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Terror in New Orleans (1 Viewer)

Reporting video of 3 men and woman placing IED
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The Associated Press reported on Wednesday that recently-found surveillance footage shows multiple suspects placing an explosive device in New Orleans, citing an intelligence bulletin from the Louisiana State Police.

The footage, which has not been released to the public, allegedly shows three men and one woman placing one improvised explosive device (IED) in the French Quarter. Authorities believe that the group placed multiple IEDs in the area.

Suspects hid the devices, which were wired for remote control, within coolers. Authorities later found a remote control was discovered inside the vehicle that
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reports authorities have scoured video for people seen near the suspected IEDs and have RULED OUT immediate connections to them or Jabbar.
 
This is a tragedy and hits home as it's my home town. Perpetrator has been named as Shamsud Din Jabbar. The truck come over the Mexican border a few days ago (WTF). Multiple police raids on suspected terrorist hideouts occurring now.
I did a google internet search over the last 24 hours for "raids on suspected terrorist hideouts occurring now" and guess what? The top result is this topic.
https://ibb.co/4JqCbnn
Making the FFA leader for a day in misinformation.
That was the four folks that were suspected (and the FBI later cleared) of planting IEDs. So sorry Google didn't work for you.
 
So they sent the FBI hrt to a home in Houston. Seems like something local swat could manage.

FBI seems to be walking back the whole "planned in a group" thing and maybe a lone guy that went nuts.

His job in the army was HR and IT resources. Don't think he's a big PTSD risk. What a horrible set of events
 
Hearing that the Airbnb where the NO guy was staying burned down today. Not sure if true.
Link? Thank you.
Link
Thanks. I saw that earlier. I was asking @jamny where his report came from.
I was flipping around channels and heard it. No link...sorry
OK, thanks. It was probably early reporting on what the president-elect said very early today.

There's a TV interview posted twice above with a reporter standing in front of the not-burned-down house today. Here it is for a third time: TV interview
 
This is a tragedy and hits home as it's my home town. Perpetrator has been named as Shamsud Din Jabbar. The truck come over the Mexican border a few days ago (WTF). Multiple police raids on suspected terrorist hideouts occurring now.
I did a google internet search over the last 24 hours for "raids on suspected terrorist hideouts occurring now" and guess what? The top result is this topic.
https://ibb.co/4JqCbnn
Making the FFA leader for a day in misinformation.
That was the four folks that were suspected (and the FBI later cleared) of planting IEDs. So sorry Google didn't work for you.
It worked fine. It showed that, for a time, your topic was a leading source for misinformation.
 
This is a tragedy and hits home as it's my home town. Perpetrator has been named as Shamsud Din Jabbar. The truck come over the Mexican border a few days ago (WTF). Multiple police raids on suspected terrorist hideouts occurring now.
I did a google internet search over the last 24 hours for "raids on suspected terrorist hideouts occurring now" and guess what? The top result is this topic.
https://ibb.co/4JqCbnn
Making the FFA leader for a day in misinformation.
That was the four folks that were suspected (and the FBI later cleared) of planting IEDs. So sorry Google didn't work for you.
It worked fine. It showed that, for a time, your topic was a leading source for misinformation.
Yeah ok. Go troll somewhere else. Thanks.
 
Hearing that the Airbnb where the NO guy was staying burned down today. Not sure if true.
Link? Thank you.
Link
Thanks. I saw that earlier. I was asking @jamny where his report came from.
I was flipping around channels and heard it. No link...sorry
OK, thanks. It was probably early reporting on what the president-elect said very early today.

There's a TV interview posted twice above with a reporter standing in front of the not-burned-down house today. Here it is for a third time: TV interview
I've clicked that each time now and not sure what it opens up but it doesn't work for me.
At least on mobile...when I click the video it says "Cannot complete request"
 
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Mrs and I were just at "Mother's Restaurant" in New Orleans the week before Thanksgiving, we were only in town about 3 days for a conference, walked along Canal St
I was going to launch a thread early on NYD about this topic when I first saw what happened.
-But I was also having a good time with the Mrs sipping mimosas and I thought let someone else be the one to share this with everybody

I guess I didn't want to think about both the New Orleans and Vegas terrorist acts, tried to shield my wife from hearing about this until much later on NYD
Sugar Bowl postponed 1 Day, not sure that makes a big difference but it makes those who put the Sugar Bowl together feel better, OK sure why not?

