Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Ugandanga hwakabuda senhau inokosha zvikuru yerudzi rwechengeteko mukati mekutonga kwaClinton. Mumakore okupedzisira ehondo yeSoviet neAfghan, Osama bin Laden akanga aronga Al-Qaeda, sangano revaSunni. Vatungamiriri veAl-Qaeda vaishora tsika dzokuMadokero, uye vainyanya kutsamwiswa nokuvapo kwemauto eU.S. muSaudi Arabia. Al-Qaeda yakakura muma1990 uye yakaita ugandanga kuMiddle East nokumwewo. Boka racho rakati ndiro rakanga rapfura bhomba ra1993 paWorld Trade Center, kuputika kwebhomba pamahofisi eU.S. maviri muEast Africa, uye kuputika kwebhomba
rengarava yeU.S. iri pachiteshi chengarava muYemen. Mukutsiva, Clinton akarayira kubhombwa kwezvivako zveAl-Qaeda muAfghanistan neSudan. Central Intelligence Agency nemauto vakatevera mafambiro aBin Laden mukuedza kumubata kana kuti kumuuraya, asi Bin Laden akadzivisa kubatwa kwakadzika mumakomo eAfghanistan.