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Tunisian soccer player acquitted of terror charges after 10 years in custody

  • Nizar Trabelsi was found not guilty of conspiring to attack Americans after being extradited to the U.S. in 2013.
  • Trabelsi was previously convicted in Belgium for planning an attack on a U.S. military base there.
  • U.S. authorities accused Trabelsi of plotting with Osama bin Laden to conduct a suicide bombing in Europe.
  • Trabelsi's lawyers argued his past confessions were false and made under duress.
  • Richard Reid, the "Shoe Bomber," testified Trabelsi was not involved in terror plots.
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