Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muna October 2000, vashandi veU.S. 17 vakafa pashure pokunge
kurwisa kwokuzviuraya paU.S. ngarava yehondo USS "Cole" muAden, iyo yakazonzi yaipomerwa Al-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, mhirizhonga yakapoteredza referendamu, iyo sezviri pachena yakatsigira kuwedzera kutonga kwaSaleh nemasimba.