The remnants of the GIA proper were hunted Killing down over the next two years , and had practically disappeared Departing by 2002 , with the exception of a splinter group called Name_conferral the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat ( GSPC ) , which announced Expressing_publicly its support Supporting for Al-Qaeda in October 2003 and continued fighting Hostile_encounter an insurgency that would eventually spread Dispersal to other countries in the region .

This group was formerly known as the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat ( GSPC ) .

The conflict succeeded the conclusion of the Algerian Civil War as the militant group Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat ( GSPC ) allied Collaboration itself with al-Qaeda to eventually become Becoming al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb ( AQIM ) .