Thousands of local tribesmen staged on Wednesday a demonstration in protest of recent events in their town of Rada, some 260km southeast of the Yemeni capital of Sana'a.
The protesters shouted slogans condemning the army's week response to al-Qaeda militants, who took control of their town with out real resistance and blaming President Ali Abdullah Saleh's regime for what happened.
On Wednesday, tribal chiefs held Saleh's responsible for the fall of Rada into the control of terrorists, saying there was connivance between them.
Saleh has long played al-Qaeda card to convince the world that without him in the helm of Yemen, the country will turn into a failed.
Yemen-based al-Qaeda have been very active lately as it strengthened its foothold in the south provinces of the country, apparently taking advantage of the political vacuum triggered by the massive popular protests calling for putting an end to the 33-rule of Saleh.
Saleh has signed a deal in the Saudi capital of Riyadh under which he transferred his executive authorities to Vice President Abdu Rabu Mansour Hadi, who will be the sole candidate for the upcoming Presidential