Hamid Gul
Age: 78
Summary: Pakistani
army officer and leader of Pakistan's powerful Inter-Services
Intelligence spy agency as it funneled U.S. and Saudi cash and weapons
to Afghan jihadis fighting against the Soviets who later publicly
supported Islamic militants and whose tenure at the ISI and his
outspoken backing of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden and other
extremists showed the murky loyalties at play years later when the U.S.
and Pakistan formed an unlikely alliance after the 9/11 terrorist
attacks.
Cause of Death: Brain hemorrhage
Born: November 20, 1936
Died: August 15, 2015
Location: Murree, Pakistan
