A Muslim man who hated America and Christianity was convicted of targeting multiple churches with fake bomb threats while collecting bomb-making materials, the Justice Department announced.
The DOJ <a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/arizona-man-convicted-crimes-arising-out-plot-targeting-christian-churches" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> Friday that 45-year-old Zimnako Salah was convicted of targeting four churches across Arizona, California, and Colorado with fake bomb threats. At the same time, the FBI said it found evidence that Salah was constructing an actual bomb in a storage crate he was renting, according to a criminal complaint.
Salah was convicted last week of making a bomb threat hoax, obstructing the free exercise of religion, threatening the use of a dangerous weapon or explosive, and targeting Christians because of their religion.
“This Department of Justice has no tolerance for anyone who targets religious Americans for their faith,” Attorney General Pamela Bondi said. “The perpetrator of this abhorrent hate crime against Christians will face severe punishment.”
At one church in Roseville, California, in November 2023, Salah tied a backpack to a toilet in the men’s restroom before leaving with the intent to scare congregants into thinking they may be the victims of a bombing, the DOJ said. One woman who handled the backpack believed that she &#8220;might meet Jesus today&#8221; because of the package.
“Planting a hoax bomb at the Roseville church was not an isolated incident or a prank for this defendant,” said Acting U.S. Attorney Michele Beckwith for the Eastern District of California. “His actions were designed to threaten and intimidate the congregation because he disagreed with their religious beliefs.”
In another incident, Salah left a backpack in the sanctuary of a Christian church in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Salah attempted to conduct a similar hoax at two other churches — one in Greenwood Village, Colorado, and the other in La Mesa, California — but was questioned by church security.
According to the criminal complaint filed against him, Salah is a Northern Iraqi who has lived in Arizona for about 20 years. 
In his interactions with others, the FBI found that he expressed his hate for America, telling people, “F*** this country. I hate America. This country went to Iraq and killed a lot of people.&#8221;
And at the same time he was carrying out the bombing hoaxes, the FBI discovered that Salah was renting a storage unit near Greenwood Village where he had materials like duct tape with nails, red and white wires attached to a battery, nails and bolts, a box of ignition coils, and multiple propane tanks.
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At the time, the FBI said in its criminal complaint that the evidence indicated that the materials were “possibly being used to attempt to make a viable explosive device.” The DOJ later determined that Salah had “been building a bomb capable of fitting in a backpack.”
On the wall of the storage unit were spray-painted words in Arabic derogatory toward Jewish people and about Muhammed. Video records showed that Salah had searched for videos of “Infidels dying” and watched videos of ISIS murdering Christians, according to the DOJ.
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Salah could face up to six years in prison and a $250,000 fine if sentenced to the maximum penalty.
President Donald Trump has made targeting anti-Christian bias a major priority for his administration. He signed an executive order in February to create a task force aimed at protecting Christians and religious liberty.

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‘Hate Crime Against Christians’: Iraqi Man Convicted Over Bomb Threats Targeting Churches

Bombings

California

Christianity

Churches

Crime

Hate Crime

ISIS

Islam

U.S.

