Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Ugandanga hwakanga hwabuda somubvunzo unokosha wokudzivirirwa kwenyika muhurumende yaClinton, uye hwakava mumwe wezvinetso zvikuru zvehurumende yaBush. Mukupera kwema1980, Osama bin Laden akanga asimbisa al-Qaeda, sangano rechiSunni Islamist renyika dzakawanda rakanga richida kupidigura hurumende dzaitsigirwa neWestern muSaudi Arabia, Jordan, Egypt, nePakistan. Mukupindura chisarudzo cheSaudi Arabia chokutanga kugamuchira varwi veU.S. muna 1991, al-Qaeda yakanga yatanga chirongwa chokutyisidzira mukurwisana nezvinangwa zveU.S., ichironga kudenha kwakadai se1998
Kuputika kwebhomba reUSS Cole. Mukati memwedzi yokutanga yaBush ari muhofisi, masangano ehungwaru eU.S. akabata mashoko anoratidza kuti al-Qaeda yakanga ichironga kumwe kurwisa United States, asi vakuru vakuru vezvematongerwe enyika vakanga vasina kugadzirira kurwisa kukuru United States. Bush akaudzwa nezvemabasa eAl-Qaeda, asi akaisa pfungwa pane dzimwe nhau dzematongerwe enyika mumwedzi yake yokutanga ari muhofisi.