Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mumakore ose e1990, pashure peHondo yeGulf, kudenha kwegandanga kwakava nomuuyo mukuru pamauto eCENTCOM. Kutarisana nekurwiswa kwakadai sekuputika kwe1996 kweKhobar Towers, iyo yakauraya vatyairi veAmerica 19, mutungamiri akatanga Operation Desert Focus, yakagadzirirwa kutamisa zvivako zveU.S. kunzvimbo dzinodzivirirwa (zvakadai sePrince Sultan Air Base), kuderedza US mberi "tsoka" nekubvisa zvisingakoshi, uye kudzorera vanovimba kuUnited States. Muna 1998 magandanga akarwisa vamiriri veUnited States muKenya neTanzania, achiuraya vanhu 250, kusanganisira vokuAmerica 12. Kurwiswa kweUSS "Cole" muna October 2000
, zvakaguma norufu rwavafambisi vengarava veU.S. 17, zvaiva nechokuita nesangano raOsama bin Laden reAl Qaida.