President Donald Trump announced Friday night that the United States had killed the fugitive leader of ISIS after he was &#8220;relentlessly&#8221; pursued.
“Today the fugitive leader of ISIS in Iraq was killed. He was relentlessly hunted down by our intrepid warfighters,” Trump posted on Truth Social. “His miserable life was terminated, along with another member of ISIS, in coordination with the Iraqi Government and the Kurdish Regional Government. PEACE THROUGH STRENGTH!”
Shortly after Trump’s post, U.S. Central Command shared video of the airstrike that took out Abdallah Makki Muslih al-Rifai, also known as Abu Khadijah, and a second ISIS operative. Abu Khadijah was the chief of global operations and the delegated committee emir for ISIS and officially the second-in-command for the Islamic terrorist organization.
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CENTCOM Forces Kill ISIS Chief of Global Operations Who Also Served as ISIS #2
On March 13, U.S. Central Command forces, in cooperation with Iraqi Intelligence and Security Forces, conducted a precision airstrike in Al Anbar Province, Iraq, that killed the Global ISIS #2 leader,… <a href="https://t.co/rWeEoUY7Lw">pic.twitter.com/rWeEoUY7Lw</a>
— U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) <a href="https://twitter.com/CENTCOM/status/1900737395915440260?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 15, 2025</a></blockquote>
According to CENTCOM, the precision airstrike was conducted in Al Anbar Province, Iraq, in conjunction with Iraqi intelligence and security forces. CENTCOM added that Abu Khadijah “maintained responsibility for operations, logistics, and planning conducted by ISIS globally, and directs a significant portion of finance for the group’s global organization.”
Both American and Iraqi forces moved to the strike site and discovered two ISIS terrorists dead with undetonated suicide vests and weapons, U.S. officials said. CENTCOM noted that they confirmed Abu Khadijah was dead after matching DNA from the site to DNA they obtained after he “narrowly escaped” an earlier raid.
“Abu Khadijah was one of the most important ISIS members in the entire global ISIS organization. We will continue to kill terrorists and dismantle their organizations that threaten our homeland and U.S., allied and partner personnel in the region and beyond,” said United States Central Command General Michael Erik Kurilla.
Trump administration officials celebrated the airstrike, calling it a win for safety.
“Big news. The world is a safer place with Donald Trump as America’s Commander in Chief,” said Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt.
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Big news.
The world is a safer place with Donald Trump as America’s Commander in Chief. <a href="https://t.co/zyfX2s3LmX">pic.twitter.com/zyfX2s3LmX</a>
— Karoline Leavitt (@PressSec) <a href="https://twitter.com/PressSec/status/1900734529855230067?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 15, 2025</a></blockquote>
“Well done<a href="https://x.com/CENTCOM"> @CENTCOM</a>. Always on target,” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth posted on X.
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Well done <a href="https://twitter.com/CENTCOM?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CENTCOM</a>. Always on target. <a href="https://t.co/6IsJigajSw">https://t.co/6IsJigajSw</a>
— Pete Hegseth (@PeteHegseth) <a href="https://twitter.com/PeteHegseth/status/1900748865092936117?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 15, 2025</a></blockquote>

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‘His Miserable Life Was Terminated’: Trump Announces Top ISIS Leader Dead After U.S. Strike

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Terrorism

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World

White House Deputy Chief of Staff Dan Scavino released a video this week showing the United States military hunting down an Islamic terrorist overseas.
&#8220;In President Trump’s first week back in office he told the world that we were going to find the Jihadi terrorists that mean to do Americans harm and bring them ultimate Justice,&#8221; Scavino posted on X.
&#8220;In just the past week, under the leadership of our great Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, our warfighters have killed five more high value targets,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;The dead terrorists include two members of Al Qaeda in Syria, and three members of ISIS in Somalia.&#8221;
&#8220;If you’re a Jihadi who wants to hurt us, it doesn’t matter where you hide,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;America’s warriors will not stop hunting you—until they find you!&#8221;
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In President Trump’s first week back in office he told the world that we were going to find the Jihadi terrorists that mean to do Americans harm and bring them ultimate Justice. In just the past week, under the leadership of our great Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, our… <a href="https://t.co/fgfldUk2RK">pic.twitter.com/fgfldUk2RK</a>
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The video comes after the administration carried out a strike at the start of the month in Africa that resulted in the deaths of “many” terrorists.
“This morning I ordered precision Military air strikes on the Senior ISIS Attack Planner and other terrorists he recruited and led in Somalia,” Trump said in a statement. “These killers, who we found hiding in caves, threatened the United States and our Allies.”
“The strikes destroyed the caves they live in, and killed many terrorists without, in any way, harming civilians,” Trump continued. “Our Military has targeted this ISIS Attack Planner for years, but Biden and his cronies wouldn’t act quickly enough to get the job done. I did!”
“The message to ISIS and all others who would attack Americans is that ‘WE WILL FIND YOU, AND WE WILL KILL YOU!&#8217;” Trump concluded.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said in a statement that the strike was carried out in the Golis mountains in coordination with the Federal Government of Somalia.
“Our initial assessment is that multiple operatives were killed in the airstrikes and no civilians were harmed,” the statement said. “This action further degrades ISIS’s ability to plot and conduct terrorist attacks threatening U.S. citizens, our partners, and innocent civilians and sends a clear signal that the United States always stands ready to find and eliminate terrorists who threaten the United States and our allies, even as we conduct robust border-protection and many other operations under President Trump’s leadership.”

