University teacher Hassan Calonju and SETA senior researcher Murat Aslan wrote an analytical article for the background of recent terrorist attacks in the United States.
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The attack on the twin tower in the United States on September 11, 2001 blown up a “sense of security” among the country’s population. The Americans, who had previously lived a carefree life, realized that their country was not safe from terrorism. American interventionism, which materialized in Afghanistan and Iraq, after the then declared US President George Bush Jr., led to the deaths and wounds of millions of people, the destruction of cities, the emergence of new types of instability due to ethnic due to interfessional disagreements, and Radicalization came to the fore.
Against the background of the “preventive interventions” of the USA, the causal chain provoked radicalization. Al-Qaeda turned out to be pushed into the background, the deash appeared in Iraq spread to other states, including Syria. The United States announced the victory over the deash, but this terrorist organization began to revive and spread like a virus as the conditions ripened.
at 03:45 in the morning of January 1, 2025, in New Orleans, Shamsuddin Dzhabbar drove into a car with a flag of a deash into the crowd, as a result of which 15 people were killed. The second attack immediately followed – at the New York nightclub. In addition, the Tesla Cybertruck electric car, loaded with cans with fuel and fireworks, exploded in Las Vegas at the entrance to Trump Hotel. Incidents aroused suspicions of a coordinated terrorist attack.
First of all, it is necessary to consider the individuals of the attackers. The attack in New Orleans was committed by an African American named Shamsuddin Dzhabbar. The most remarkable fact about this person is that he served as an officer in the American army. It is very interesting that Jabbar, who repeatedly told the media about his Muslim identity, did not fall under the investigation against the personnel of the US Armed Forces, where in such cases strict requirements for proceedings in order to ensure security.
The second question is how a car with a deash flag was able to move along the American streets. Despite all safety measures taken on New Year’s Eve, the vehicle was able to enter the street closed for movement, passing with this flag through barriers.