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. A shekara ta 1998 'yan ta'adda suka kai wa ofisoshin jakadancin Amirka a Kenya da Tanzaniya farmaki, suka kashe mutane 250, har da Amirkawa 12. A cikin watan Oktoba 2000
harin da aka kai kan USS "Cole", wanda ya yi sanadiyar mutuwar matukan jirgin Amurka 17, an danganta shi da kungiyar Osama bin Laden ta Al Qaida.