohammed Farrah Aidid |
Somali warlord who challenged U.S. presence in Somalia in the early 1990s (deceased) |
| Ali Abdul Aziz Ali |
a.k.a.Ammar al Baluchi) Pakistani; KSM's nephew; financial and travel facilitator for 9/11 plot |
| Ahmad Khalil Ibrahim Samir al Ani |
Iraqi intelligence officer who allegedly met with Atta in Prague, Czech Republic; currently in U.S. custody |
| Mohamed Atta |
Egyptian; tactical leader of 9/11 plot; pilot/hijacker (AA 11) (deceased) |
| Mohammed Atef |
(a.k.a.Abu Hafs al Masri) Egyptian; al Qaeda military commander (deceased) |
| Tawfiq bin Attash |
(a.k.a. Khallad,Waleed bin Attash) Yemeni; senior al Qaeda operative connected to the U.S. embassy bombings, the USS Cole attack, and the 9/11 attacks; currently in U.S. custody |
| Anwar Aulaqi |
U.S. citizen; Imam at Rabat mosque (San Diego, CA) and later at Dar al Hijra mosque (Falls Church,VA), who associated with two 9/11 hijackers |
| Abdullah Azzam |
Palestinian; founder of the Maktab al Khidmat, which provided logistical support to mujahideen in Afghanistan (deceased) |
| Jamal al Badawi |
Yemeni; co-conspirator arrested in Yemen for the USS Cole attack |
| Said Bahaji |
German son of Moroccan immigrant; Hamburg cell associate |
| Saeed al Baluchi |
Saudi; candidate 9/11 hijacker |
| Fayez Banihammad |
Emirati; 9/11 hijacker (UA 175) (deceased) |
| Abu Ubaidah al Banshiri |
Egyptian; al Qaeda military commander until 1996 (deceased) |
| Abu Bara al Yemeni |
(a.k.a.Abu al Bara al Ta'izi, Suhail Shurabi, and Barakat) Yemeni; potential suicide bomber in original 9/11 plot |
| Ramzi Binalshibh |
Yemeni; Hamburg cell member; coordinator for 9/11 plot; currently in U.S. custody |
| Omar Hassan Ahmed al Bashir |
President of Sudan, 1989- |
| Abu Bakar Bashir |
Indonesian; spiritual leader and founder of Jemaah Islamiya, al Qaeda–affiliated terrorist group in Southeast Asia |
| Omar al Bayoumi |
Saudi; assisted two 9/11 hijackers in San Diego, CA |
| Khalil Deek |
U.S. citizen; created electronic version of Encyclopedia of Jihad; believed to be involved in millennium plot to destroy tourist landmarks in Jordan |
| Caysan Bin Don |
(a.k.a Isamu Dyson, a.k.a Clayton Morgan) U.S. citizen; met two 9/11 hijackers in Los Angeles and San Diego, CA |
| Zakariya Essabar |
Moroccan; Hamburg cell associate |
| Jamal Ahmed Mohamed al Fadl |
Sudanese; al Qaeda member who defected to the United States in 1996 |
| Ahmed al Ghamdi |
Saudi; 9/11 hijacker (UA 175) (deceased) |
| Ali Abd al Rahman al Faqasi al Ghamdi |
(a.k.a.Abu Bakr al Azdi) Saudi; candidate 9/11 hijacker; currently in U.S. custody |
| Hamza al Ghamdi |
Saudi; 9/11 hijacker (UA 175) (deceased) |
| Saeed al Ghamdi |
Saudi; 9/11 hijacker (UA 93) (deceased) |
| Saeed ("Jihad") al Ghamdi |
Saudi; candidate 9/11 hijacker |
| Hassan Ghul |
Pakistani; al Qaeda facilitator; currently in U.S. custody |
| Abu Hafs al Masri |
see Mohammed Atef |
| Abu Hafs al Mauritani |
Mauritanian; senior al Qaeda theologian |
| Wadi al Hage |
