CHAD BRAY
The Wall Street Journal
June 17, 2011
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 Ladin, 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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