Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Washington D.C. yakaona kuratidzira kukuru zvikurusa nemazana ezviuru zvavanhu vaifora. Varongi vakaisa chiverengero chakakwirira se250,000 kunyange zvazvo mapurisa akaisa chiverengero pa150,000. Vatauri vazhinji vakabatanidza kuendeswa kukuru kwemauto eU.S. muIraq uye kusakwanisa kwehurumende yehurumende kupindura zvakakodzera kune zvinodiwa nevanhu vakadzingwa nehurumende.
Hurricane Katrina, nevamwe vakabatanidza hondo yeIraq nokurwiswa kwePalestine nedambudziko remafuta. Kuunganidza kwacho kwakanga kwakabatana pamashoko okuti "Dzorerai Mauto Kumusha Zvino!" San Francisco, uye Los Angeles zvakavawo nemaratidziro.