U.S. citizen; al Qaeda operative; Bin Ladin's personal assistant; convicted in embassy bombings trial |
| Mushabib al Hamlan |
Saudi; candidate 9/11 hijacker |
| Hani Hanjour |
Saudi; 9/11 pilot/hijacker (AA 77) (deceased) |
| Mustafa al Hawsawi |
Saudi; al Qaeda media committee member; financial and travel facilitator for 9/11 plot |
| Nawaf al Hazmi |
Saudi; 9/11 hijacker (AA 77) (deceased) |
| Salem al Hazmi |
Saudi; 9/11 hijacker (AA 77) (deceased) |
| Ahmad al Haznawi |
Saudi; 9/11 hijacker (UA 93) (deceased) |
| Gulbuddin Hekmatyar |
Afghani; founder and leader of the Hizb-e-Islami, a Taliban opposition group; Prime Minister of Afghanistan, 1993–1994; 1996 |
| Saddam Hussein |
President of Iraq, 1979-2003 |
| Zein al Abideen Mohamed Hussein |
(a.k.a. Abu Zubaydah) Palestinian; al Qaeda associate; currently in U.S. custody |
| Abu Hajer al Iraqi |
see Mamdouh Mahmud Salim |
| Riduan Isamuddin |
(a.k.a. Hambali) Indonesian; operational leader of Jemaah Islamiya; currently in U.S. custody |
| Ziad Jarrah |
Lebanese; 9/11 pilot/hijacker (UA 93) (deceased) |
| Abderraouf Jdey |
(a.k.a. Faruq al Tunisi) Tunisian/Canadian; candidate 9/11 hijacker |
| Mohamed al Kahtani |
Saudi; candidate 9/11 hijacker; currently in U.S. custody |
| Mir Amal Kansi |
Pakistani; extremist who killed two CIA employees at CIA headquarters in Virginia in 1993 (executed) |
| Hamid Karzai |
Interim Leader and later President of Afghanistan, Dec. 2001- |
| Younis Khalis |
Afghani; leader of Hizb-e-Islami; hosted UBL upon his return to Afghanistan in 1996 |
| Khallad |
see Tawfiq bin Attash |
| Wali Khan Amin Shah |
(a.k.a. Osama Asmurai) Turkmen; early associate of Usama Bin Ladin; convicted in Manila air (Bojinka) plot |
| Ibn al Khattab |
Saudi; mujahid leader in Chechnya |
| L'Houssaine Kherchtou |
(a.k.a. Joe the Moroccan,Abu Talal) Moroccan; former al Qaeda member who broke with Bin Ladin and became a U.S. government informant |
| Usama Bin Ladin |
(UBL) Saudi; head of al Qaeda |
| Ibn al Shaykh al Libi |
Libyan; head of jihadist training camp in Afghanistan |
| Ahmed al Nami |
Saudi; 9/11 hijacker (UA 93) (deceased) |
| Sheikh Saeed al Masri |
Egyptian; head of al Qaeda finance committee |
| Ahmed Shah Massoud |
Leader of Afghanistan's Northern Alliance, a Taliban opposition group (assassinated Sept. 9, 2001) |
| Khalid al Mihdhar |
Saudi; 9/11 hijacker (AA 77) (deceased) |
| Khalid Sheikh Mohammed |
(KSM) (a.k.a. Mukhtar) Pakistani; mastermind of 9/11 attacks; currently in U.S. custody |
| Majed Moqed |
Saudi; 9/11 hijacker (AA 77) (deceased) |
| Mounir el Motassadeq |
Moroccan; Hamburg cell associate |
| Zacarias Moussaoui |
French; arrested in the U.S. in connection with the 9/11 attacks |
| Hosni Mubarak |
President of Egypt, 1981- |
| Pervez Musharraf |
Leader of Pakistan, 1999- |
| Abdelghani Mzoudi |
Moroccan; Hamburg cell associate |
| Qutaybah al Najdi |
Saudi; candidate 9/11 hijacker |
| Abd al Rahim al Nashiri |
