Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: N'ọnwa Ọktoba 2000, mmadụ iri na asaa ndị ọrụ U.S. nwụrụ mgbe a
mwakpo igbu onwe onye mere n'ụgbọ mmiri ndị agha US "USS Cole" n'Aden nke e mechara were ụta nye ndị al-Qaeda. Mgbe mwakpo nke Septemba 11 na United States gasịrị, Onye isi ala Saleh mesiri Onye isi ala US George W. Bush obi ike na Yemen bụ onye mmekọ na Agha ya na Iyi ọha egwu. N'afọ 2001, enwere ọgba aghara gburugburu ntuli aka nke o doro anya na ọ kwadoro ịgbatị ọchịchị na ikike Saleh.