Looks like my own score card needs to be updated:
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.
Name: Osama bin Laden Function: Emir-General Status: Unknown, possibly killed at Tora Bora in December 2001
Name: Ayman al-Zawahiri Function: Second-in-Command/Gamaa al-Islamiyyah Emir-General Status: At Large
Name: Mohammed Atef Function: Supreme Military Commander Status: Dead
Name: Abu Zubaydah Function: Global Operations Chief Status: Apprehended
Name: Rifa Ahmed Taha Function: Egyptian Islamic Jihad Secretary-General Status: At Large
Name: Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri Function: Middle East Operations Chief Status: Apprehended
Name: Abu Musab Zarqawi Function: Former Southeast Asian Operations Chief, currently Global Operations Chief Status: At Large
Name: Abu Zubair al-Haili Function: North African Operations Chief Status: Apprehended
Name: Tawfiq Attash Khallad Function: South Asian Operations Chief Status: At Large
Name: Abu Mohammed al-Masri Function: East African Operations Chief Status: At Large
Name: Zaid Khayr Function: Unknown Status: At Large
Name: Mohammed Salah Function: Senior Explosive Expert, Central African Operations Chief Status: Dead
Name: Tariq Anwar al-Sayyid Ahmad Function: Balkans Operations Chief Status: Dead
Name: Saif al-Adel Function: Former second-in-command of al-Qaeda's military, currently Supreme Military Commander Status: At Large
Name: Amin al-Haq Function: Shura Majlis Security Chief Status: At Large
Name: Abu Hafs the Mauritanian (aka "Mr. Mauritania") Function: Theologian Status: 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.
Name: Sheikh Ibn al-Liby Function: Terrorist Training Camp Commander Status: Apprehended
Name: Abd al-Hadi al-Iraqi Function: Terrorist Training Camp Commander Status: Apprehended
THE FINANCIAL COMMITTEE
This is the committee that oversees al-Qaeda's legitimate and illegitimate businesses, charities, drug smuggling, ect.
Name: Sheikh Saeed (Mustafa Ahmed al-Hisawi?) Function: Head of the Financial Committee Status: At Large
Name: Mohammed Jamal Khalifa Function: Financier and envoy to the Saudi Bin Laden Group Status: At Large
Name: Abu Jafar al-Jaziri Function: Financier Status: Dead
Name: Abu Salah al-Yemeni Function: Financier Status: Dead
Name: Abdul Rahim Riyadh Function: Financier Status: Apprehended
Name: Ahmed Saeed al-Kadr Function: Financier Status: At Large
Name: Hamza al-Qatari Function: Financier Status: Dead
MEDIA COMMITTEE
This 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.
Name: Suleiman Abu Ghaith Function: Spokesman Status: At Large
Name: Sheikh Abu Hamza al-Masri Function: Spokesman/Recruiter Status: At Large
Name: Sheikh Omar al-Bakri Function: Spokesman Status: At Large
Name: Sheikh Abu Qatada al-Philisteeni Function: Spokesman Status: 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.
Name: Midhat Mursi Function: Top scientist for nuclear weapons research Status: At Large
Name: Abu Khabab Function: Biological and chemical weapons expert Status: At Large
Name: Assadalah Abdul Rahman Function: Weapons of Mass Destruction Chief Status: At Large
Name: Abu Bashir al-Yemeni Function: Unknown Status: 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.
Name: Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Function: Martyrdom Battalion Commander-in-Chief Status: At Large
Name: Abd al-Aziz al-Jamal Function: Unknown Status: At Large
Name: Bilal bin Marwan Function: Arabian Sea Commander-in-Chief Status: At Large
Name: Saqar al-Jadawi Function: Unknown Status: At Large
Name: Mohammed Omar Abdel Rahman Function: Military Commander Status: At Large
Name: Ahmed Omar Abdel Rahman Function: Military Commander Status: Apprehended
Name: Abu Walid Function: Military Commander Status: At Large
Name: Abdel Hari al-Iraqi Function: Afghanistan Commander-in-Chief Status: At Large
Name: Abu Leith al-Lybi Function: Algeria/Libya Commander-in-Chief Status: At Large
Name: Shamil Basayev Function: Chechnya Commander-in-Chief Status: At Large
Name: Amir ibn al-Khattab Function: Dagestan Commander-in-Chief Status: Dead
Name: Hanbali Function: Indonesia Commander-in-Chief Status: At Large
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