{"id":2385574,"date":"2025-01-02T11:39:01","date_gmt":"2025-01-02T16:39:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/flashback-fbi-agent-told-islamist-terrorist-to-tear-up-texas\/"},"modified":"2025-01-02T11:39:57","modified_gmt":"2025-01-02T16:39:57","slug":"flashback-fbi-agent-told-islamist-terrorist-to-tear-up-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/flashback-fbi-agent-told-islamist-terrorist-to-tear-up-texas\/","title":{"rendered":"FLASHBACK: FBI Agent Told Islamist Terrorist To &#8216;Tear Up Texas&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fflashback-fbi-agent-told-islamist-terrorist-to-tear-up-texas%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2385574&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-reject-measure-to-provide-funds-for-israels-iron-dome-block-attempts-to-sanction-hamas-reports\/\" title=\"Democrats Reject Measure To Provide Funds For Israel\u2019s Iron Dome, Block Attempts To Sanction Hamas: Reports\">recent terrorist attack<\/a> in New Orleans, where <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">radical islamist<\/a> Shamsud-Din jabbar \u2064drove his\u2062 truck into a crowd, resulting in 15 deaths and many\u2063 injuries. The FBI is investigating \u2063this incident. This\u200b event recalls a previous situation from 2015, when an FBI agent allegedly encouraged a radical Islamist, Elton \u2064Simpson, to &#8220;tear up Texas&#8221; in response to a blasphemous Muhammad <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/4-politicians-and-media-outlets-giving-biased-reports-of-the-israel-conflict\/\" title=\"4 Politicians and Media Outlets Giving Biased Reports Of The Israel Conflict\">cartoon contest<\/a> planned in Garland, Texas. The connection between Simpson and the agent, who was \u2064undercover, later led\u200b to a foiled attack where Simpson and another assailant \u200copened fire but were killed by police. 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The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is now leading the investigation &mdash; the same agency in which an agent once encouraged a radical Islamist terrorist to &ldquo;tear up Texas.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In 2015, local Texas police thwarted what would have been a massive terrorist attack in Garland, Texas. The saga began when the Islamic State recruited Erick Jamal Hendricks, a North Carolina man, who later befriended an undercover FBI agent. Hendricks connected the FBI agent to radical Islamist terrorist Elton Simpson.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2 d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-2144416670\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1463670073398-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>During initial discussions between Simpson and the undercover FBI agent &mdash; who has never been named in government documents &mdash; the agent told Simpson to &ldquo;tear up Texas&rdquo; after Simpson made the agent aware of an alleged blasphemous Muhammad cartoon contest to be held at the Curtis Culwell Center in Garland, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/news\/crime\/2016\/08\/05\/tear-up-texas-undercover-fbi-agent-told-islamic-state-shooter-before-garland-attack\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Dallas Morning News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>On May 3, 2015, just before the cartoon contest was to end, Simpson and Madir Hamid Soofi jumped out of a vehicle equipped with multiple rifles and handguns. Simpson and Soofi immediately fired dozens of rounds at the building but were shot and killed by local police and SWAT officers. The local police &ldquo;prevented a massacre,&rdquo; according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/terrorism-in-garland-texas-what-the-fbi-knew-before-the-2015-attack\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CBS News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The FBI agent was present at the attack and later told Hendricks &mdash; who was not present at the attack &mdash; that he was Hendricks&rsquo; &ldquo;eyes&rdquo; that day, according to The Dallas Morning News.<\/p>\n<p>Trenton Roberts, a lawyer for security guard Bruce Joiner (who was injured in the attack), reportedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfaa.com\/article\/news\/local\/ap-fbi-agent-drove-past-shooters-in-2015-garland-attack-records-say\/287-406741839\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a> he was &ldquo;convinced that there is much more to this story than the FBI has admitted.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The same agency is now &ldquo;taking the lead in the investigation and is investigating [the New Orleans terrorist attack] as an act of terrorism,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2025\/01\/01\/statement-from-president-joe-biden-12\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according<\/a> to President Joe Biden.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">      Brianna Lyman is an elections correspondent at The Federalist. Brianna graduated from Fordham University with a degree in International Political Economy. Her work has been featured on Newsmax, Fox News, Fox Business and RealClearPolitics. 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