Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: E ono nga mema o te Yemeni e whakapaehia ana ko al-Qaeda i pupuhi i roto i to raatau motuka i te kawanatanga o Marib i te marama o Noema 2002 na te missile Hellfire mai i te drone CIA Predator kore. I roto i nga tupapaku ko Qaed Salim Sinan al-Harethi (aka Abu Ali al-Harithi), he rangatira rangatira o al-Qaeda e whakapaehia ana i awhina i te kaiarahi o te Oketopa 2000
Te whakaeke i te USS "Cole". I runga a Al-Harethi i te raarangi o nga whaainga i whakahaua e te Perehitini o Amerika a George W. Bush. me Kamal Derwish (aka Ahmed Hijazi), he Amerikana.