Obama Osama

• 

  In New Book, Barack Obama Recalls Raid That Killed Osama Bin Laden

  Barack Obama has said that he had ruled out involving Pakistan in the raid on Osama bin Laden's hideout because it was an "open secret" that certain elements inside Pakistan's military, and especially its intelligence services, maintained links to the Taliban and perhaps even al-Qaeda, sometimes using them as strategic assets against Afghanistan an...

• 

  In Viral Quiz Show Fail, Contestant Confuses Obama With Osama

  About a week ago, a contestant on the Turkish version of popular game show Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? went viral for using up two lifelines to answer where the Great Wall of China is located. Now, a similar game show fail has gone viral - this time because a constant confused former US President Barack Obama with Al Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden...

• 

  Barack Obama Hails Iran Deal in Speech to US Veterans

  US President Barack Obama told a gathering of military veterans Tuesday that hardheaded diplomacy with Iran could avoid the kind of "unnecessary wars" for which they paid the price.

• A Snapshot of US Troop Commitment in Afghanistan Since 2001

  U.S. and British forces began launching airstrikes into Afghanistan on Oct. 7, 2001, after the 9/11 terrorist attacks against America. The initial strikes were aimed at Taliban troops, training camps and air defenses. By early November there were about 1,300 U.S. troops in Afghanistan.

• Barack Obama played cards ahead of Osama bin Laden raid: ex-aide

  A former aide to Barack Obama has said the US president resorted to playing cards on the day Osama bin Laden was killed, such was the tension over the raid.

• Obama cancelled 3 kill Laden missions, claims book

  US President Barack Obama put off three times operations to kill world's most dreaded terrorist Osama bin Laden before finally going ahead with the mission at the insistence of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, a new book has claimed.

• Osama raid most important day in White House, says Obama

  US President Barack Obama described the lonely decision he made to mount a Navy SEAL raid to kill Osama bin Laden and called the daring escapade the "most important single day" of his tenure.

• On Osama's death anniversary, Obama makes a trip to Afghanistan

  President Barack Obama flexed some presidential muscle making a high-profile trip to Afghanistan on the anniversary of the killing of Osama Bin Laden by US troops a year ago. In the prime-time speech, beamed back to the US, Mr Obama addressed Americans live from Bagram Air Base reminding Americans that he had wound down two unpopular wars and vowed...

• Osama bin Laden said to have wanted Barack Obama assassinated

  A report by NBC news states that while he was hiding in his compound at Abbottabad, Osama bin Laden " regularly ordered his subordinates to plan new attacks, including assassinations of President Barack Obama and General David Petraeus."

• Hoops on deck for Obama on Osama bin Laden carrier

  President Barack Obama Friday hailed US veterans at a unique college basketball game on the deck of the aircraft carrier which sent Osama bin Laden to his underwater grave.

• Obama discusses Osama operation with PM Manmohan Singh

  Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and US President Barack Obama spoke over the phone on Monday night and discussed the American operation that killed Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad in Pakistan and also talked about the situation in the region.A PMO spokesman said Singh and Obama also discussed further growth and development of Indo-US relations. "It was...

• 'Couldn't we afford a tape to measure Osama?' Obama asked advisers

  US President Barack Obama and his key national security team in the White House situation room watched a soundless video feed of the raid on Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden at his hideout in Pakistan, a media report has said."In the White House Situation Room on Sunday night, the president and his national security team watched a soundless video fee...

• Stop 'pussy-footing' with bin Laden photos, Palin tells Obama

  US glamorous politician Sarah Palin has flayed President Barack Obama's decision not to release photos of the deceased Osama bin Laden, urging him to stop "pussy-footing around" over the issue."Show photo as warning to others seeking America's destruction. No pussy-footing around, no politicking, no drama; it's part of the mission," the 47-year-old...

• Pakistan either incompetent or involved: CIA chief

  CIA Director Leon Panetta has told US lawmakers that Washington is trying to get to the bottom of Pakistan's "troubling" role in its professed ignorance about Osama bin Laden's whereabouts and whether it was either involved or incompetent.In a closed-door briefing for House of Representatives members Tuesday, Panetta told lawmakers "either they wer...

• Pakistan enveloped by national depression, says Imran

  A "national depression" has gripped Pakistan following the killing of Osama bin Laden in an American strike that kept out the Pakistanis, politician Imran Khan said on Tuesday."There is not just confusion that prevails in Pakistan, but also a national depression at the loss of national dignity and self-esteem as well as sovereignty," the ex-cricket...