Episode 795: ISIS in America
Newt's World
Gingrich 360
4.7 • 6.3K Ratings
🗓️ 5 January 2025
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
Newt talks with Adam Weinstein, Deputy Director of the Middle East Program at the Quincy Institute, about the tragic event on New Year’s Day when a speeding pickup truck, driven by Shamsud-Din Jabbar, plowed into a crowd on Bourbon Street, New Orleans, killing 14 and injuring 30. The incident, now considered a terrorist attack inspired by ISIS, raises concerns about the threat of lone wolf actors in the U.S. Weinstein provides insights into ISIS's tactics, recruitment strategies, and the broader implications of such attacks. Their conversation also focuses on the challenges of combating radical Islamist groups, the mental health crisis among veterans, and the need for a more diplomacy-focused U.S. foreign policy.
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Newt Gingrich. Please watch Journey to America, my new documentary on PBS, about nine remarkable individuals who strengthened our country through their pursuit of the American dream. |
| 0:09.9 | From Albert Einstein to Hedy Lamar to Zalma Khalilazade, we explore how individual stories help shape our national identity. |
| 0:18.1 | Watch Journey to America, premiering Tuesday, January 14th at 10 p.m. Eastern, 9 p.m. Central |
| 0:24.0 | on PBS and the PBS app. On this episode of Nutes World, a speeding pickup truck drove |
| 0:35.4 | into a crowd of people celebrating the New Year on Bourbon Street, |
| 0:39.0 | New Orleans on Wednesday, killing 14 people and injuring 30 more. |
| 0:44.1 | According to the FBI, the pickup truck was driven by Shamsuddin Jabbar, an American citizen from Texas who served in the U.S. Army. |
| 0:53.2 | Jabar had posted five videos on his Facebook account in the hours before the attack. |
| 0:59.2 | Jabbar's truck had a black banner of the Islamic State Group, or ISIS. |
| 1:04.6 | The incident is now being considered a terrorist-inspired attack and has raised a question |
| 1:09.5 | of how at-risk the United States is |
| 1:11.9 | to lone wolf actors inspired by ISIS or other militant groups. |
| 1:17.0 | Here to discuss ISIS in America, I'm really pleased to welcome my guest, Adam Weinstein, |
| 1:23.2 | deputy director of the Middle East program at the Quincy Institute. |
| 1:36.8 | Thank you. Deputy Director of the Middle East Program at the Quincy Institute. Adam, welcome, and thank you for joining me again on Newts World. |
| 1:41.1 | Thanks for having me back. |
| 1:42.6 | I'm curious, you know, people suddenly are startled by what happened in New Orleans on Newt's World. Thanks for having me back. I'm curious, you know, people suddenly are startled |
| 1:45.1 | by what happened in New Orleans on New Year's Day, and they're looking a lot more at potential |
| 1:51.1 | links to ISIS. Can you walk us through both what happened and how this incident stands out in the |
| 1:57.4 | context of domestic terrorism? Well, what happened is he rammed his vehicle down Bourbon |
| 2:03.4 | Street and managed to kill 14 people. I'm not an ISIS expert per se in terms of their tactics, |
| 2:08.8 | but that's been a favorite tactic of ISIS attackers. You saw that in Germany, especially at the |
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