It's the "You Can't Tell Your Scumbags Without a Scorecard" scorecard
Name Function Status SHURA MAJLIS These are the first-tier guys and the actual members of al-Qaeda's board of directors. Any one of them is a possible successor to Osama bin Laden. Osama bin Laden Emir-General Possibly killed at Tora Bora in Dec. 2001, now believed to be at large Ayman al-Zawahiri Second-in-Command/Egyptian Islamic Jihad Emir-General At Large Mohammed Atef Supreme Military Commander Dead Abu Zubaydah Global Operations Chief Apprehended Rifa Ahmed Taha Gamaa al-Islamiyyah Secretary-General At Large Thirwat Salah Shirhata Egyptian Islamic Jihad Deputy Emir At Large Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri Middle East Operations Chief Apprehended Abu Musab Zarqawi Former Southeast Asian Operations Chief, currently Global Operations Chief Apprehended 3/09/07 Abu Zubair al-Haili North African Operations Chief Apprehended Tawfiq Attash Khallad South Asian Operations Chief Apprehended 4/30/03 Abu Mohammed al-Masri * East African Operations Chief Dead 6/30/07 Zaid Khayr Unknown At Large Mohammed Salah Senior Explosive Expert, Central African Operations Chief Dead Tariq Anwar al-Sayyid Ahmad Balkans Operations Chief Dead Saif al-Adel ** Former second-in-command of al-Qaeda's military, currently Supreme Military Commander At Large Amin al-Haq Shura Majlis Security Chief At Large Abu Hafs the Mauritanian (aka "Mr. Mauritania") Theologian Formerly believed dead, now believed to be at large TERRORIST TRAINING CAMP COMMANDERS These are the guys who supervise the training, indoctrination, and assignment of al-Qaeda operatives worldwide. They also seperate all recruits into four categories: mujahideen (foot soldiers), shahideen (suicide bombers), takfiri (sleepers), and ansar (support personnel). Each category has its own version of the "Afghan Guide to Jihad," al-Qaeda's training manual (all four versions combined are roughly 3,000 pages in length) that provides instruction to recruits for just about any situation imaginable. Sheikh Ibn al-Liby Terrorist Training Camp Commander Apprehended Abd al-Hadi al-Iraqi Terrorist Training Camp Commander Apprehended Omar Bandon Terrorist Training Camp Commander At Large THE FINANCIAL COMMITTEE This is the committee that oversees al-Qaeda's legitimate and illegitimate businesses, charities, drug smuggling, ect. The top ten al-Qaeda donors have all been named by both the UN and the families of 9/11 victims as being the major financiers of al-Qaeda and remain at large Sheikh Saeed (Mustafa Ahmed al-Hisawi?) Head of the Financial Committee Apprehended Mohammed Jamal Khalifa Financier and envoy to the Saudi Bin Laden Group Dead 1/31/07 Abu Jafar al-Jaziri Financier Dead Abu Salah al-Yemeni Financier Dead Abdul Rahim Riyadh Financier Apprehended Ahmed Saeed al-Kadr Financier At Large Hamza al-Qatari Financier Dead MEDIA COMMITTEE This is the group that manages and updates the websites, oversees the E-Jihad, and is responsible for all statements by the al-Qaeda leadership. Not a lot of declassified info on this one as far as names go. Suleiman Abu Ghaith Spokesman At Large Sheikh Abu Hamza al-Masri Spokesman/Recruiter At Large Sheikh Omar al-Bakri Spokesman At Large Sheikh Abu Qatada al-Philisteeni Spokesman Apprehended WMD COMMITTEE Al-Qaeda employs a number of Muslim scientists of various nationalities to assist it in procuring as well as manufacturing the necessary materials to create chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear weapons. Midhat Mursi Top scientist for nuclear weapons research At Large Abu Khabab Biological and chemical weapons expert Dead 1/19/07 Assadalah Abdul Rahman Weapons of Mass Destruction Chief At Large Abu Bashir al-Yemeni Unknown At Large MILITARY COMMITTEE These are the definite guys to watch out for. Most have a great deal of combat experience either from serving in Arab militaries or else from fighting in Sudan, Bosnia, Kosovo, Chechnya, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Azerbaijan, Indonesia, or the Philippines. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Martyrdom Battalion Commander-in-Chief Apprehended Abd al-Aziz al-Jamal Unknown At Large Bilal bin Marwan Arabian Sea Commander-in-Chief At Large Qaed Salim Sinan al-Harethi Yemen Commander-in-Chief Dead Mohsen al-Fadli Kuwait Commander-in-Chief Apprehended Essid Sami ben Khemais Southern Europe Commander-in-Chief Apprehended Saqar al-Jadawi Unknown At Large Mohammed Omar Abdel Rahman Military Commander Apprehended Ahmed Omar Abdel Rahman Military Commander Apprehended Abu Walid Military Commander At Large Abdel Hari al-Iraqi Afghanistan Commander-in-Chief At Large Abu Leith al-Lybi Algeria/Libya Commander-in-Chief At Large Shamil Basayev Chechnya Commander-in-Chief At Large Amir ibn al-Khattab Dagestan Commander-in-Chief Dead Hanbali Indonesia Commander-in-Chief At Large Imam Samudra Java Commander-in-Chief Apprehended Mas Selamat Kastari Singapore Commander-in-Chief Apprehended Current Tally: Dead=11 Apprehended=17 At Large=24 Others These are non-leader Al Qaeda members who are on the FBI most wanted list or have, in some way, come to attention.. Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah African Embassy Bomber At Large Sheik Mohammed Al Hasan Al-Moayad Financier / Cleric Apprehended Mohammed Mohsen Yahya Zayed Financier / Cleric Apprehended Abu Abbas Achille Lauro Murder Mastermind Apprehended 4/14/03 Abdelkarim Hussein Mohamed Al-Nasser Khobar Towers Bomber At Large Muhsin Musa Matwalli Atwah African Embassy Bomber At Large Ali Atwa Flight 847 (Lebanon) Hijacker At Large Hasan Izz-Al-Din Flight 847 (Lebanon) Hijacker At Large Anas Al-Liby African Embassy Bomber At Large Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani African Embassy Bomber At Large Ahmed Mohammed Hamed Ali African Embassy Bomber At Large Fazul Abdullah Mohammed African Embassy Bomber At Large Imad Fayez Mugniyah Flight 847 (Lebanon) Hijacker At Large Mustafa Mohamed Fadhil African Embassy Bomber At Large Sheikh Ahmed Salim Swedan African Embassy Bomber At Large Abdul Rahman Yasin 1993 WTC Bombing At Large Fahid Mohammed Ally Msalam African Embassy Bomber At Large Ahmad Ibrahim Al-Mughassil Khobar Towers Bomber At Large Muhammad Atef African Embassy Bomber At Large Ali Saed Bin Ali El-Hoorie Khobar Towers Bomber At Large Saif Al-Adel African Embassy Bomber At Large Ibrahim Salih Mohammed Al-Yacoub African Embassy Bomber At Large Current Tally: Dead=11 Apprehended=20 At Large=43 *Note: There has been some contradictory information as to the status of this individual. Abu Mohammed al-Masri is a nom de guerre, hence one should not confuse him with the al-Qaeda functionary of the same name who was killed in Algeria working with the GSPC. Mossad reportedly had intelligence that al-Masri might have been one of the suicide bombers involved in the al-Qaeda attack in Mombasa. **Note: Per Knight Ridder, he may have been captured along with Khalid Sheikh Mohammed.
LAST UPDATE: 06/30/07
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