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White House Releases Up-Close Footage Of Military Bombing Islamic Terrorist

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A joint U.S.-Iraqi military operation killed multiple ISIS terrorists in a newly revealed strike on the Islamic terrorist group late last week.
U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said in a statement that the operation was led by Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) but enabled by U.S. forces.
The strike was carried out &#8220;in the vicinity [of] Kirkuk, Iraq, killing five ISIS operatives,&#8221; CENTCOM said.
&#8220;An initial post-strike clearance found multiple explosive suicide belts and other materials,&#8221; the statement said. &#8220;The ISF-led operation is part of the ongoing Defeat-ISIS campaign to disrupt and degrade ISIS&#8217; capabilities, dismantle their attack networks, and ensure the enduring defeat of ISIS. Coalition Joint Task Force &#8211; Operation Inherent Resolve (CTF-OIR) enabled ISF during the operation by providing technical support and intelligence.&#8221;
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Five ISIS Operatives Killed in Iraqi Precision Airstrike, Enabled by CENTCOM Forces
On 31 Jan., Iraqi Security Forces (ISF), enabled by U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) forces, conducted precision airstrikes in the vicinity Kirkuk, Iraq, killing five ISIS operatives.
An initial… <a href="https://t.co/9Et3RRnLRu">pic.twitter.com/9Et3RRnLRu</a>
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The strike came just hours before a strike authorized by President Donald Trump killed multiple ISIS terrorists in Africa on Saturday.
“This morning I ordered precision Military air strikes on the Senior ISIS Attack Planner and other terrorists he recruited and led in Somalia,” Trump said in a statement. “These killers, who we found hiding in caves, threatened the United States and our Allies.”
“The strikes destroyed the caves they live in, and killed many terrorists without, in any way, harming civilians,” Trump continued. “Our Military has targeted this ISIS Attack Planner for years, but Biden and his cronies wouldn’t act quickly enough to get the job done. I did!”
“The message to ISIS and all others who would attack Americans is that ‘WE WILL FIND YOU, AND WE WILL KILL YOU!&#8217;” Trump concluded.
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— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1886453721871319097?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 3, 2025</a></blockquote>

USAF Tests Weapons In Nevada Desert

Joint U.S.-Iraqi Operation Kills Multiple ISIS Terrorists In New Strike

President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump</a> said on Saturday that he ordered a strike on Islamic terrorists in Africa that resulted in the deaths of &#8220;many&#8221; terrorists.
&#8220;This morning I ordered precision Military air strikes on the Senior ISIS Attack Planner and other terrorists he recruited and led in Somalia,&#8221; Trump said in a statement. &#8220;These killers, who we found hiding in caves, threatened the United States and our Allies.&#8221;
&#8220;The strikes destroyed the caves they live in, and killed many terrorists without, in any way, harming civilians,&#8221; Trump continued. &#8220;Our Military has targeted this ISIS Attack Planner for years, but Biden and his cronies wouldn’t act quickly enough to get the job done. I did!&#8221;
&#8220;The message to ISIS and all others who would attack Americans is that &#8216;WE WILL FIND YOU, AND WE WILL KILL YOU!'&#8221; Trump concluded.
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This morning I ordered precision Military air strikes on the Senior ISIS Attack Planner and other terrorists he recruited and led in Somalia. These killers, who we found hiding in caves, threatened the United States and our Allies. The strikes destroyed the caves they live in,…
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1885740103223648412?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 1, 2025</a></blockquote>
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said in a statement that the strike was carried out in the Golis mountains in coordination with the Federal Government of Somalia.
&#8220;Our initial assessment is that multiple operatives were killed in the airstrikes and no civilians were harmed,&#8221; the statement said. &#8220;This action further degrades ISIS&#8217;s ability to plot and conduct terrorist attacks threatening U.S. citizens, our partners, and innocent civilians and sends a clear signal that the United States always stands ready to find and eliminate terrorists who threaten the United States and our allies, even as we conduct robust border-protection and many other operations under President Trump&#8217;s leadership.&#8221;

President Trump Signs Laken Riley Act Into Law

Trump Delivers Chilling Message To Terrorists After Ordering Strike On ISIS

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Somalia

The FBI Assistant Special Agent who insisted that the attack in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/new-orleans" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New Orleans</a> on New Years’ Day — in which Shamsud-Din Jabbar, 42, rammed his truck into a group of celebrants, killing 15 and injuring dozens of people — was not a terrorist attack, has reportedly been reassigned.
“The city of New Orleans was impacted by a terrorist attack,” New Orleans mayor LaToya Cantrell said. But Duncan, who was in charge of the investigation, initially stated, “We&#8217;ll be taking over the investigative lead for this event. This is not a terrorist event. What it is right now is there are improvised explosives devices that was found and we are working on confirming if this is a viable device or not.”
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NEWS: FOX News has learned per multiple sources that Assistant Special in Charge Alethea Duncan from FBI New Orleans has been temporarily reassigned following her initial press conference in which she stated: “This is not a terrorist event.”
It was terrorism. After the original…
&mdash; Jacqui Heinrich (@JacquiHeinrich) <a href="https://twitter.com/JacquiHeinrich/status/1880316343381053477?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 17, 2025</a></blockquote>
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FBI Assistant Special Agent in Charge of New Orleans, Alethea Duncan, has been &quot;temporarily reassigned&quot; after she contradicted the city&#39;s mayor by stating the terror attack was NOT terrorism. It was.
In other news, the FBI has shuttered its DEI offices. <a href="https://t.co/cfc37Fe8ac">https://t.co/cfc37Fe8ac</a> <a href="https://t.co/vUBAXVHV9t">pic.twitter.com/vUBAXVHV9t</a>
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A black and white ISIS flag was found on Jabbar’s truck.
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The FBI released a <a href="https://www.fbi.gov/news/press-releases/fbi-statement-on-the-attack-in-new-orleans">statement</a> on New Years’ Day saying:
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Today, at approximately 3:15 a.m. CST, an individual drove a pickup truck into a crowd of people on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, killing at least 10 and injuring dozens of others. After hitting the crowd, he exited the vehicle and fired upon local law enforcement. Law enforcement returned fire, and the subject was pronounced deceased at the scene. Two law enforcement officers were injured and transported to a local hospital. &#8230;
An ISIS flag was located in the vehicle, and the FBI is working to determine the subject&#8217;s potential associations and affiliations with terrorist organizations. Weapons and a potential IED were located in the subject’s vehicle. Other potential IEDs were also located in the French Quarter. The FBI’s special agent bomb technicians are working with our law enforcement partners to determine if any of these devices are viable, and they will work to render those devices safe. The FBI is the lead investigative agency, and we are working with our partners to investigate this as an act of terrorism. We are aggressively running down all leads to identify any possible associates of the subject.
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Two bombs in Jabbar’s truck, which did not go off, contained a very rare explosive compound, NBC News <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/new-orleans-attack-transmitter-explosive-devices-fire-airbnb-fbi-rcna186223">reported</a>, adding, “The compound, called R-Salt, has never been used in a U.S. or European terrorist attack or incident.”

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FBI Agent In Charge Who Said New Orleans Attack Was ‘Not A Terrorist Event’ Reportedly Reassigned

