Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A watan Disamba na 2005, Saleh ya bayyana a cikin gidan talabijin na kasa cewa kawai sa hannun sa ne ya hana Amurka mamaye tashar jiragen ruwa ta kudancin Aden bayan fashewar bam din USS "Cole" a 2000
, yana mai cewa "Ta hanyar sa'a, na kasance a can. Idan ban kasance ba, Aden zai kasance a lokacin da akwai jiragen ruwa guda takwas na Amurka a ƙofar tashar jiragen ruwa. " Koyaya, bayanan daga Kwamitin Sojoji na Majalisar Dattawan Amurka sun bayyana cewa babu wasu jiragen ruwa na yaƙi da ke kusa a lokacin.