Al Qaeda leadership reported disrupted

U.S. military and intelligence forces have killed or captured a major portion of the al Qaeda leadership and several key successes were won in the past few months, according to CIA Director George J. Tenet.

"More than one-third of the top leadership identified before the war has been killed or captured," Mr. Tenet said in a speech Wednesday. "Almost half our successes against senior al Qaeda members has come in recent months."

Here's how it stands now. I can't make any claim that this is 100% accurate since I could have easily missed a story.

Thanks to whoever it was who put this together originally.

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

That'd be me, actually ;)

I think somebody even went to the trouble of putting it up online.

Here's the updated version:

Al-Qaeda Leadership Chart

SHURA MAJLIS

The Shura Majlis (“Consultation Council”)

Name: Osama bin Laden
Function: Emir-General
Nationality: Saudi
Status: Unknown

Name: Ayman al-Zawahiri
Function: Deputy Emir, Emir of the Egyptian Islamic Jihad
Nationality: Egyptian
Status: At Large, last reported in Bangladesh

Name: Mohammed Atef
Function: Supreme Military Commander
Nationality: Egyptian
Status: Dead

Name: Abu Zubaydah
Function: Global Operations Chief
Nationality: Palestinian
Status: Apprehended

Name: Saif al-Adel
Function: Formerly Deputy Military Commander, now Supreme Military Commander
Nationality: Egyptian
Status: At Large, last reported in Iran

Name: Abu Musab Zarqawi
Function: Formerly head of South Asian Operations, now Global Operations Chief
Nationality: Jordanian Palestinian
Status: At Large, last reported in Iraq

Name: Abd Rahim al-Nashiri
Function: Persian Gulf Operations Chief
Nationality: Saudi
Status: Apprehended

Name: Rifa Ahmed Taha
Function: Secretary-General of al-Gamaa al-Islamiyyah
Nationality: Egyptian
Status: At Large

Name: Thirwat Salah Shirhata
Function: Deputy Emir, Egyptian Islamic Jihad
Nationality: Egyptian
Status: At Large

Name: Abu Zubair al-Haili
Function: North African Operations Chief
Nationality: Saudi
Status: Apprehended

Name: Tawfiq Attash Khallad
Function: South Asian Operations Chief
Nationality: Egyptian
Status: At Large

Name: Abu Mohammed al-Masri
Function: East African Operations Chief
Nationality: Egyptian
Status: At Large

Name: Zaid Khayr
Function: Caucasus Operations Chief
Nationality: Yemeni
Status: At Large, last reported in Georgia

Name: Mohammed Salah
Function: Foremost Explosives Expert, Central African Operations Chief
Nationality: Egyptian
Status: Dead

Name: Tariq Anwar al-Sayyid Ahmad
Function: Balkans Operations Chief
Nationality: Egyptian
Status: Dead

Name: Amin al-Haq
Function: Shura Majlis Security Chief
Nationality: Saudi
Status: At Large

Name: Abu Hafs the Mauritanian (aka “Mr. Mauritania”)
Function: Theologian
Nationality: Mauritanian
Status: At Large, last reported in Iran

TERRORIST TRAINING CAMP COMMANDERS

Name: Sheikh Ibn al-Liby
Function: Terrorist Training Camp Commander
Nationality: Libyan
Status: Apprehended

Name: Abd al-Hadi al-Iraqi
Function: Terrorist Training Camp Commander
Nationality: Iraqi
Status: Apprehended

Name: Omar Bandon
Function: Terrorist Training Camp Commander
Nationality: Saudi
Status: At Large

Name: Abdul Aziz
Function: Terrorist Training Camp Commander
Nationality: Sudanese
Status: At Large

FINANCIAL COMMITTEE

Name: Mustafa Ahmed al-Hisawi (aka “Sheikh Saiid”)
Function: Head of the Financial Committee
Nationality: Saudi
Status: At Large

Name: Mohammed Jamal Khalifa
Function: Foremost financier and attache to the Saudi Bin Laden Group
Nationality: Saudi
Status: At Large

Name: Abu Jafar al-Jaziri
Function: Financial Manager
Nationality: Saudi
Status: Dead

Name: Abu Salah al-Yemeni
Function: Financial Manager
Nationality: Yemeni
Status: Dead

Name: Abdul Rahim Riyadh
Function: Financial Manager
Nationality: Saudi
Status: Apprehended

Name: Ahmed Sayyid al-Kadr
Function: Financial Manager
Nationality: United Arab Emirates
Status: At Large

Name: Hamza al-Qatari
Function: Financial Manager
Nationality: Qatari
Status: Dead

Name: Qassin al-Kadi
Function: Senior Financier
Nationality: Saudi
Status: At Large

NOTE: Qassin al-Kadi is one of twelve Saudi multi-millionnaires who serve as the prime bankrollers of al-Qaeda. Other suspected (though not verified) senior al-Qaeda financiers within the Kingdom include members of the Saudi royal family currently at odds with Crown Prince Abdullah, among them United Kingdom Ambassador Prince Turki al-Faisal, Defense Minister Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz, Interior Minister Prince Nayef bin Abdul Aziz, and Riyadh Governor Prince Salman.