These criminal/terrorists want to disrupt our way of life here in America and I don't like to give in.
They want to stop the party so let's all show up and celebrate in greater numbers
I hate that they do these things and spark fear in everyone
 
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Mrs and I were just at "Mother's Restaurant" in New Orleans the week before Thanksgiving, we were only in town about 3 days for a conference, walked along Canal St
I was going to launch a thread early on NYD about this topic when I first saw what happened.
-But I was also having a good time with the Mrs sipping mimosas and I thought let someone else be the one to share this with everybody

I guess I didn't want to think about both the New Orleans and Vegas terrorist acts, tried to shield my wife from hearing about this until much later on NYD
Sugar Bowl postponed 1 Day, not sure that makes a big difference but it makes those who put the Sugar Bowl together feel better, OK sure why not?

These criminal/terrorists want to disrupt our way of life here in America and I don't like to give in.
They want to stop the party so let's all show up and celebrate in greater numbers
I hate that they do these things and spark fear in everyone


Not sure it's fear as much as it is precaution. They are different. If 100K people show up to the Sugar Bowl and IEDs go off, the authorities look really, really bad. I'd hate my family to be in there and something happened.

What our country needs is the opposite of what has become modern forgiveness. Whether it's current interpretation of Christian morality, a more advanced society, and amnesty international type objective statements ... Frankly, punishment should be double what a bad person does to someone else. You steal $30k in LV gear from a store, you owe them $60K. You kill someone, the holistic concept the you don't get death because it's wrong for society to punish you that way ... BS ... what did you just do to your victim? As long as it's through proper judicial channels, I'm all for the victim family getting retribution Middle East style. You want less people in the jails, make their punishment equal for the first crime, double for the second infraction, quadruple for the third infraction, etc. We are an incredibly weak society when it comes to punishing the perpetrators. And then we wonder why the same people do it over and over again. Um, their punishment was less than their crime?
 
Updates from the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department on the cyber truck explosion:

LVMPD Provides Update on Cyber Truck Explosion Investigation

This afternoon, Sheriff Kevin McMahill addressed the media regarding the cyber truck explosion in front of the Trump Hotel. Here’s what we know so far:

?? Timeline:
The truck arrived in Las Vegas around 7:30 AM and drove up and down Las Vegas Boulevard for about an hour.
It pulled into the valet area of the Trump Hotel before the explosion occurred.

?? What Investigators Found:
The truck’s bed contained gasoline tanks, camping fuel, and large firework mortars.
The truck was rented in Colorado via Turo and tracked through Tesla charging stations.


?? Injuries:
Seven people were injured, with two briefly hospitalized and now released.

?? Investigation Details:
No suspect information will be released until confirmed.

This is a joint investigation with federal, state, and local authorities. Investigators are working to identify the suspect and determine if this was an act of terrorism.

Current findings suggest this was an isolated incident with no indication of a larger plan.


?? LVMPD is maintaining increased officer presence across the community, including the Las Vegas Strip. There is no known current threat to public safety.

We will provide updates as new details emerge. Thank you for your cooperation and vigilance.
 
FBI says there is not a "definitive link" between New Orleans and Las Vegas attacks at this time

A definitive connection between the New Orleans and Las Vegas attacks has not been found at this time, the FBI said on Thursday, adding that it is still “very early” in the investigation.

“As you know, there’s also an FBI investigation in Las Vegas. We are following up on all potential leads and not ruling everything out. However, at this point, there is no definitive link between the attack here in New Orleans and the one in Las Vegas. And again, I’ll preface as I close, I’ll preface everything with what I started with in the beginning, which was this is very early in an investigation like this,” deputy assistant director of the agency’s counterterrorism division Christopher Raia said.
 
FBI changes their assessment of the New Orleans attack.

FBI doesn't believe anyone but driver of truck involved in New Orleans attack

The suspect in the deadly truck attack on Bourbon Street in New Orleans early Thursday is likely to be a lone wolf terrorist with no known accomplices, the FBI announced at a press conference.

“We do not assess at this point that anyone else is involved in this attack except for Shamsud-Din Jabbar, the subject you’ve already been briefed on,” said Deputy Assistant Christopher Raia with the bureau’s Counterterrorism Division.

