The key organisers
Ramzi bin Al Shibh: Yemeni, a key member of the al-Qaida Hamburg cell, who allegedly knew Mohammed Atta, leader of the September 11 hijackers. Status captured in September 2002
Ramzi bin Al Shibh
Yemeni, a key member of the al-Qaida Hamburg cell, who allegedly knew Mohammed Atta, leader of the September 11 hijackers. Status captured in September 2002
Sulaiman Abu Ghaith
Spokesman for al-Qaida. Former teacher who left Kuwait saying he was going on pilgrimage. Appeared in front of TV cameras in Afghanistan.
Status at large
Omar al-Faruq
Kuwaiti, said to have been building links between al-Qaida and other militant groups in south-east Asia.
Status arrested last June in Indonesia
Thirwat Salah Shirhata
Zawahri's deputy in the Egyptian Islamic Jihad group. Has been sentenced to death (twice) in his absence in Egypt.
Status at large
Ali Qaed Senyan al-Harithi
Important al-Qaida figure, suspected of involvement in attack on USS Cole. Status dead, assassinated by US when CIA drone hit his car in Yemen with rocket
Mohammed Haydar Zammar
Syrian-born German citizen. Said to have spent time in Hamburg with Atta and two other September 11 hijackers.
Status arrested in Morocco, but later sent to Syria
Anas al-Liby
Libyan linked by US to the 1998 embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania. Spent some time in Britain.
Status captured in Afghanistan in January 2002
Yemeni, a key member of the al-Qaida Hamburg cell, who allegedly knew Mohammed Atta, leader of the September 11 hijackers. Status captured in September 2002
Sulaiman Abu Ghaith
Spokesman for al-Qaida. Former teacher who left Kuwait saying he was going on pilgrimage. Appeared in front of TV cameras in Afghanistan.
Status at large
Omar al-Faruq
Kuwaiti, said to have been building links between al-Qaida and other militant groups in south-east Asia.
Status arrested last June in Indonesia
Thirwat Salah Shirhata
Zawahri's deputy in the Egyptian Islamic Jihad group. Has been sentenced to death (twice) in his absence in Egypt.
Status at large
Ali Qaed Senyan al-Harithi
Important al-Qaida figure, suspected of involvement in attack on USS Cole. Status dead, assassinated by US when CIA drone hit his car in Yemen with rocket
Mohammed Haydar Zammar
Syrian-born German citizen. Said to have spent time in Hamburg with Atta and two other September 11 hijackers.
Status arrested in Morocco, but later sent to Syria
Anas al-Liby
Libyan linked by US to the 1998 embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania. Spent some time in Britain.
Status captured in Afghanistan in January 2002
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