{"id":2386697,"date":"2025-01-05T18:41:53","date_gmt":"2025-01-05T23:41:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-orleans-terrorist-planned-nye-attack-with-prior-visits-and-smart-glasses-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-01-05T18:43:23","modified_gmt":"2025-01-05T23:43:23","slug":"new-orleans-terrorist-planned-nye-attack-with-prior-visits-and-smart-glasses-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-orleans-terrorist-planned-nye-attack-with-prior-visits-and-smart-glasses-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"New Orleans terrorist planned NYE attack with prior visits and smart glasses &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">30<\/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%2Fnew-orleans-terrorist-planned-nye-attack-with-prior-visits-and-smart-glasses-washington-examiner%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=2386697&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>On \u200bNew\u200d Year&#8217;s Day 2025, Shamsud-Din Jabbar was responsible for a \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tucker-carlson-releases-explosive-interview-with-rfk-jr-touching-on-ukraine-and-jfk-assassination-were-being-lied-to\/\" title=\"Tucker Carlson&#039;s interview with RFK Jr. exposes lies on Ukraine and JFK assassination.\">terrorist \u2062attack<\/a>\u2064 in New Orleans that resulted in the death of 14 individuals. investigations revealed that he had visited the city twice prior too the attack, using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vice-mark-zuckerbergs-goal-with-metaverse-is-monetizing-all-human-behavior\/\" title=\"VICE: Mark Zuckerberg\u2019s Goal with &#039;Metaverse&#039; Is &#039;Monetizing All Human Behavior&#039;\">smart glasses<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/emails-jeffrey-epstein-victim-claimed-to-have-copies-of-his-blackmail-videos\/\" title=\"Emails: Jeffrey Epstein Victim Claimed to Have Copies of His Blackmail Videos\">record videos<\/a> of the \u200barea, which he intended to target. The FBI has since released this footage to aid in their investigation. Authorities emphasized \u200bthat Jabbar meticulously planned the attack,underscoring \u200dthe threat posed by individuals who exploit technology\u200c for malicious purposes.This tragic event has \u200dprompted concerns regarding public \u2064safety and security during large gatherings.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">New Orleans terrorist planned NYE attack with prior visits and smart glasses<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1927264\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Shamsud-Din Jabbar visited the sight of his New Year&rsquo;s Day <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3273742\/10-dead-and-dozens-injured-in-new-orleans-attack\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"terrorist attack\">terrorist attack<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/new-orleans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"terrorist attack\">New Orleans<\/a>, Louisiana, twice before, scouting out the area with smart glasses, authorities said on Sunday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>At a press conference, Deputy Assistant Director Christopher Raia and Lyonel Myrthil, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/FBI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">FBI<\/a> special agent in charge of the New Orleans Field Office, released new details about Jabbar and last week&rsquo;s vehicle ramming attack that killed 14 and wounded 35. One of the biggest revelations was that Jabbar had scouted out the sight of his mass killing two times previously, using sophisticated glasses to map the area out.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3246913\/progressives-fuming-biden-pardon-hunter-biden-mass-incarceration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>PROGRESSIVES FUME THAT BIDEN SHOULD USE PARDONS TO END MASS INCARCERATION, NOT BAIL OUT SON<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mythril said that Jabbar traveled through New Orleans&rsquo;s French quarter on a bicycle, wearing &ldquo;meta glasses&rdquo; capable of recording. One of his trips was in October, and the next was in November.<\/p>\n<p>Raia said that <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">current information points<\/a> to the attacker having acted alone.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;All investigative details and evidence that we have now still support that Jabbar acted alone here in New Orleans,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;We have not seen any indications of an accomplice in the United States, but we are still looking into potential associates in the U.S. and outside of our borders.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Mythril also noted two foreign trips Jabar made in the summer of 2023, one to Cairo, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/egypt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Egypt<\/a>, and one to Ontario, Canada.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3109445\/bidens-trump-proofing-foreign-policy-revolves-around-ukraine-nato\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>BIDEN&rsquo;S &lsquo;TRUMP-PROOFING&rsquo; FOREIGN POLICY REVOLVES AROUND UKRAINE AND NATO<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Our agents are getting answers to where he went, who he went with, and how those trips may or may not tie into his actions here,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Jabbar was born and raised in the U.S., serving in the U.S. Army. He reportedly flew an ISIS flag during his Jan. 1 attack and pledged his allegiance to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/terrorism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">terrorist<\/a> group in online videos hours before the attack.<\/p>\n<p>The attack uncovered flaws in the city&rsquo;s security, including faulty steel columns meant to block vehicle attacks such as the one that occurred.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>According to a&nbsp;<em>New York Times<\/em>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/01\/02\/us\/new-orleans-security-truck-attack.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">report<\/a>, city officials were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3276076\/new-orleans-officials-counter-claims-terrorist-attack-avoided\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"warned\">warned<\/a> in 2019 that Bourbon Street, the site of Wednesday&rsquo;s attack, was vulnerable to a &ldquo;vehicular ramming&rdquo; attack. The officials were told that the bollards designed to block vehicles from entering Bourbon Street did &ldquo;not appear to work.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The bollards were removed after being clogged by debris, including Mardis Gras beads. They will be reinstalled before the Super Bowl.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1927264\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1927264\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Orleans attacker scouted site twice using smart glasses<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2386698,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AP25001502133457.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[47705,47962,47963,6039,32076],"class_list":["post-2386697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-new-orleans","tag-nye-attack","tag-smart-glasses","tag-terrorism","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AP25001502133457.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2386697","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2386697"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2386697\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2386701,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2386697\/revisions\/2386701"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2386698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2386697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2386697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2386697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}