Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna October 2000, vashandi veU.S. gumi nevanomwe vakafa pashure pokurwiswa kwokuzviuraya pa"USS Cole"
muAden iyo yakazopomerwa mhosva paAl-Qaeda. Pashure pokurwiswa kweUnited States musi waSeptember 11, Mutungamiri Saleh akavimbisa Mutungamiri weUnited States George W. Bush kuti Yemen yaiva shamwari muhondo yake yokurwisa ugandanga. Muna 2001, pakanga pane mhirizhonga yakapoteredza referendamu iyo sezviri pachena yakatsigira kuwedzera kutonga kwaSaleh nemasimba.