Kammala wannan jumla: A ranar 12 ga Oktoba, 2000, shekara guda kafin &lt;a href="9/11"&gt;9/11&lt;/a&gt;, Yemen ta zama farkon wasan kwaikwayo a cikin Yakin da ake yi kan Ta'addanci, lokacin da
Bam din USS Cole ya kashe matukan jirgin Amurka 17 kuma ya raunata 40 a gabar tekun tashar jiragen ruwa ta Aden, Yemen. A sakamakon haka, gwamnatin Yemen ta kama mutane da yawa da ake zargi da ta'addanci, da yawa daga cikinsu an gano su a matsayin membobin al-Qaeda.