Daring US mission to kill bin Laden was nearly called off
THE AMERICAN raid that killed Osama bin Laden was nearly called off at the last minute after officials questioned whether he had really been found, a new documentary reveals.
US president Barack Obama considered halting the special forces mission following an intelligence review that concluded there was less than a 50 per cent chance that the al-Qaeda leader was in a compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan.
On the eve of the operation, only half of his senior security advisers recommended going ahead with the plan, according to the programme Bin Laden: Shoot to Kill, which will be broadcast on Channel 4 at 9pm on 7 September.