Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei whitianga - I muri i nga whakaeke o te Mahuru 11 i te United States i te 2001, ka tiimata te mahi tahi a te Kawanatanga o Hiria me te US i te Pakanga ki te Whakamataku. I tētahi o aua take, i whakatūpatohia e te rēhitatanga o Hiria te U.S. ki tētahi mahere a al-Qaeda e rite ana ki te whakaeke i te USS "Cole"
, he mea hei rere i tētahi waka whakaeke i utaina ki ngā mea patu ki te tari matua o te Fifth Fleet o te US Navy i Bahrain.