(a.k.a. Mullah Bilal) Saudi; mastermind of USS Cole attack; currently in U.S. custody |
| Mullah Mohammed Omar |
Leader of Afghanistan's Taliban, which ruled most of the country from 1996 to 2001 |
| Abdul Aziz al Omari |
Saudi; 9/11 hijacker (AA 11) (deceased) |
| Muammar Qadhafi |
Leader of Libya, 1970- |
| Fahd al Quso |
Yemeni; al Qaeda co-conspirator arrested in Yemen for the USS Cole attack |
| Sayyid Qutb |
Egyptian writer; member of Muslim Brotherhood (deceased) |
| Eyad al Rababah |
Jordanian; Virginia resident who helped Hazmi and Hanjour |
| Abd al Rahim Ghulum Rabbani |
(a.k.a.Abu Rahmah) Saudi; al Qaeda member who worked closely with KSM in Karachi and assisted many of the 9/11 hijackers |
| Sheikh Omar Abdel Rahman |
(a.k.a. the Blind Sheikh) Egyptian cleric; convicted for crimes related to 1993 World Trade Center bombing and 1995 plots against other NY landmarks |
| Saud al Rashid |
Saudi; candidate 9/11 hijacker |
| Ahmed Ressam |
(a.k.a. Benni Antoine Noris) Algerian; convicted in millennium plot to bomb Los Angeles International Airport |
| Mamdouh Mahmud Salim |
(a.k.a.Abu Hajer al Iraqi) Iraqi; chief procurement officer for al Qaeda in Sudan; arrested in connection with 1998 embassy bombings |
| Yazeed al Salmi |
Saudi; briefly a housemate of a 9/11 hijacker in San Diego |
| Abdul Rasul Sayyaf |
Afghani; head of the Hizbul-Ittihad El-Islami, and KSM's mentor |
| Aysel Senguen |
German; fiancée of 9/11 hijacker Jarrah |
| Nawaz Sharif |
Pakistani Prime Minister, 1990–1993, 1997–1999 |
| Marwan al Shehhi |
Emirati; 9/11 pilot/hijacker (UA 175) (deceased) |
| Mohand al Shehri |
Saudi; 9/11 hijacker (UA 175) (deceased) |
| Wail al Shehri |
Saudi; 9/11 hijacker (AA 11) (deceased) |
| Waleed al Shehri |
Saudi; 9/11 hijacker (AA 11) (deceased) |
| Mohamedou Ould Slahi |
(a.k.a.Abu Musab) Mauritanian; recruited 9/11 hijackers in Germany |
| Yazid Sufaat |
Malaysian; member of Jemaah Islamiya |
| Satam al Suqami |
Saudi; 9/11 hijacker (AA 11) (deceased) |
| Madani al Tayyib |
Saudi; former head of al Qaeda finance committee |
| Zuhair al Thubaiti |
Saudi; candidate 9/11 hijacker |
| Fahad al Thumairy |
Saudi; Imam of King Fahd mosque in Los Angeles; accredited diplomat at Saudi Consulate in Los Angeles |
| Hassan al Turabi |
Sudan's longtime hard-line ideological leader and Speaker of the country's National Assembly during the 1990s |
| Prince Turki bin Faisal Ramzi Yousef |
Saudi intelligence chief prior to 9/11 (a.k.a.Abdul Basit) Pakistani; convicted mastermind of and co-conspirator in 1993 WTC bombing and Manila air (Bojinka) plots |
| Khalid Saeed Ahmad al Zahrani |
Saudi; candidate 9/11 hijacker |
| Mohammed Haydar Zammar |
German citizen from Syria; jihadist; possible recruiter of Hamburg cell members |
| Ayman al Zawahiri |
Egyptian; UBL's deputy and leader of Egyptian Islamic Jihad terrorist group |
| Hamdan Bin Zayid |
Emirati; Minister of State for Foreign Affairs of the United Arab Emirates |
| Abu Zubaydah |
see Zein al Abideen Mohamed Hussein |