Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Mmekọrịta nke Saudi Arabia na West malitere ịkpalite nchegbu na-arịwanye elu n'etiti ụfọdụ ndị ulema na ụmụ akwụkwọ nke iwu Sharia ma bụrụ otu n'ime okwu ndị dugara mmụba nke iyi ọha egwu Islamist na Saudi Arabia, yana mwakpo ndị na-eyi ọha egwu Islamist na mba ndị dị n'Ebe Ọdịda Anyanwụ site n'aka ndị Saudi. Osama bin Laden bụ nwa amaala Saudi (ruo mgbe a napụrụ ya nwa amaala ya na 1994) ma bụrụkwa onye kpatara bọmbụ ndị US na-ebuso ndị isi ala na East Africa na 1998 na 2000
Ụgbọ mmiri USS Cole na-atụ bọmbụ n'akụkụ ọdụ ụgbọ mmiri Aden, Yemen. Mmadụ iri na ise n'ime ndị na-eyi ọha egwu iri na itoolu so mee mwakpo ahụ e mere na September 11 na New York City, Washington, D.C., nakwa na nso Shanksville, Pennsylvania, bụ ụmụ amaala Saudi Arabia. Ọtụtụ ndị Sawudi na-akwadoghị ndị na-eyi ọha egwu Islamist ka nwere nnukwu obi erughị ala na iwu gọọmentị.