MEDIA/RELIGIO-LEGAL COMMITTEE

Name: Suleiman Abu Ghaith
Function: al-Qaeda Spokesman
Nationality: Kuwaiti
Status: At Large

Name: Sheikh Abu Hamza al-Masri
Function: Spokesman for the Islamic Army of Aden, al-Qaeda recruiter
Nationality: Egyptian/Yemeni
Status: At Large

Name: Sheikh Omar Bakri
Function: Leader of al-Muhajiroun, Hizb al-Tahrir
Nationality: British
Status: At Large

Name: Abu Qatada al-Philisteeni
Function: Theologian
Nationality: Jordanian
Status: Apprehended

Name: Abu Shihab al-Qandahari (likely a nom de guerre)
Function: Webmaster for mojahedoon.net
Nationality: If the nom de guerre is accurate, Afghan
Status: At Large

Name: Saif al-Din al-Ansari
Function: Jihad theologian for jehad.net
Nationality: Unknown, likely Sudanese
Status: At Large

Name: Sheikh Mohsin al-Awaji
Function: Former Imam of the Great Mosque, King Saud University
Nationality: Saudi
Status: At Large

Name: Safar al-Hawali
Function: leader of the Saudi opposition opposed to US presence in the Kingdom
Nationality: Saudi
Status: At Large

Name: Mohammed al-Khasif
Function: Senior Wahhabi theologian
Nationality: Saudi
Status: At Large

Name: Khaled al-Fawwaz
Function: Head of the Advice and Reform Committee
Nationality: Saudi
Status: Apprehended

Name: Ibrahim Eidarous
Function: Senior member of the Advice and Reform Committee
Nationality: Saudi
Status: Apprehended

Name: Saad al-Fagih
Function: Head of the Movement for Islamic Reform in Saudi Arabia
Nationality: Saudi
Status: At Large

WMD COMMITTEE

Name: Midhat Mursi
Function: Head of nuclear weapons research (Project Faisal)
Nationality: Egyptian
Status: At Large

Name: Abu Khabab
Function: Head of chemical and biological weapons research (Project al-Zabadi)
Nationality: Saudi
Status: At Large, last reported in northern Iraq

Name: Abu Yasser
Function: Senior aide to Abu Khabab
Nationality: Egyptian
Status: At Large

Name: Assadalah Abdul Rahman
Function: Overseer of the WMD Committee
Nationality: Egyptian
Status: At Large

Name: Abu Bashir al-Yemeni
Function: Foremost toxin expert
Nationality: Yemeni
Status: At Large

MILITARY COMMITTEE

Name: Khalid Sheikh Mohammed
Function: Martyrdom Battalion Commander-in-Chief
Nationality: Kuwaiti
Status: At Large, last reported in Pakistan

Name: Shamil Basayev
Function: Chechnya Operations Chief
Nationality: Chechen
Status: At Large

Name: Hanbali
Function: Indonesia Operations Chief
Nationality: Indonesia-Malaysia Operations Chief
Status: At Large

Name: Abdel Hari al-Iraqi
Function: Afghanistan Operations Chief
Nationality: Iraqi
Status: At Large

Name: Bilal bin Marwan
Function: Arabian Sea Operations Chief
Nationality: Saudi
Status: At Large, last reported in Iran

Name: Qaed Salim Sinan al-Harethi
Function: Yemen Operations Chief
Nationality: Yemeni
Status: Dead

Name: Mohsen al-Fadli
Function: Kuwait Operations Chief
Nationality: Kuwaiti
Status: Apprehended

Name: Amir ibn al-Khattab
Function: Dagestan Operations Chief
Nationality: Palestinian
Status: Dead

Name: Abu Leith al-Liby
Function: Algeria Operations Chief
Nationality: Libyan
Status: At Large

Name: Anas al-Liby
Function: Libya Operations Chief
Nationality: Libyan
Status: Apprehended

Name: Essid Sami ben Khemais
Function: Southern Europe Operations Chief
Nationality: Egyptian
Status: Apprehended

Name: Abd al-Aziz al-Jamal
Function: Military Commander
Nationality: Saudi
Status: At Large

Name: Saqar al-Jadawi
Function: Military Commander
Nationality: Saudi
Status: At Large

Name: Mohammed Omar Abdel Rahman
Function: Military Commander
Nationality: Egyptian
Status: At Large

Name: Ahmed Omar Abdel Rahman
Function: Military Commander
Nationality: Egyptian
Status: Apprehended

Name: Abu Walid
Function: Military Commander
Nationality: Saudi
Status: Apprehended

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