Terrorist Attack in New Orleans--Sugar Bowl Postponed 24 Hours

[silverscreenselect]

Last night, about 3:00, a man drove a pickup truck into a crowd on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, killing at least 10 people and injuring several dozen others. He later shot two policemen before being shot and killed himself. Police found several explosive devices and an ISIS flag in his truck. The Sugar Bowl scheduled for tonight has been postponed 24 hours for security reasons, although they did another sweep of the Superdome, which was only a few blocks from the scene of the attack. Other details I've gathered:

• The man was 42 years old, from Texas, rented the truck and stayed in a New Orleans air bnb before the attack.

• Police had tried to block off approaches to Bourbon Street by parking police cars sideways in the middle of the side streets. However, the suspect was easily able to drive on the sidewalk and around the parked police car.

• Police suspect that others were involved in the attack, which is the main reason they've postponed the game, to minimize the risk of follow-up attacks of any kind.

A horrible way to start the New Year.

[Beebs52]

We've been watching all morning. The car was rented from a car sharing thing. It had crossed the border but not said if anyone else involved. Accdg to online stuff owners' are devastated, etc.

[Beebs52]

Fbi and Houston pd at suspect's house now.

[Bob Juch]

They found a huge number of pipe bombs.

The driver had a Palestinian flag in his truck.

They're checking to see if the Cybertruck fire at the Trump Hotel in Las Vegas is related.

[BackInTex]

They found a huge number of pipe bombs.

Where are you getting that info. I'm been curious as all I've seen are reports of "several", which to me means more than 2 but not necessisarily "huge number". It is semantics, but do you know if it is more than 5, or 10? Have they given a number anywhere?

[Bob Juch]

They found a huge number of pipe bombs.

Where are you getting that info. I'm been curious as all I've seen are reports of "several", which to me means more than 2 but not necessisarily "huge number". It is semantics, but do you know if it is more than 5, or 10? Have they given a number anywhere?

Breaking news is often broken. I can't find a number.

The flag was for ISIS, not the Palestinian State.

[BackInTex]

Now they are saying the driver was a lone actor. My question is, what about the IEDs? What about the videos they said they had showing three men an a woman planting one or more IEDs?

[silverscreenselect]

Now they are saying the driver was a lone actor. My question is, what about the IEDs? What about the videos they said they had showing three men an a woman planting one or more IEDs?

From what I've heard, they have video of Jabbar planting the two coolers they found with IEDs inside hours before his attack. He also had a detonator with him when he died. They have footage of other people near those coolers but no evidence that anyone else planted any other coolers or tampered with the two they found. It now appears that Jabbar was a lone wolf. He thought about killing his family first but decided that wouldn't get enough attention for his cause.

[flockofseagulls104]

Not sure this forum wants to know this. But another terrorist rented a car from the same agency and has connections to Ft Bragg in common with the New Orleans terrorist (And one of the would be assassins of the guy who will be president in a couple of weeks or so). But he got a Tesla and tried to blow up

Spoiler

Trump

Tower in Las Vegas.

Can I post this here? Nobody is posting on the island of the exiles anymore. I guess they gave up.

[jarnon]

Two Princeton alumni who played together on the football team were among the victims. Martin “Tiger” Bech passed away and Ryan Quigley was wounded.

[Weyoun]

Not sure this forum wants to know this. But another terrorist rented a car from the same agency and has connections to Ft Bragg in common with the New Orleans terrorist (And one of the would be assassins of the guy who will be president in a couple of weeks or so). But he got a Tesla and tried to blow up

Spoiler

Trump

Tower in Las Vegas.

Can I post this here? Nobody is posting on the island of the exiles anymore. I guess they gave up.

Clearly, those with military backgrounds can’t be trusted and probably need to be closely monitored.

[Beebs52]

Not sure this forum wants to know this. But another terrorist rented a car from the same agency and has connections to Ft Bragg in common with the New Orleans terrorist (And one of the would be assassins of the guy who will be president in a couple of weeks or so). But he got a Tesla and tried to blow up

Spoiler

Trump

Tower in Las Vegas.

Can I post this here? Nobody is posting on the island of the exiles anymore. I guess they gave up.

Clearly, those with military backgrounds can’t be trusted and probably need to be closely monitored.

"MSNBC host Lawrence O'Donnell claimed US military personnel are more dangerous than illegal immigrants when it comes to domestic terrorism."

Perhaps take it to the lounge. Apparently leftys believe your sarcasm.

[Bob Juch]

Not sure this forum wants to know this. But another terrorist rented a car from the same agency and has connections to Ft Bragg in common with the New Orleans terrorist (And one of the would be assassins of the guy who will be president in a couple of weeks or so). But he got a Tesla and tried to blow up

Spoiler

Trump

Tower in Las Vegas.

Can I post this here? Nobody is posting on the island of the exiles anymore. I guess they gave up.

Clearly, those with military backgrounds can’t be trusted and probably need to be closely monitored.

"MSNBC host Lawrence O'Donnell claimed US military personnel are more dangerous than illegal immigrants when it comes to domestic terrorism."

