At a glance: Al-Qaida's most wanted

File photo of an al-Qaida training camp

File photo of an al-Qaida training camp. (Photo by Department of Defense/Getty Images)

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Posted: 03/08/2013

The arrest of Sulaiman Abu Ghaith -- an al-Qaida spokesman, fundraiser and son-in-law to Osama bin Laden -- is another victory in the war against terror, U.S. officials say. Here are other major al-Qaida figures who remain at large, or who have been captured or killed:

AT LARGE

AYMAN AL-ZAWAHRI, Egyptian, bin Laden's doctor and spiritual adviser.

SAIF AL-ADIL, Egyptian, bin Laden security chief.

SHAIKH SAIID AL-SHARIF, Saudi, bin Laden's brother-in-law and Sept. 11 financier.

ABU MOHAMMAD AL-MASRI, Egyptian, training camp commander.

ABU HAFS THE MAURITANIAN, operational and spiritual leader.

ZAID KHAYR, operational leader (at large, but presumed dead).

ABU BASIR AL-YEMENI, Yemeni, aide to Osama bin Laden.

ABD AL-AZIZ AL-JAMAL, aide to al-Zawahri.

ZAKARIYA ESSABAR, member of cell with chief Sept. 11 hijacker Mohamed Atta.

SAID BAHAJI, member of cell with chief Sept. 11 hijacker Mohamed Atta.

CAPTURED or ARRESTED

KHALID SHEIKH MOHAMMED, Kuwaiti-Pakistani, suspected mastermind of Sept. 11 attacks.

ABU ZUBAYDAH, Palestinian-Saudi, "terrorist coordinator."

ABD AL-RAHIM AL-NASHIRI, Saudi, Persian Gulf operations chief.

TAWFIQ ATTASH KHALLAD, Yemeni, operational leader, suspected mastermind of USS Cole bombing in October 2000.

ABD AL-HADI AL-IRAQI, training camp commander.

ABU ZUBAIR AL-HAILI, Saudi, operational planner.

SULAIMAN ABU GHAITH, Kuwaiti, al-Qaida spokesman.

RAMZI BINALSHIBH, Yemeni, planner and organizer of Sept. 11 attacks.

ZACARIAS MOUSSAOUI, charged as conspirator with Sept. 11 hijackers.

DEAD

OSAMA BIN LADEN, Saudi, supreme leader: Killed by U.S. Navy SEALs May 2, 2011.

MOHAMMED ATEF, Egyptian, military chief: Killed in U.S. airstrike.

QAED SALIM SINAN AL-HARETHI, Yemeni, Yemen operations chief: Killed in U.S. airstrike.

IBN AL-SHAYKH AL-LIBI, Libyan, training camp commander: Reported suicide.

SAAD BIN LADEN, Saudi, bin Laden's son: Intelligence officials believe he was killed in a drone airstrike

TARIQ ANWAR AL-SAYYID AHMAD, Egyptian, operational planner: Killed in U.S. airstrike.

MOHAMMED SALAH, Egyptian, operational planner: Killed in U.S. airstrike.

ABU MUSAB AL-ZARQAWI, Jordanian, operational planner: Killed in U.S. airstrike.

MIDHAT MURSI, Egyptian, responsible for research on weapons of mass destruction: Killed.

MOHAMMED JAMAL KHALIFA, Saudi, financier: Killed.

HAMZA AL-QATARI, financier: Killed.

AHMAD SAID AL-KADR, Egyptian-Canadian, financier: Killed.

ABU SALAH AL-YEMENI, logistics, Killed.

ABU JAFAR AL-JAZIRI, aide to Abu Zubyadah: Killed.

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