Tariq al Dhahab, the brother-in-law of Anwar al Awalki, has called for the release of al Qaeda prisoners in Yemen and the imposition of sharia, or Islamic law.

Ansar al Sharia, al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula’s political front, said that Ibrahim al Bana was not killed in the strike that killed Anwar al Awlaki’s son.

The nighttime airstrike targeted a police station in Abyan province that had been recently overrun by al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters.