Abbottabad operation was a gamble: Obama

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Abbottabad operation was a gamble: Obama

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US president said the failure in Osama operation could have cost a lot to him politically.

08 September,2011 12:45 pm

While giving an interview to a UK media outlet, he said there was a fifty percent chances of the success of the operation. In the case of failure, it could have damaged geo-politically, he added. This operation was watched by Obama, Hilary Clinton and other high officials in the White House situation room. CIA on the other hand was 70 percent certain that Osama and his family were present in the Abbottabad compound. All in the White House took sigh of relief when heard Osama was shot dead