Saturday, June 18, 2011

U.S. formally drops charges against Bin Laden

following his death last month in a raid by U.S. forces.

The move officially closes a criminal case against bin Laden, the al Qaeda leader, stemming from a 1998 indictment naming him and others in the bombings of two U.S. embassies in Africa.

Bin Laden had been accused of helping plan truck bombings outside U.S. embassies in Tanzania and Kenya that killed 224 people and injured thousands.

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