The FBI announcement is a reversal from a statement less than 24 hours earlier, in which Assistant Special Agent in Charge Alethea Duncan said, “We do not believe that Jabbar was solely responsible. We are aggressively running down every lead, including those of his known associates.”

Investigators had been looking into whether others were responsible for placing improvised explosive devices separate from the truck they say Shamsud-Din Jabbar used to run over the crowd on New Year’s Day.
In the immediate hours after the attack, the FBI initially pursued indications the suspect may have had assistance, and officials said they did not believe he was “solely responsible” for the attack.

But so far, those leads haven’t turned out to be accurate, one of the sources said.
 
LV Cybertruck bomber was also an Army vet and apparently served at the same post as the NO terrorist.

Have you been able to figure out whether they served at the same time at that Army post? I haven't found it.
If they were on the same unit then maybe there is a connection but Ft. Bragg has over 50k personnel on there, **** I don’t even know everyone at my unit and we only have about 290. Roughly 130 people seems to be the sweet spot of knowing everyone at a unit and that’s only if it’s an operational one.
 
The truck used in the New Orleans attack was not driven across the border by the terrorist responsible for the attack. The truck was spotted at the border crossing 2 months ago.

During the 10 a.m. hour on Wednesday, Fox reported that the New Orleans suspect’s truck crossed the US border in Eagle Pass, Texas “two days ago.” Some of the right-wing network’s coverage explicitly said “the suspect” drove across the border, leaving viewers with the impression that a foreigner might be responsible for the deadly carnage. In fact, the New Orleans attack suspect was a US citizen and Army veteran. But those facts weren’t publicly established at the time Fox aired the faulty information.

Fox tried to walk back its incorrect report about an hour and a half later. The network said the truck used in the attack was actually in Eagle Pass nearly two months ago, not two days ago. More importantly, the truck was being driven by someone else at that time – it was available on the car rental app Turo – so the detail about the border was completely irrelevant.
 
LV Cybertruck bomber was also an Army vet and apparently served at the same post as the NO terrorist.

Have you been able to figure out whether they served at the same time at that Army post? I haven't found it.
If they were on the same unit then maybe there is a connection but Ft. Bragg has over 50k personnel on there, **** I don’t even know everyone at my unit and we only have about 290. Roughly 130 people seems to be the sweet spot of knowing everyone at a unit and that’s only if it’s an operational one.
Yeah, seems unlikely they were in the same unit, and possibly not even on the same post. NO guy was HR type, LV guy was supposedly special forces/infantry.

ETA: CNN says LV guy has been confirmed Green Beret.

10thSFG which is based out of Fort Collins CO so it lines up.
 
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Thinking with the symbolism involved in LV, there's no connection at all to NO. Possibly nothing more than a coincidence that they were both Army and rented from Turo. Odd though on that.
 
Mrs and I were just at "Mother's Restaurant" in New Orleans
Just as a note. Damn good choice. I'm hungry now.
I purposely posted it to let the locals know in New Orleans, we stand tall with you
I love that city, been there numerous times, love the local vibe and have walked canal Street numerous times
Heart goes out to all the victims, both those that are dead and those still fighting for their lives in the local hospitals

-I can say the same for Vegas, they've already been hit with tragedy in the last 5-10 years with the hotel massacre, not sure how many folks died in the truck explosion at the hotel.
I've been to Vegas numerous times, always felt pretty safe, wish these events didn't do what they're designed for which is to interrupt day to day life in America
We're very fortunate we typically don't wake up thinking about bombs going off around us.

Mrs and I take the Brightline from WPB into Miami 1-2x a week and these kind of attacks keep us vigilant and certainly make us wonder when Miami will be the target, hopefully never.
Just a rotten feeling all the way around.
Ts&Ps for those impacted in New Orleans, Vegas and other places this story seems to spread and connect with
Can't imagine anyone is happy with what's unfolded on NYE/NYD
 
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LV Cybertruck bomber was also an Army vet and apparently served at the same post as the NO terrorist.

Have you been able to figure out whether they served at the same time at that Army post? I haven't found it.
The news article you quoted says their time there didn't overlap.
 
My wife and kids were in New Orleans and on Bourbon a few days ago... granted, not on NYE but was still harrowing to wake up to the news knowing they were just there.

Was married in New Orleans and the city holds a special place in my (and my wife's) heart. As if that city hasn't endured enough tragedy.

