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A former military veteran offers insight based on his personal wartime experiences, using them to show how Shamsood-Dean JabbarHis military background likely made him more susceptible to radicalization before the ISIS-inspired New Orleans attack.
Christopher GoldsmithThe U.S. Army vet appeared on “TMZ Live” Thursday, explaining that during his service, he witnessed so much anger-fueled violence that he took those feelings home and it pushed him to the brink of radicalization.
He also explains how ISIS kidnaps people with special skills and personality traits, like Jabbar and the former special forces veteran. Matthew LeavelsbergerWHO carried out the Cybertruck bombing on the same day.
Christopher says ex-military are no more likely than the average Joe to become radicalized, but when they do, they are much more effective at preventing extremist attacks.
As we reported, Jabbar was similar model soldier — Collecting medals such as the Global Counter-Terrorism Service Medal during his Army days.
What makes it all the more shocking is what happened on New Year’s Day when he killed 14 people driving his pickup truck into the massive crowd on Bourbon Street.
