Hassan Ghul (Arabic: حسان غول), born Mustafa Hajji Muhammad Khan (August 1977 – 1 October 2012), [1] was a Saudi-born Pakistani [2] [3] member of al-Qaeda who revealed the kunya of Osama bin Laden's messenger, which eventually led to Operation Neptune Spear and the death of Osama Bin Laden.

Hassan, a national of Libya, was apprehended in Pakistan, apparently in 2002. His pregnant wife, name and nationality unknown, was with him in Pakistan at the time of his arrest. Hassan is ...

Dec 9, 2014 · In the executive summary of the what's come to be known as the "torture report," the committee details the case of Hassan Ghul, who the CIA said provided the most accurate information on the ...

Oct 17, 2013 · Hassan Ghul, a top al Qaeda leader who was in US custody for two years before being transferred to Pakistani custody and then promptly released, was killed in a US drone strike in Pakistan’s Taliban-controlled tribal agency of North Waziristan in October 2012.

Dec 10, 2014 · The report says it came from an al-Qaeda operative named Hassan Ghul, who was captured in Iraqi Kurdistan. Ghul immediately provided his captures with information: One officer even said he...

Sep 7, 2011 · Hassan Ghul Ghul, whose real name is Mustafa Hajji Muhammad Khan, “has acted as an al Qaeda facilitator, courier and operative since at least 2003,” Treasury stated. He “once served as a messenger between al Qaeda and former al …

That includes Hassan Ghul, who provided the key intelligence that led American officials to Osama bin Laden — the knowledge that the Al Qaeda leader was likely in Peshawar in Pakistan, and that...

Jan 24, 2004 · Hassan Ghul is a Pakistani national who was captured by Kurdish forces between 20-24 January 2004. The SSCI report cites a former CIA officer, Nada Bakos, who has stated that he was interrogated but not tortured by Kurdish officials.

Hassan Ghul was a -- reported directly to Khalid Shaik Muhammad, who was the mastermind of the September the 11th attacks. He was a killer. He was moving money and messages around South Asia and the Middle East to other al-Qaeda leaders.

Hassan Ghul (died 1 October 2012) was a Pakistani member of al-Qaeda and Ansar al-Islam. He was a courier for al-Qaeda, known as a trusted emissary and a top lieutenant of Osama Bin Laden and Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.