New Orleans

New Year's

The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/new-orleans" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New Orleans</a> Police Department released bodycam footage on Friday that showed Islamic terrorist Shamsud-Din Jabbar firing upon responding police officers after he mowed down people with his truck on Bourbon Street on New Year&#8217;s Day.
Jabbar, a 42-year-old Army veteran from Texas, was shot and killed when officers returned fire. The terrorist killed at least 14 people and wounded dozens more when he sped down Bourbon Street in the early morning hours of New Year&#8217;s Day. Footage taken from the bodycam worn by officer Luis Robles shows him and at least two other officers approaching Jabbar&#8217;s rented truck. Robles and officer Christian Beyer stood by the truck with their guns drawn after Jabbar crashed, the Associated Press <a href="https://apnews.com/article/police-shooting-truck-attack-new-orleans-6e4e5163f331b7aa5f467ee8cb8e8a5a" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
One officer yelled, &#8220;Put your hands up&#8221; before gunfire erupted. The bodycam footage showed a flash come from Jabbar&#8217;s gun before the officers ran for cover. Beyer, officer Jacobie Jordan, and Sgt. Nigel Daggs returned fire and killed the terrorist.
New Orleans Police Department Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick called the officers &#8220;national heroes&#8221; and said they responded to the threat according to procedures.
“Officers are trained for shoot scenarios like that — they’re highly trained, and that’s what you saw. These are split-second decisions,” Kirkpatrick said.
“All officers are faced with ‘shoot, don’t shoot.’ And this was clearly within the law and clearly, solidly within policy,” she added.
Daggs is a 21-year veteran of the New Orleans Police Department while Beyer and Jordan have been with the department for nearly two years. Jordan and officer Joseph Rodrigue were wounded in the shootout and have since been released from the hospital, NBC News <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/new-orleans-police-release-bodycam-footage-shootout-bourbon-street-att-rcna187137" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
WARNING: The following footage could be disturbing to some viewers.
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Breaking News: This is video from the police warn body camera of the moments leading up to the shootout between the man who attacked New Orleans on Bouborn street for New Year’s Day and <a href="https://twitter.com/NOPDNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NOPDNews</a> after he hit multiple people and crashed his car. It shows the driver of the white… <a href="https://t.co/S7CCH7DKsu">pic.twitter.com/S7CCH7DKsu</a>
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Authorities are still investigating the attack, and Kilpatrick said more bodycam footage will be released in the future. Officials are also looking into the security measures that were in place to protect people who were ringing in the New Year. Despite owning portable steel barriers that are often used to block off streets during large events, the city did not use any of the steel barriers to block off Bourbon Street during the New Year&#8217;s Day celebration. Jabbar accessed the bustling street by driving past a police car that was parked to block it off.
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Kilpatrick said last week that she didn&#8217;t know about the steel barriers in the city&#8217;s possession.
“I didn’t know about them, but we have them,” Kirkpatrick told reporters, according to <a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2025/01/03/us/bourbon-street-barricades-new-orleans/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CNN</a>. “And so we have been able now to put them out.”
Last week, the FBI <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-orleans-terrorist-visited-city-twice-before-attack-filmed-bourbon-street-with-meta-glasses" target="_blank" rel="noopener">revealed</a> footage of the terrorist placing two IEDs on Bourbon Steet just over an hour before his attack. Jabbar hid the IEDs in coolers, but they weren&#8217;t detonated during the attack. Authorities found a transmitter to detonate the IEDs in the terrorist&#8217;s truck along with an ISIS flag.
Jabbar recently became radicalized. In a video he recorded in the rented pickup truck on his way to carry out the attack, Jabbar said, “I wanted to record this message for my family. I wanted you to know that I joined ISIS earlier this year,” according to <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/04/us/new-orleans-attack-shamsud-din-jabbar-isis.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The New York Times</a>. In the video, Jabbar added that he considered killing his family members so they could “witness the killing of the apostates.”

New Orleans terror attack

Bodycam Footage Shows NOLA Terrorist Firing On Police After Driving Through Crowd

Police

The 42-year-old man behind the terrorist attack in New Orleans on New Year&#8217;s Day visited the city at least twice in recent months and used Meta smart glasses to film Bourbon Street — where he drove a truck into a crowd of pedestrians, killing 14 people.
FBI New Orleans Special Agent in Charge Lyonel Myrthil said on Sunday that Shamsud-Din Jabbar of Houston stayed at a rental home for a few days beginning on October 30 and then revisited the city on November 10, CNN <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/05/us/new-orleans-attack/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. During his trip to New Orleans in late October, Jabbar rode a bike on Bourbon Street and used Meta smart glasses to record and plan his attack, according to the FBI.
On Sunday, the FBI also revealed new footage of the terrorist placing two IEDs on Bourbon Steet just over an hour before his attack. Jabbar hid the IEDs in coolers. One of the coolers was dragged a block by “someone on Bourbon Street, who we have no reason to believe was involved,&#8221; according to Myrthil. The FBI reiterated that it believes Jabbar acted alone.
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WATCH: FBI releases video of NOLA terrorist wearing Meta glasses and placing coolers with IEDs throughout the French Quarter <a href="https://t.co/UQFm3Aox2R">pic.twitter.com/UQFm3Aox2R</a>
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After driving his rented Ford pickup truck through Bourbon Street, Jabbar got into a shootout with police officers and was killed. The terrorist, who pledged allegiance to ISIS, was wearing the Meta smart glasses when he died, and officers found a transmitter to detonate the IEDs in the truck. Jabbar reportedly did not activate the smart glasses during his attack. <a href="https://www.ray-ban.com/usa/ray-ban-meta-smart-glasses" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Meta smart glasses</a> can record videos, make calls, send texts, and answer questions through Meta AI. The smart glasses typically cost between $300 and $400.
Before carrying out his attack, Jabbar set fire to his rental home, a move authorities believe was meant to &#8220;hide evidence of his crimes&#8221; and potentially distract first responders before he drove through the crowd gathered on Bourbon Street. The FBI is looking into multiple trips Jabbar took in recent years, including a trip to Cairo, Egypt, from June 22 to July 3, 2023, and a trip to Ontario, Canada, from July 10 to July 13, 2023.
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“Our agents are getting answers as to where he went, who he met with, and how those trips may or may not tie into his actions here in our city of New Orleans,” Myrthil <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/01/05/new-orleans-attack-smart-glasses/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>.
Jabbar, a U.S. Army veteran, recently became radicalized. In a video he recorded in the rented pickup truck on his way to carry out the attack, Jabbar said, “I wanted to record this message for my family. I wanted you to know that I joined ISIS earlier this year,” according to <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/04/us/new-orleans-attack-shamsud-din-jabbar-isis.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The New York Times</a>. In the video, Jabbar added that he considered killing his family members so they could “witness the killing of the apostates.”

