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SHammarod is a mighty debtA 42 -year -old American citizen and a military warrior from Texas, worked as He – she The army specialist and praised the discipline and planning that I taught. He was also working on real estate. He had a conviction for theft. He was married twice. Why did a rented pickup truck shocked a crowd of celebrities on Bourbon Street in New Orleans in the first hours of January 1, killing at least 14 years and wounding 35, and it will be mysterious, and will always remain.
but Federal Bureau of Investigation Investigate the attack as a terrorist act: black Islamic State ((He isThe flag flew from the truck driven by Mr. Jabbar. President Joe Biden said that the security surroundings he received showed that Mr. Jabbar was inspired by him He is He wanted to be killed because of his case. The fact that avoiding detection indicates a somewhat sophisticated plot. “This is not a diverse attack by the garden,” says Colin Clark of the Sufan Center, Global Security Research Group. After the incident police killed Mr. Jabbar in an exchange of fire.
From the peak He isThe alleged caliphate decreased nearly a decade, and the number of violent conspiracies in which the planned Muslim Americans decreased or implemented to revolutionary groups, from 94 in 2015 to only three in 2023, according to the data collected by Charles Corsman from the university from North Carolina in Chapel Hill (see the graph). But if Mr. Jabbar is already inspired by He isThe new year’s attack will be the latest in a series of recent successes of the group – and perhaps its most deadly strike on American soil since the launch of the Night Pulse River in 2016.
Basically, “2024 was He isBruce Hoffman, a anti -terrorist scientist in the Foreign Relations Council, a thinking center, says “The Year of Resurrection.” On January 3, 2024 He is The terrorist killed 95 civilians at an Iranian party to celebrate Qasim Solimani, the year that America was assassinated. ((He is Both America and the Iranian Shi’a Shiite system are considered to be fatal enemies. At a concert in Moscow In March. Since last summer, American intelligence services have thwarted two major conspiracies: one of them plans to offer Taylor Swift in Austria and another for election day in Oklahoma City.
Why now? Extreme clothes are organized in chaotic places and this year has provided a group of them. After the collapse of the Assad regime in Syria last month, the Biden administration said it was “clear about the fact that He is I will try to take advantage of any vacuum to re -establish his ability. It is an asymmetric war that has been inflated by the media. He is To reaffirm its importance.
Analysts who follow terrorism for years see reasons for anxiety these days – not only confirmed by the New Orleans attack. Since the end of the Obama administration, the government has been focused on combating terrorism through the great power strategy and competition involved in China and Russia, as well as the ongoing conflict with Iran. Jason Balzakis, a professor at the Midelbury Institute, says Trump’s promise to reduce federal budgets can hinder the government’s ability to collect intelligence, carry out operations abroad and stop the terrorist attacks sowed by its local. Mr. Trump Maga The inclination of the cabinet can give to isolation groups such as He is Al Qaeda Chamber to grow abroad, especially if America withdrew special forces and local army trainers who have described the anti -terrorism strategy in recent years.
Perhaps it is not a coincidence that Mr. Jabbar chooses to carry out his attack on New Year’s Eve, which is a night known for drinking and parties, and indulgence that is a curse for advanced Muslim extremists. Bourbon Street, the New Orleans Tourist County Center, represents an example of this spirit more than most American places. When families looked at their loved ones in local hospitals, news of a second killer attack appeared: this attack in Las Vegas. There, Tesla Cybletruck exploded outside the Trump Hotel, killing the person inside the car. The authorities are also investigating this, as a terrorist act. Like a car used in New Orleans, Tesla Cyblertruck is rented on Turro, a car sharing service. if He is It also participates in this, its ability to carry out two almost available attacks in remote American cities will enhance the impression that the movement that seemed to be defeated is once again a serious threat. ■
Editor’s note (January 2, 2025)The number of people who were killed by Mr. Jabbar was revised from 15 after a clarification from the Judge of the Arliaz Diocese.
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