Algerian security forces killed Yahia Abu al Haytham, a leader in al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, at a checkpoint in Tizi Ouzou province. Haytham, also known as Abdelhamid Saadaoui, was the leader of the al Ansar brigade in the Kabilian region as well as an al Qaeda financier. Haytham was a carryover from the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC), which merged into al Qaeda last summer.
