Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Osama bin Laden, akanyatsorayirwa nomutungamiri weEgypt Islamic Jihad Ayman al-Zawahiri, muna 1988 akatanga Al-Qaeda (Arabic: القاعدة, zvichireva kuti "The Base"), sangano reIslam jihadist kuti ritsive nyika dzechiMuslim dzinodzorwa neWestern kana kuti dzinodzorwa nehurumende dzechiIslam dzinodzora. Kuti azadzise chinangwa ichocho, bin Laden akabudisa chirevo cha1996 chaipikira hondo yechisimba yokurwisa mauto eU.S. aiva muSaudi Arabia. Musi waAugust 7, 1998, vanhu vane chokuita neAl Qaeda neEgyptian Islamic Jihad vakaita kuuraya panguva imwe chete
kuputika kwebhomba pamahofisi eU.S. maviri muAfrica uko kwakaguma norufu rwavanhu 224. Musi waOctober 12, 2000, Al-Qaeda yakaita kurwisa kwebhomba USS Cole, kurwisa kwebhomba kwakauraya kwechikepe cheU.S. Navy chinoparadza USS "Cole" chakanga chakavharirwa muchiteshi chengarava cheYemen cheAden. Kubhomba kwakauraya vafambisi vengarava gumi navanomwe veU.S.