Feeling the backlash, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius advised patients to stay calm and talk with their doctor.

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

General Abbas also says the military has forces deployed throughout the northwest in case there is a backlash against the offensive.

VOA: standard.2009.05.07

"Some of the Muslim parents took their kids out of the Islamic schools and put them in public schools because they were afraid of backlash."

VOA: standard.2010.07.12

Holbrooke said the Pakistani government has successfully weathered a series of domestic crises earlier this year, including the Taliban offensive in the Swat Valley and neighboring northern areas that he suggested has generated a public backlash against religious extremists.

VOA: standard.2009.09.24