Al-Qaida leader killed in Saudi shoot-out

SAUDI ARABIAN security forces stormed a hospital housing complex on Tuesday night, shooting their way through doors and killing three Islamic militants.

One of the dead was said to be an al-Qaida leader linked by the FBI to possible terror threats against the United States.

At least one security officer was killed in the shoot-out that ended after several hours in Jizan, 600 miles south of the Saudi capital, Riyadh.