Following his capture , Fox News reported that he had been an al-Qaeda member since the very beginning of the group , at least ten years earlier , and was widely known as '' The Gatekeeper '' " in terrorist circles " , although no corroboration or other sources have supported these claims . There have been similarly unreferenced suggestions in the media that Ghul played a role in the 1998 US Embassy bombings in Africa
1998 US Embassy bombings in Africa
1998 United States embassy bombings
Hassan Ghul