Unfortunately I think this is just a harbinger of more.
 
LV Cybertruck bomber was also an Army vet and apparently served at the same post as the NO terrorist.

Have you been able to figure out whether they served at the same time at that Army post? I haven't found it.
The news article you quoted says their time there didn't overlap.
That's an update which wasn't there earlier but thanks for the update . I posted at 1115, article time is now 1436.
 
This is a tragedy and hits home as it's my home town. Perpetrator has been named as Shamsud Din Jabbar. The truck come over the Mexican border a few days ago (WTF). Multiple police raids on suspected terrorist hideouts occurring now.
I did a google internet search over the last 24 hours for "raids on suspected terrorist hideouts occurring now" and guess what? The top result is this topic.
https://ibb.co/4JqCbnn
Making the FFA leader for a day in misinformation.
That was the four folks that were suspected (and the FBI later cleared) of planting IEDs. So sorry Google didn't work for you.
It worked fine. It showed that, for a time, your topic was a leading source for misinformation.
I appreciate you for correcting the misinformation. 👍

Notable that the original post in this thread also contains misinformation regarding the New Orleans terrorist crossing the border. Errors made in the “fog of war” are inevitable but hopefully Sand will edit his OP that mistakenly tied this terrorist attack to border insecurity.
 

Notable that the original post in this thread also contains misinformation regarding the New Orleans terrorist crossing the border. Errors made in the “fog of war” are inevitable but hopefully Sand will edit his OP that mistakenly tied this terrorist attack to border insecurity.
Not correct - I stated the truck came over the border, not the terrorist. As far as I know that finding hasn't been contradicted, but I'm certainly willing to edit that if it turns out it wasn't correct (it was reported so at the time).

I also stated the police were conducting raids, which was true in that they had 4 suspects they thought were planting IEDs. The FBI has backed off of that (found they weren't planting IEDs), but it was true at the time of posting.
 
This is a tragedy and hits home as it's my home town. Perpetrator has been named as Shamsud Din Jabbar. The truck come over the Mexican border a few days ago (WTF). Multiple police raids on suspected terrorist hideouts occurring now.
I did a google internet search over the last 24 hours for "raids on suspected terrorist hideouts occurring now" and guess what? The top result is this topic.
https://ibb.co/4JqCbnn
Making the FFA leader for a day in misinformation.
That was the four folks that were suspected (and the FBI later cleared) of planting IEDs. So sorry Google didn't work for you.
It worked fine. It showed that, for a time, your topic was a leading source for misinformation.
I appreciate you for correcting the misinformation. 👍

Notable that the original post in this thread also contains misinformation regarding the New Orleans terrorist crossing the border. Errors made in the “fog of war” are inevitable but hopefully Sand will edit his OP that mistakenly tied this terrorist attack to border insecurity.
I have no problem with people NOT correcting previous posts as new info comes in. Newer posts have the newer info... Otherwise that's a lot of editing (unnecessary imo), plus it's interesting to me to see the arc of the story, mistakes and all.
 
This is a tragedy and hits home as it's my home town. Perpetrator has been named as Shamsud Din Jabbar. The truck come over the Mexican border a few days ago (WTF). Multiple police raids on suspected terrorist hideouts occurring now.
I did a google internet search over the last 24 hours for "raids on suspected terrorist hideouts occurring now" and guess what? The top result is this topic.
https://ibb.co/4JqCbnn
Making the FFA leader for a day in misinformation.
That was the four folks that were suspected (and the FBI later cleared) of planting IEDs. So sorry Google didn't work for you.
It worked fine. It showed that, for a time, your topic was a leading source for misinformation.
I appreciate you for correcting the misinformation. 👍

Notable that the original post in this thread also contains misinformation regarding the New Orleans terrorist crossing the border. Errors made in the “fog of war” are inevitable but hopefully Sand will edit his OP that mistakenly tied this terrorist attack to border insecurity.
I have no problem with people NOT correcting previous posts as new info comes in. Newer posts have the newer info... Otherwise that's a lot of editing (unnecessary imo), plus it's interesting to me to see the arc of the story, mistakes and all.
I too find the mistakes interesting, if only for what they reveal. That said, I’d prefer accuracy, full stop. And in the event that inaccuracies occur, we should allow for some grace as long as the inaccuracies were based on good faith efforts. Fog of war is real.
 
