Buuxi weedha soo socota: Bishii Oktoobar 2000,
weerar ismiidaamin ah oo lagu qaaday Markabka ciidamada Badda Mareykanka ee USS "Cole" ee ku yaalla Cadan, kaas oo markii danbe lagu eedeeyay Al-Qaacida. 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. 2001, rabshaduhu waxay hareereeyeen afti dadweyne, taas oo sida muuqata taageertay kordhinta xukunka iyo awoodaha Saleh.