Bin Laden photos will stay secret

A judge has denied a request to release photos and video taken of Osama bin Laden during and after a raid in which the terrorist leader was killed by US commandos.

In court papers, the US Justice Department had said that the images of the dead bin Laden were classified and were being withheld from the public to avoid inciting violence against Americans overseas and compromising secret systems and techniques used by the CIA and the military.