Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna Zvita 2005, Saleh akataura mukuratidzwa kweterevhizheni kwenyika kuti kupindira kwake chete ndiko kwakadzivirira kubatwa kweUS kwechiteshi chekumaodzanyemba cheAden mushure mekuputika kweUSS "Cole" muna 2000
, ichiti "Nenzira yakaitika, ndakanga ndiri pasi ipapo. Kudai ndakanga ndisina, Aden ingadai yakatorwa sezvo paiva nengarava dzehondo sere dzeU.S. pamusuo wechiteshi chengarava". Zvisinei, zvinyorwa zveU.S. Senate Armed Services Committee zvinotaura kuti hapana dzimwe ngarava dzehondo dzaiva pedyo panguva iyoyo.