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Sen. Jim Banks (R-IN) said during an interview over the weekend that dozens of illegal aliens smuggled into the U.S. by an ISIS-affiliated network have gone missing.
Banks made the remarks during a Sunday CNN interview on &#8220;State of the Union&#8221; with Jake Tapper following last week&#8217;s ISIS terrorist attack in New Orlean&#8217;s French Quarter in which a recent convert to Islam murdered at least 14 people.
&#8220;We have got to get down to the reality of the matter that we have had 400 ISIS smuggled people coming into our country that the Department of Homeland Security told us about last summer,&#8221; Banks said. &#8220;And 50 of them, we don&#8217;t know where they are. We don&#8217;t know who they are or where they are. And we have to take that more seriously. I know President Trump will do that.&#8221;
Banks noted that during his first term in office, President Donald Trump &#8220;eradicated the ISIS caliphate&#8221; and that the terror group has only started to make a come back over the last couple of years following President Joe Biden&#8217;s disastrous withdraw from Afghanistan.
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Sen. Jim Banks (R-IN): “We have had 400 ISIS smuggled people coming into our country that the Department of Homeland Security told us about last summer. And 50 of them, we don&#8217;t know where they are. We don&#8217;t know who they are or where they are.” <a href="https://t.co/WdbSwqE8fS">pic.twitter.com/WdbSwqE8fS</a>
— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) <a href="https://twitter.com/RealSaavedra/status/1875958056632332520?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 5, 2025</a></blockquote>
Multiple U.S. officials <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/400-illegal-aliens-have-been-brought-into-u-s-by-isis-affiliated-human-smuggling-network-report?fbclid=IwY2xjawHnn2FleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHTCnFgr9ePBNnqRBmfVZxT7UMFHZyzqP5I2X_JDf4JljQ84JRpbyDrEGIg_aem_DiQFNiVYFOOWE3dzj0xb7w">confirmed</a> to NBC News that the Department of Homeland Security that they believe the 50 illegal aliens scattered into 17 different states after illegally crossing the border.
The illegal aliens were all released into the U.S. because there was not information at the time connecting them to terrorism when they were contacted by U.S. Border Patrol.
Illegal aliens originating from countries were ISIS operates will rarely ever have information in any kind of database that connects them to terrorism because many of them have little-to-no infrastructure to track terrorist suspects. Also, even if the countries had the information, many of them would likely not want to share it with the United States because they view the U.S. as an enemy state.

