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| A Pakistani army soldier checks a cyclist near the hideout house of slain Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden following his death by US Special Forces in a ground operation, in Abbottabad in May 2007. |
Federal prosecutors dropped charges against Osama bin Laden from attacks spanning more than a decade, officials said in court papers filed in US District Court in New York Friday.
Charges included more than 200 counts of criminal activity such as murder, conspiracy to use weapons of mass destruction against civilians and more.
US District Judge Lewis Kaplan approved the request, which is a common procedure when the defendant dies.
The charges included bin Laden\'s role in the bombings of American embassies in Kenya and Tanzania in 1998.
None of the charges were related to the September 11, 2001 attacks on the US.
