U.S. Formally Drops Charges Against bin Laden
NEW YORK—Federal prosecutors formally dropped criminal charges Friday against Osama 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.
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