House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Mark Greene (R-Tenn.) said Wednesday that “national security failures over the past four years” have led to an increase in foreign terrorist organizations (FTOs) and domestic violent extremism. He said he was “encouraging” it.
The commission released an updated version of its Terrorism Threat Snapshot Assessment Wednesday morning, highlighting the threat posed by domestic extremists inspired by foreign jihadist networks like ISIS in the United States and around the world.
“Emboldened by the national security failures of the past four years, foreign terrorist organizations and foreign jihadist networks remain committed to recruiting and radicalizing individuals within the United States.”
This latest report reveals that Shamsuddin Jabbar, a Texas native and US Army veteran, drove his truck through a crowd of people celebrating the New Year on Bourbon Street around 3 a.m. on January 1st, striking a civilian. The announcement comes less than a month after he killed 14 people. Terrorist attack inspired by ISIS.
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“The New Orleans terrorist attack was a stark reminder that the terrorist threat to the United States is alive and strong,” Greene said. “The House Homeland Security Committee emphasized this fact in October, but unfortunately, Americans have seen a significant escalation of these threats in just the past three months.”
The report details more than 50 jihadist incidents in 30 states between April 2021 and January 2025, including “Providing material support to ISIS”. These included dozens of attempts to seduce the group, provide material support to Hezbollah and al-Qaeda, and receive military training from ISIS. and Hezbollah” and “vehicular ramming attack.”
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Officials are at Bourbon Street after a vehicle plows into a crowd at Canal and Bourbon Street in New Orleans on Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
The report includes a detailed list of all the alarming terror-inspired attacks and arrests since former President Biden took office four years ago, from the failed Afghan withdrawal in August 2021 to the New Orleans attack. is included.
“There is no question that our nation's security has been devastated by the failures of leadership over the past four years.”
Counterterrorism and Intelligence Subcommittee Chairman August Pflueger said Wednesday that “Americans are being targeted by terrorism at public celebrations, and ISIS and al-Qaeda are becoming more active in the Middle East, North Africa, and Southeast Asia.” Ta.
The FBI has released photos of surveillance footage from early January 1, 2025, showing Shamsuddin Jabbar driving his truck on Bourbon Street in New Orleans an hour before the incident. (FBI via AP)
“There is tremendous work left to do to get us back on track and strengthen our homeland security, and that work starts now.”
The commission also noted that vehicular ramming attacks, such as the one that occurred in New Orleans, are emerging as a serious and growing threat.
Victims of the New Orleans attack have sued the city for negligence, citing multiple instances in which official city planning documents included threats of terrorist attacks on Bourbon Street.
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Investigators gather after someone drives a car into a crowd on Bourbon Street in New Orleans on January 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
One lawsuit filed by Morris Burt LLC on behalf of seven victims says the defendants “have had many years of opportunity to resolve this known issue.”[c]The contractor did not fulfill his contractual obligations and did not perform the work in the specified order and manner.
“One scenario presented by” [contractor] Eight months before this tragedy, Mott MacDonald had also involved a Ford F-150 truck making a right turn from Canal Street onto Bourbon Street, which seemed predictable and surprising before Dec. 31. There were similar threats. ”
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Police investigate a crime that occurred on Bourbon Street in New Orleans on January 1, 2025. A driver plowed into a crowd celebrating the New Year and began firing shots early in the morning. (Kat Ramirez, Fox News Digital)
As part of a $2.3 billion infrastructure project that began in 2017, New Orleans' official recommendations for security measures in the French Quarter include: This included installing new bollards on Bourbon Street.
Around that time, the city began planning modern safety measures, including bollards to block vehicles from entering the French Quarter's downtown area.
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“The French Quarter is often a high-density area for pedestrians and is a potential area for mass casualty incidents.” 2017 Report Status. “This area is also a terrorist risk and target area that the FBI has identified as a concern for the city to address.
“The attacks in Nice, France, London, England, and the recent incident in New York City's Times Square, where bollards were credited with saving lives, show how popular tourist destinations can be threatened by attackers with vehicles and weapons. It became clear.”
A masked Islamic State terrorist poses with an ISIS flag in 2015. (Photo by Getty Images from History/Universal Images Group)
Another 2019 confidential report obtained by Fox News from the security consulting firm Interfor International warned that Bourbon Street was the “highest profile terrorist attack target” in New Orleans. A 60-page safety assessment commissioned by the French Quarter Management District states bluntly: “Bourbon Street's current bollard system does not appear to be working.”
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The FBI continues to investigate the attack and said Jabbar was motivated by ISIS extremism.
Federal authorities announced last week that Jabbar had traveled to New Orleans twice previously, on October 30, 2024, and November 10, 2024. The attackers had also visited Cairo, Egypt, and Toronto, Canada, before the attack. said the FBI.
Jabbar is believed to have acted alone, but authorities are continuing to investigate whether he had accomplices.
