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Khalid Sheikh Mohammed
Kuwait-born al-Qaeda planner described by the 9/11 Commission as the principal architect of the September 11 attacks and a key terrorist entrepreneur.
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Osama bin Laden
Founder and first emir of al-Qaeda. Architect of the September 11, 2001 attacks. Killed in a U.S. Navy SEAL raid in Abbottabad, Pakistan, on May 2, 2011.
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Ayman al-Zawahiri
Egyptian physician, Egyptian Islamic Jihad leader, and second emir of al-Qaeda. Killed by a U.S. drone strike in Kabul on July 31, 2022.