Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A cikin shekarun 1990, bayan yakin Gulf, hare-haren ta'addanci sun yi tasiri sosai a kan sojojin CENTCOM. Fuskantar hare-hare irin su fashewar 1996 na Khobar Towers, wanda ya kashe 'yan saman Amurka 19, umarnin 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 mahimmanci, 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. Harin da aka kai wa USS "Cole" a watan Oktoba na 2000
, wanda ya yi sanadiyar mutuwar sojojin Amurka 17, yana da alaƙa da ƙungiyar Osama bin Laden ta Al Qaida.