Alleged ISIS member questioned in Iraq over New Orleans terror attack

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An alleged subordinate of the Islamic State is being questioned successful Iraq aft officials successful that state accused him of playing a relation successful inciting the deadly New Year's Day terror onslaught successful New Orleans. 

However, U.S. officials accidental they person not established a nonstop nexus betwixt the fishy successful Iraq and 42-year-old Shamsud-Din Jabbar, the U.S. national from Texas who drove his motortruck done a assemblage of revelers for respective blocks connected Bourbon Street, killing 14 people.

Din Jabbar flew the achromatic and achromatic ISIS emblem connected the backmost of the motortruck erstwhile helium carried retired the attack, but ISIS ne'er officially took work for the attack.

U.S. officials told CBS News the FBI's probe into the onslaught is ongoing.

"While we proceed to enactment with our instrumentality enforcement partners, some successful the U.S. and internationally, based connected the accusation to date, we proceed to judge that Shamsud Din-Jabbar acted unsocial successful carrying retired the onslaught connected Bourbon Street," the FBI said Tuesday successful a connection released to CBS News.

Iraqi authorities issued a connection April 27 saying that the National Center for International Judicial Cooperation had received a petition from the U.S. to assistance successful its probe of the New Orleans panic attack. The connection said the fishy was recovered to beryllium a subordinate of the ISIS overseas operations office.

Din Jabbar rented a achromatic Ford pickup motortruck successful Houston and drove to New Orleans to transportation retired the attack, U.S. authorities said. After ramming his motortruck into a assemblage successful the aboriginal greeting hours of January 1, helium died successful a shootout with police.

Prior to carrying retired the attack, helium posted videos to societal media indicating helium was inspired by ISIS and expressed a tendency to kill.

Khaled Wassef contributed to this report.

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