Pakistan’s Pro-Jihad Ex-ISI Chief Hamid Gul Dies
Hamid Gul was the creator of many state sponsored terrorists and terror groups, he also was the originator of much of the 9/11 truther cant. He is also the reason I was not surprised to learn that Osama Bin Laden was found living in Pakistan community mostly known for its military retirees after all those years in hiding. Under
He also conducted the Zarb-e-Momin military exercise in November-December 1989 against India
Pakistan’s hardline Islamist general Hamid Gul, known for nurturing militants in Kashmir and Punjab and Afghanistan during his stint as chief of the powerful ISI, has died following a brain haemorrhage.
78-year-old Gul suffered brain haemorrhage on Saturday night and was rushed to the Combined Military Hospital in Murree near here where doctors pronounced him dead on arrival, his daughter Uzma Gul said on Sunday.
Gul, who was the ISI chief during 1987 and 1989 when the U.S.-backed Afghan jihad against the then Soviet Union was at the last stages, continued working in the spy agency in the post-stages of the Afghan war.
Known for his hardline Islamist views, Gul is widely credited for expanding covert support to Kashmiri and Punjabi militant groups during late 80s and early 90s.
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