Perhaps take it to the lounge. Apparently leftys believe your sarcasm.

More mass shootings have been committed by current or former military personnel than undocumented immigrants.

[Beebs52]

While I'm not sure about numbers you must not equate mass shooting with other murders. 20 something percent of mass shooters had mil background.
Then there are individual, less than 4, etc murders.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nbcnew ... rcna173125

[littlebeast13]

I know this thread was posted with the best of intentions, but we all know what the road to hell is paved with....

Moved.

lb13

[flockofseagulls104]

I know this thread was posted with the best of intentions, but we all know what the road to hell is paved with....

Moved.

lb13

Yes, God forbid the other forum be exposed to anything substantive that affects real life other than what is shown on the TV channels they watch. Or be exposed to ifonly's wonderfully crafted rhetoric. Can't have that.
That's only for exile island.

[Weyoun]

Clearly, those with military backgrounds can’t be trusted and probably need to be closely monitored.

"MSNBC host Lawrence O'Donnell claimed US military personnel are more dangerous than illegal immigrants when it comes to domestic terrorism."

Perhaps take it to the lounge. Apparently leftys believe your sarcasm.

More mass shootings have been committed by current or former military personnel than undocumented immigrants.

Many of those shooters were white, though, and flock doesn’t think whites as a whole are criminal class.

Indeed, flock thinks that Soros is the only guilty white, and is spending his money on these shootings to undermine the Biden administration as it winds up (he’s not thought through that part much - Soros should have waited to February to make Trump look bad).

[flockofseagulls104]

"MSNBC host Lawrence O'Donnell claimed US military personnel are more dangerous than illegal immigrants when it comes to domestic terrorism."

Perhaps take it to the lounge. Apparently leftys believe your sarcasm.

More mass shootings have been committed by current or former military personnel than undocumented immigrants.

Many of those shooters were white, though, and flock doesn’t think whites as a whole are criminal class.

Indeed, flock thinks that Soros is the only guilty white, and is spending his money on these shootings to undermine the Biden administration as it winds up (he’s not thought through that part much - Soros should have waited to February to make Trump look bad).

You have no idea what I think. You are a sick puppy.

[mrkelley23]

Not sure this forum wants to know this. But another terrorist rented a car from the same agency and has connections to Ft Bragg in common with the New Orleans terrorist (And one of the would be assassins of the guy who will be president in a couple of weeks or so). But he got a Tesla and tried to blow up

Spoiler

Trump

Tower in Las Vegas.

Can I post this here? Nobody is posting on the island of the exiles anymore. I guess they gave up.

Have you read this terrorist's manifesto?

[Weyoun]

THANK GOD we are about to bring in an FBI that will monitor this stuff… wait we are cleaning it out because a bunch of criminals are tired of being investigated for being criminals.

If Kash Patel said that he wanted to make sure the agency was about stopping bad guys, awesome! But we have elected a thin-skinned dildo who wants to use the FBI to prosecute his enemies, not stop terrorists - despite Trump’s complaint that the FBI wasted time doing the same thing to him. It is “mind-bottling”!

It is strange how folks like Trump think government can’t do anything - until they realize it can be used to persecute others!

We need a party about good, functioning government, not constant squabbling!

[Beebs52]

What?

[Weyoun]

What?

Turn up your hearing aids!

[Beebs52]

What?

Turn up your hearing aids!

Turn down your exclamation marks. You are totally fucked up.

[flockofseagulls104]

Not sure this forum wants to know this. But another terrorist rented a car from the same agency and has connections to Ft Bragg in common with the New Orleans terrorist (And one of the would be assassins of the guy who will be president in a couple of weeks or so). But he got a Tesla and tried to blow up

Spoiler

Trump

Tower in Las Vegas.

Can I post this here? Nobody is posting on the island of the exiles anymore. I guess they gave up.

Have you read this terrorist's manifesto?

No. not when I posted this. Love to hear your take on it.

[mrkelley23]

Not sure this forum wants to know this. But another terrorist rented a car from the same agency and has connections to Ft Bragg in common with the New Orleans terrorist (And one of the would be assassins of the guy who will be president in a couple of weeks or so). But he got a Tesla and tried to blow up

Spoiler

Trump

Tower in Las Vegas.

Can I post this here? Nobody is posting on the island of the exiles anymore. I guess they gave up.

Have you read this terrorist's manifesto?

No. not when I posted this. Love to hear your take on it.

I don't think there's much to take on this one. I was surprised, because I expected it to be another Trump-Musk protest. Not necessarily in the same way you apparently did, but I was shaking my head a little bit when I heard about it.

For those who haven't seen it, the suicider in this case was apparently a Trump-Musk-military FAN, who seemed to think blowing himself up in a Cybertruck at Trump Tower would somehow be a galvanizing event and convince all the other military and ex-military folks to rise up and take over Washington.

I am more than a little disgusted at the lack of easily available information about the two would-be Trump assassins. I'm consistently amazed at the short memories of news consumers, who seem content to just let the story be buried.