Cika wannan jumla: 'Yan kungiyar al-Qaeda sun yi yunkurin kai hari kan "The Sullivans" yayin da suke cikin tashar jiragen ruwa a Aden, Yemen a ranar 3 ga Janairu 2000 a matsayin wani bangare na makircin kai hari na karni na 2000. Shirin shine a ɗora jirgin ruwa cike da abubuwan fashewa kuma a tayar da shi kusa da "The Sullivans"; duk da haka jirgin ya cika sosai har ya nutse. Daga baya, al-Qaeda ta sake gwada irin wannan harin a karo na biyu,
da nasarar fashewa a ranar 12 ga Oktoba 2000.