In the early 2000s, al-Kawari worked alongside two major Al Qaeda operatives: Mustafa Hajji Muhammad Khan (a.k.a. Hassan Ghul) and Ibrahim ‘Isa Hajji Muhammad al-Bakr.[1] Ghul was designated in 2011 as an Al Qaeda operative and courier, who was active "since at least 2003",[6] and al-Bakr was designated in 2014 for providing financial, material, and technological support for the terror-group.[7] Al-Kawari worked with Ghul and al-Bakr to transfer money to Al Qaeda in Pakistan, around the same time al-Kawari also obtained a fraudulent passport for Ghul.[1]