Kammala wannan magana: Tun da Saudi Arabiya gida Makka da Madina, Musulunci ta mafi tsarki wurare, da yawa Musulmi sun damu da m soja gaban. Ci gaba da kasancewar dakarun Amurka a Saudi Arabiya bayan yakin ya kasance daya daga cikin dalilan da aka bayyana a bayan hare-haren ta'addanci na Satumba 11, da bam din Khobar Towers, da kuma ranar da aka zaba don
1998 hare-haren bam na ofishin jakadancin Amurka (7 ga Agusta), wanda ya kasance shekaru takwas zuwa ranar da aka tura sojojin Amurka zuwa Saudi Arabiya. Osama bin Laden ya fassara annabin Islama Muhammad a matsayin haramta "kasancewar kafirai a cikin Arabiya". A 1996, bin Laden ya ba da fatwa, yana kira ga sojojin Amurka su bar Saudi Arabiya. A wata hira da Rahimullah Yusufzai a watan Disambar 1999, bin Laden ya ce yana jin cewa Amurkawa suna "kusa da Makka" kuma ya ɗauki wannan a matsayin tsokana ga duk duniyar musulunci.