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The Man Who Knew Bin Laden: A Biographical Sketch of Hassan Ghul

Publication: Volume: 2 Issue: 7
July 7, 2011 03:25 PM Age: 2 yrs
Category: Militant Leadership Monitor, Terrorism, South Asia, Middle East

By: Wladimir van Wilgenburg

There is not much known about Hassan Ghul, the alleged conduit whose information led to the killing of former al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden in Pakistan. The mysterious Hassan Ghul was an important al-Qaeda facilitator, financier and messenger of Pakistani descent with Saudi residency. Ghul mostly operated inside of Afghanistan and Pakistan, but also flew to Saudi Arabia to finance al-Qaeda operations.  He was very closely associated with the Palestinian Abu Zubaydah (a.k.a., Zayn al-Abidin Muhammad Husayn, Tariq), and his network that operated separately from al-Qaeda until around late 2000. [1]...