Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Osama bin Laden, akakurudzirwa zvikuru nemutungamiri weEgyptian Islamic Jihad Ayman al-Zawahiri, muna 1988 akatanga Al-Qaeda (Arabic: القاعدة, zvichireva kuti "The Base"), sangano reIslam jihadist kutsiva nyika dzeMuslim dzinodzorwa neWestern kana kuti dzinodzorwa nehurumende dzeIslam 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 vakaputika mabhomba panguva imwe chete pamahofisi maviri eU.S. muAfrica
izvo zvakaguma 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.