<p><br /> Soldiers in Yemen increased their anti-terror training after a radical US-born Sunni Muslim preacher, wanted dead or alive by the United States and Yemen, urged Muslim scholars to promote jihad against US and Israeli interests in the region.<br /> </p><p><br /> Anwar al-Awlaki also accused Shi'ite power Iran of trying to extend its influence among Arabs in the Gulf region in a 23-minute video recording posted on Islamist websites.<br /> </p><p><br /> The video appears to have been made before a foiled plot involving explosive packages sent from Yemen on planes bound for the United States.<br /> </p><p><br /> Awlaki said Muslim clerics should do more to encourage attacks on foreign forces in Muslim countries.<br /> </p><p><br /> Last week Yemen began a trial of Awlaki in absentia for instigating violence against foreigners and then on Saturday issued an order for his capture dead or alive.<br /> </p><p><br /> Washington has heaped pressure on Yemeni government to crack down on militants in impoverished, violence-ridden Yemen after the discovery of the plot involving explosive parcels dispatched by air from the country.<br /> </p>
