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Obama cancelled three operations to kill Osama
Updated On: 22 August, 2012 10:07 AM IST | | Agencies
US President Barack Obama cancelled three operations to kill Osama bin Laden before finally going ahead with the mission at the insistence of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, a new book has claimed.
The damning allegations are mentioned in a new book: Leading from Behind: The Reluctant President and the Advisors Who Decide for Him, written by journalist Rich Miniter. u00a0Miniter has cited an unnamed source within the Joint Special Operations Command who revealed that three ‘kill’ missions were cancelled by Obama in January, February and March 2011.

Mum’s the word: According to the new book, Obama was undecided whether to kill Osama bin Laden. File Pic
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