Kammala wannan jumlar: Khalid al-Hajj abokin aikin Osama bin Laden ne a Afghanistan a shekarar 1997. Bugu da kari, Khalid al-Hajj ya maye gurbin Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, wanda ya kirkiro kungiyar.
Fashewar jirgin ruwan USS Cole, a matsayin shugaban kungiyar Al-Qaeda. An bayar da rahoton cewa an kashe Khalid al-Hajj a ranar 15 ga Maris, 2004 da Jami'an Tsaro na Saudiyya.