Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Akatumidzwa zita somunhu asina kupomerwa kupomerwa mhosva mumutongo wezvino we 21 nhengo dzeAl-Qaeda nemapoka akabatanidzwa, nokuda kwezvinzvimbo zvakasiyana-siyana mu
1998 kubhomba kwamaguta eUnited States muAfrica. Pakutanga muna 1998, Taha aive mumwe wevanhu vashanu vakasaina, kana kuti vanonzi vakasaina, kutyisidzira kunonzi "fatwa" kurwisa United States neIsrael uye vanhu vavo; vamwe vakasaina vaisanganisira Osama bin Laden naAyman al-Zawahiri; ona Fatāwā yaOsama bin Laden. Muna 2000, Taha akaonekwa muvhidhiyo naBin Laden naal-Zawahiri iyo yakatyisidzira mhirizhonga pamusoro pekusungwa kwaOmar Abdel-Rahman.