You have undoubtedly heard the name Shamsud-Din Bahar Jabbar by now. That is the man who drove a truck into a crowd on Bourbon Street in the French Quarter of New Orleans on New Year’s Eve. Jabbar killed and wounded numerous people, first with his vehicle and then with one or more firearms.
The intent of this article is not to go into great detail about the attack or the attacker. Rather we’ve attempted to gather as much imagery and videos together in one place as possible. We’ve done so in hopes that reviewing these without having to go hunt for them all yourselves will allow you to put the various (often conflicting and contradictive) reports, assumptions, presumptions and theories into at least some context.
Shamsud-Din Bahar Jabbar: an Overview
Information about the suspect in the Bourbon Street attack is seemingly more evident than that of the suspect in the Tesla bombing outside the Trump Hotel in Las Vegas (more on that, and the rental car connection, later).
Jabbar was a veteran of the U.S. Army. He reportedly did four years in the 82nd Airborne, serving as an information technology specialist, with one year-long deployment to Afghanistan from 2009-2010. Initial reports indicate he left the army holding the rank of Staff Sergeant.
Coincidence, Conspiracy Theory or Cooperation?
His time at Ft. Liberty (previously Ft. Bragg) has been the subject of much discussion. Firstly, because that was also the home base of Matthew Livelsberger (“Matt Berg”), the current suspect in the Trump Hotel vehicle explosion, and secondly, because attempted Trump assassin Ryan Routh allegedly visited Ft. Liberty “hundreds of times.” Such a coincidence, if coincidence it is, is certainly sufficient to make one wonder, but it could also mean absolutely nothing. There are over 50,000 military personnel at Ft. Liberty, not to mention visitors, contractors and other people in sufficient numbers to drive that total up substantially.
Footage of the Bourbon Street Attack
These videos are very roughly in consecutive order (as best we can tell). Some will be similar to others due to the proximity of the person taking the video.
Note: all videos and photographs herein were sourced from a variety of social media outlets. Given their rapid proliferation, we are unable to provide original credit where it is deserved.
Bourbon Street Terrorist Attack: the Aftermath
Shamsud Jabbar, who was reportedly wearing body armor and tactical gear, was shot and killed by the law enforcement personnel he engaged with gunfire when he exited his vehicle.
You’ll note that after officers shot the suspect and put him down, they immediately began attempting life-saving measures. Despite many declamations against this, it was the correct thing to do. First, they’re required to do so by law.
Second, more pragmatically, you don’t get much intelligence from questioning a corpse.
In addition to the truck attack, first responders located two additional explosive devices. Although initial coverage of the event indicated Jabbar had help, camera footage was reportedly later used to place him at the scene planting those devices.
Later, there were (reportedly) controlled detonations, which, if reports were accurate, were likely the aforementioned IEDs or other explosive devices detonated in place by EOD personnel.
Multiple Suspects?
The FBI and other officials have alternately said Shamsud Din Jabbar “acted alone” and, contradictorily, that they believed others were involved. The following footage shows elements of one or more law enforcement tactical units taking one or more people from a residence in Houston. Those same officials initially described this operation as having “some connection” to the Bourbon Street attack.
Houston is where Jabbar lived and picked up the rental truck used in the attack.
Later, however, the FBI advised they believed Jabbar acted alone. Such a change in determination is not uncommon in many criminal cases of all sorts, as additional evidence is uncovered and taken into consideration. However, there are many who, quite understandably, believe the change in narrative is part of an effort to conceal or suppress information. This could also be the case, even righteously so, if the suppression of such information mitigates a different threat or gives officials time to move on to other terrorist actors.
That it was a terrorist attack seems a foregone confusion, particularly given the presence of an ISIS flag attached to the rear of the truck. There is also the blunt content of five Facebook videos Jabbar posted between 1:30 and 3:00 a.m., in which he stated that he’d “…joined ISIS before this summer.”
Interestingly, the ISIS flag he’d been flying from the back of his truck was rolled up and possibly covered by persons unknown at some point in the immediate aftermath of the attack.
Christopher Raia, deputy assistant director of the FBI’s counterterrorism division, said, “This was an act of terrorism. It was premeditated and an evil act…He was 100% inspired by ISIS.”
“We’re confident at this point that he had no accomplices,” Raia said.
Is there more to it?
Pay particular note to what Senator John Kennedy is saying in this press conference and just as much to what he is not saying. It’s hard not to wonder what the broader implications of this might be, and it definitely adds to the skepticism many hold toward official reports.
The FBI initially said the Bourbon Street murders were not a terrorist attack.
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This story will absolutely continue to develop. We will update material and information as it becomes available.
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