Yikes... NYT email update just said the LV driver shot himself in the head before the explosion.
From AP


LAS VEGAS (AP) — The highly decorated U.S. Army soldier inside the Tesla Cybertruck that burst into flames outside President-elect Donald Trump’s Las Vegas hotel shot himself in the head before the explosion and likely planned to cause more damage but the steel-sided vehicle absorbed much of the force from the rudimentary explosive, officials said Thursday.

Clark County Sheriff Kevin McMahill said at a news conference that a handgun was found at the feet of the man in the driver’s seat, who officials believe is Matthew Livelsberger, 37, of Colorado. The shot appeared to be self-inflicted, officials said.

Damage from the blast was mostly limited to the interior of the truck. The explosion “vented out and up” and didn’t hit the Trump hotel doors just a few feet away, the sheriff said.

“The level of sophistication is not what we would expect from an individual with this type of military experience,” said Kenny Cooper, a special agent in charge for the the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
 
Yikes... NYT email update just said the LV driver shot himself in the head before the explosion.
Seems logical, in a way. It's hard to believe that he could have seriously expected that truck explosion to do serious damage. More like a "look at me" suicide like Aaron Bushnell.
 
This is a tragedy and hits home as it's my home town. Perpetrator has been named as Shamsud Din Jabbar. The truck come over the Mexican border a few days ago (WTF). Multiple police raids on suspected terrorist hideouts occurring now.
I did a google internet search over the last 24 hours for "raids on suspected terrorist hideouts occurring now" and guess what? The top result is this topic.
https://ibb.co/4JqCbnn
Making the FFA leader for a day in misinformation.
That was the four folks that were suspected (and the FBI later cleared) of planting IEDs. So sorry Google didn't work for you.
It worked fine. It showed that, for a time, your topic was a leading source for misinformation.
I appreciate you for correcting the misinformation. 👍

Notable that the original post in this thread also contains misinformation regarding the New Orleans terrorist crossing the border. Errors made in the “fog of war” are inevitable but hopefully Sand will edit his OP that mistakenly tied this terrorist attack to border insecurity.
I have no problem with people NOT correcting previous posts as new info comes in. Newer posts have the newer info... Otherwise that's a lot of editing (unnecessary imo), plus it's interesting to me to see the arc of the story, mistakes and all.
I too find the mistakes interesting, if only for what they reveal. That said, I’d prefer accuracy, full stop. And in the event that inaccuracies occur, we should allow for some grace as long as the inaccuracies were based on good faith efforts. Fog of war is real.
I find reporting on breaking events interesting... Both from MSM and in here.

Right and left leaning outlets have clear agendas. Some are just yellow journalism trying to get clicks before verifying anything- if I see the mirror or guardian linked (and there are others like those), I choose to ignore whatever's said until it's verified.

And we're kinda like the outlets... We each have what we bring into how we perceive the event.

I personally prefer seeing these kind of threads and media with who/what/where/when info... Might be slower arriving and less interesting, but is at least as factually correct as possible. AP and Reuters both generally leave the "why" out of their reporting of breaking news.
 
I personally prefer seeing these kind of threads and media with who/what/where/when info... Might be slower arriving and less interesting, but is at least as factually correct as possible. AP and Reuters both generally leave the "why" out of their reporting of breaking news.
Love this post.

This forum is the first place I go in terms of breaking news like this. At least I know it is continually updated with the latest news from whatever news outlet people follow. And it seems like eventually we get to what's true based on reports coming from both sides.

This type of thing is the best part of this forum if I'm being honest.
 
I mean, it is possible it is just coincidence, but these factors make it odd:
  • Same day
  • Both military
  • Stationed at same post
  • Rented from same company
That's a helluva lot of coincidence. No direct connection found that I've seen, but very, very odd.
I'm not trying to be overly argumentative here and I haven't been able to follow much of this story, but isn't Turo the prominent owner to renter company/app out there? In other words, isn't Turo like the Uber or the vrbo for vehicle rentals from a private owner?

To me, it makes sense to just rent some vehicle from this sort of service if your plan is just to blow it up and ram it into people and you do not own such a vehicle yourself. As such, I don't put much into the Turo coincidence as it seems to be a very common source to rent a vehicle from a private owner.
 
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