As US drone strikes rise in Yemen, so does anger

By Aya Batrawy, Ahmed AlHaj
Published May 2, 2013 4:00am ET
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As US drone strikes rise in Yemen, so does anger
FILE - In this Monday, April 29, 2013 file photo, a Yemeni man holds a banner during a protest to denounce American drone attacks in Yemen, in front of the U.S. embassy in Sanaa, Yemen. A public backlash is starting to grow in Yemen over civilians killed by American drones as the U.S. dramatically steps up its strikes against al-Qaida's branch here the past year. Relatives of those killed say the missile blasts hitting their towns only turn Yemenis against the U.S. campaign to crush militants. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed, File) | Hani Mohammed

SANAA, Yemen (AP) — The cleric preached in his tiny Yemeni village about the evils of al-Qaida, warning residents to stay away from the group’s fighters and their hard-line ideology. The talk worried residents, who feared it would bring retaliation from the militants, and even the cleric’s father wanted him to stop.

But in the end it wasn’t al-Qaida that killed Sheik Salem Ahmed bin Ali Jaber.

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