Jabbar’s north Houston home was filled with chemical
residue and chemical bottles, while an inventory of items seized by the
FBI — left behind by investigators who raided his house on Wednesday —
included a long list of compounds used in bomb-making.
His Quran
was propped atop a bookshelf, a centerpiece in his living room, and open
to a passage reading, “they fight in Allah’s cause, and slay and are
slain; a promise binding…”
[…]
Numerous books about Islam were also on the shelf and around the squalid home, while a prayer rug was rolled up nearby.
FBI
officials on Thursday said Jabbar posted five disturbing videos on
Facebook on his drive from Houston to New Orleans just hours before he
unleashed carnage on Bourbon Street, leaving 14 innocent pedestrians
dead.
[…]
In
the first disturbing video — posted at 1:29 a.m. — the US Army veteran
said he had initially planned on murdering his family and friends, but
changed his mind over concerns the resulting media coverage wouldn’t
focus on the “war between the believers and disbelievers,” FBI
counterterrorism official Chris Raia said.
In other videos, he said he had joined ISIS “before this summer” and showed off his last will and testament.
Investigators
confirmed Jabbar, 42, was ideologically aligned with ISIS and that he
specifically chose Bourbon Street as the target of his monstrous act of
terror.
[…]
The IT whiz was on a legitimate career path until apparently falling on hard times both personally and financially.
He
contended with two failed marriages and faced mounting debt before he
murdered 14 innocent pedestrians and injured dozens more with an
explosive-laden Ford F-150 truck bearing the black flag of the jihadist
group.
[…]
…from 2019 to 2021 he worked at EY — also a Big 4
firm — as a cloud consulting manager before landing a gig at yet
another top consultancy, Deloitte, where he earned a salary of
$125,000.
Meanwhile, Jabbar’s family life was in turmoil.
His
first wife — from whom he separated in 2012 — got custody of the
couple’s children, while he was ordered to pay child support as well as
for their medical insurance.
He remarried in 2017, but three
years later his second marriage hit the skids, his ex was granted a
restraining order which prohibited Jabbar from sending her obscene or
threatening messages, threatening “bodily injury” to her or the couple’s
child, the outlet reported.
During the divorce proceedings —
which came after a failed attempt by the couple to reconcile — Jabbar
provided a statement to the court claiming financial hardship, with
$7,500 a month in income and just shy of $9,000 in liabilities.
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