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House Homeland Security Committee Chair Rep. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/mark-green" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mark Green</a> (R-TN) said this week that the U.S. needed more FBI personnel to stop people from being radicalized into becoming terrorists after a man who recently converted to Islam declared his allegiance to ISIS and murdered 14 people in New Orleans this week.
Green&#8217;s remarks come after 42-year-old Shamsud-Din Jabbar used a rented truck to mow down people in New Orleans&#8217; French Quarter before he got out and opened fire on law enforcement.
“What our FBI needs is more resources,&#8221; Green told CBS News on Friday morning.
He said that agents need to be looking for individuals who are online and becoming radicalized inside the U.S.
&#8220;The fusion centers do a pretty good job most of the time, but a situation like this where a guy gets radicalized, we don’t know exactly when, and then is turned on to do a mission like this, that’s the information that’s going to require boots on the ground all over the country, in places where people get radicalized,&#8221; he said.
&#8220;And they pulled back after — initially, after 9/11, the FBI was everywhere looking, they caught those guys in upstate New York by doing that human intelligence,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;But they’ve pulled back over the past several years, and they need to put that back into place.&#8221;
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Another imam of a mosque near the home of the suspected ISIS member behind the New Year’s Day terrorist attack in New Orleans went on an anti-Semitic rant this summer where he accused Jews of “creating havoc everywhere.”
Fifteen people were killed and 35 were injured when Shamsud-Din Jabbar, 42, rammed a white pickup truck through a crowd in a blocked-off area of the French Quarter before opening fire. Jabbar, who is an American citizen and Army veteran and was in possession of an ISIS flag, was killed by law enforcement at the scene. 
The Houston Masjid Bilal, which is affiliated with the Islamic Society of Greater Houston (ISGH), is located close to Jabbar’s home.
In a video shared and partially translated by the Middle East Media Research Institute, Imam M. ElFarooqui delivered a sermon at the mosque in August 2024, where he spoke about a group of Jews who were forbidden by Allah to fish on Saturday, and instead used trenches to catch the fish passively.
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Friday Sermon at Houston Mosque Where New Orleans Attacker Worshiped: The Jews Created Havoc Wherever They Went on the Face of This Earth; Allah Turned Some of Them into Monkeys, Pigs, Rats <a href="https://t.co/2A2Erkgp4k">pic.twitter.com/2A2Erkgp4k</a>
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He stated Jews were punished for the act and said that Allah turned some of them into monkeys, pigs, and rats. 
“Do we think that Allah is not watching us here? That&#8217;s what the Jews thought. They thought Allah was watching them only in Jerusalem&#8230;so they went out everywhere on the face of this earth, started creating havoc everywhere.”
“Oh Allah, liberate the Al-Aqsa Mosque from the hands of the plunderers,” ElFarooqui added, referring to the mount where the Jewish Temple once stood in Jerusalem’s Old City, which is under the control of the Jordanian Islamic Waqf, overseen by the government of Jordan.
MEMRI shared another video on Thursday of the mosque’s Imam Eiad Soudan going on an anti-Semitic tirade where he explains why he thinks Hitler killed Jews.
“Why does the whole world want them to stay in Palestine? Because if they don’t stay in Palestine, they will go back to their countries,” and “they like to take control of the economy, everywhere they go…That is why the other countries don’t want them back.”
“Until this guy Hitler, with the nice mustache, came to power, he became empowered and we all know what he did. By the way, Hitler hated the Israelites so bad because of the economy thing, they were in control of the economy.”
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Eiad Soudan, Imam of Houston Mosque Where New Orleans Attacker Worshiped: Jews Seek to Control the Economy Wherever They Go, That’s Why Hitler Killed Them; Europeans Support Israel Because They Don’t Want Jews Back in Their Countries (Archival) <a href="https://t.co/AFXc7cIC82">pic.twitter.com/AFXc7cIC82</a>
— MEMRI (@MEMRIReports) <a href="https://twitter.com/MEMRIReports/status/1874820356885856600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 2, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Shortly after the attack, Houston Masjid Bilal <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-orleans-terrorists-hometown-mosque-tells-members-to-refer-inquiries-to-cair">discouraged</a> its members from talking to the media, and said “if approached by the FBI and a response is necessary, please refer to CAIR and ISGH.”
The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/muslim-american-group-that-celebrated-hamas-attack-hopes-to-have-40-members-in-congress-in-10-years">previously reported</a> that CAIR Executive Director Nihad Awad said he was “happy to see” Gazans “breaking the siege and throwing down the shackles of their own land” on October 7, the day Hamas massacred and kidnapped Israeli civilians. Awad added that Israel does not have the right to self-defense.
A CAIR spokesperson told The Daily Wire that CAIR has not yet assumed an official role of handling inquiries for Houston Masjid Bilal.
ISGH condemned the terror attack in a statement and encouraged people with relevant information to speak to authorities.
“This act of terror and pure evil has no place in our community in society,” the statement read. “ISGH encourages anyone with any relevant information to come forward and duly report to law enforcement. ISGH is in contact with authorities and relevant law enforcement agencies are accorded the fullest cooperation needed.”
An FBI spokesperson said <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyzxbQjWwQo">on Thursday</a> that Jabbar uploaded five videos online detailing his plans for terrorism and expressing support for ISIS.
“Jabbar explains that he originally planned to harm his family and friends but was concerned the news headlines would not focus on the quote ‘war between the believers and the disbelievers,’” the FBI Deputy Assistant Director Christopher Raia said. “He states that he joined ISIS before this summer.”
The Islamic Society of Greater Houston did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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