Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Mumakore ose okuma1990, pashure peHondo yeGulf, kurwisa kwegandanga kwakakanganisa zvikuru masimba eCENTCOM. Kutarisana nekurwiswa kwakadai sekuputika kwe1996 kweKhobar Towers, iyo yakauraya vatyairi veAmerica 19, mutungamiri akatanga Operation Desert Focus, yakagadzirirwa kutamisa zvivako zveU.S. kunzvimbo dzinodzivirirwa (zvakadai sePrince Sultan Air Base), kuderedza US mberi "tsoka" nekubvisa zvisingakoshi, uye kudzorera vanovimba kuUnited States. Muna 1998 magandanga akarwisa vamiriri veUnited States muKenya neTanzania, achiuraya vanhu 250, kusanganisira vokuAmerica 12. Bhuku raOctober 2000
kurwiswa kweUSS "Cole", kwakaguma norufu rwevafambisi vengarava veU.S. 17, kwakabatanidzwa nesangano raOsama bin Laden reAl Qaida.