October 2000, 17 askari oo Maraykan ah ayaa ku dhintay weerar ismiidaamin ah oo lagu qaaday Markabkii Maraykanka ee USS Cole
Cadan oo markaa kadib loo eedeeyay in ay al-Qaacida ka tirsantahay. Ka dib weeraradii 11-kii Sebtember ee Mareykanka, Madaxweyne Saleh wuxuu u xaqiijiyay Madaxweynaha Mareykanka George W. Bush in Yemen ay wadaage u tahay Dagaalkiisa Argagixisada. Sanadkii 2001, waxaa jiray rabshado hareeyay afti dadweyne oo sida muuqata taageertay kordhinta xukunka iyo awoodaha Saleh.