Kammala wannan jumlar: A cikin shekarun 1990, bayan yakin Gulf, hare-haren ta'addanci sun sami babban tasiri a kan sojojin CENTCOM. Fuskantar hare-hare irin su fashewar 1996 na Khobar Towers, wanda ya kashe 'yan saman Amurka 19, umurnin ya kaddamar da Operation Desert Focus, wanda aka tsara don sake mayar da wuraren da Amurka ta kafa zuwa wurare masu kariya (kamar Prince Sultan Air Base), rage Amurka gaba "sawu" ta hanyar kawar da wuraren da ba su da muhimmanci, da kuma dawo da masu dogara ga Amurka. 'Yan ta'adda a shekara ta 1998
sun kai hari kan ofisoshin jakadancin Amurka a Kenya da Tanzania, sun kashe mutane 250, ciki har da Amurkawa 12. Harin da aka kai a watan Oktoba na 2000 a kan USS "Cole", wanda ya yi sanadiyar mutuwar matukan jirgin Amurka 17, an danganta shi da kungiyar Al Qaida ta Osama bin Laden.