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The two suspects in deadly terror attacks on New Year's Day in Las Vegas and New Orleans both served in the military at Fort Liberty, formerly Fort Bragg, in North Carolina, according to officials.

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<p>TEMPERATURES AND THE NEXT CHANCE FOR RAIN. BUT RIGHT NOW HERE AT 4 O'CLOCK, NEW ORLEANS ICONIC BOURBON STREET IS BACK OPEN FOLLOWING A NEW YEAR'S DAY CAR RAMMING THAT KILLED 14 PEOPLE AND INJURED DOZENS MORE &gt;&gt; THANK YOU FOR JOINING US HERE AT 4 O'CLOCK ON DAN HAGGERTY. AND I'M ASHLEY WROTE IN THE LAST 2 HOURS, WE HAVE LEARNED BOTH THE NEW ORLEANS SUSPECT AND THE LAS VEGAS SUSPECT THAT BLEW HIMSELF UP IN A CYBERTRUCK. BOTH OF THEM SERVED AT FORT BRAGG NOW KNOWN AS FORT LIBERTY INVESTIGATORS. THEY'RE LOOKING INTO WHETHER THOSE 2 ATTACKS WERE COORDINATED OR &gt;&gt; SIMPLY A COINCIDENCE. THE FBI SAYS THE NEW ORLEANS SUSPECT CHAMP'S OF BEAN JABAR WAS INSPIRED BY ISIS BUT IS BELIEVED TO HAVE ACTED ALONE. THIS AFTER OFFICIALS PREVIOUSLY SAID THEY WERE LOOKING INTO THE POSSIBILITY THAT OTHERS WERE INVOLVED. INVESTIGATORS HAVE REVEALED SHOW SOME FOOTAGE SHOWING SOME ARE PLACING TO COOLERS WITH EXPLOSIVE DEVICES IN THE FRENCH QUARTER. JIM ARE ALSO HAD BODY ARMOR AND A RIFLE ON HIM AS WELL AS AND I E D IN HIS TRUCK. AS FOR THE SUSPECT IN THE LAS VEGAS CYBERTRUCK BLAST INVESTIGATORS SAY NOT LEVELS BURGER WAS AN ACTIVE DUTY U.S. ARMY SPECIAL OPERATIONS SOLDIER ON LEAVE. THE INDIVIDUAL. &gt;&gt; HAD SUSTAINED A GUNSHOT WOUND TO THE HEAD PRIOR TO THE DEBT NATION OF THE VEHICLE. ONE OF THE HANDGUNS WAS FOUND AT HIS FEET INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE &gt;&gt; INVESTIGATORS SAY THERE IS NO DEFINITIVE LINK BETWEEN JABBAR AND LEVELS BURGER. THEY BOTH TRAVELED FROM OUT OF STATE TO THE CITY'S THEIR ATTACKS. HAPPENED IN. &gt;&gt; BUT THEY HAVE ONE COMMONALITY. &gt;&gt; FAYETTEVILLE, SO WE HAVE TEAM COVERAGE TONIGHT LOOKING INTO THE TIES THAT BOTH ATTACKERS HAVE TO NORTH CAROLINA. WE WANT TO BEGIN WITH WRAL'S SHAUN GALLAGHER IN FAYETTEVILLE FOR US TONIGHT. SEAN. &gt;&gt; THAT AND WE KNOW THAT THERE IS NO DIRECT LINK AS OF THIS POINT, ACCORDING TO THE FBI. BUT THERE'S A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT THAT THESE 2 MEN HAVE IN COMMON, INCLUDING RIGHT HERE WHERE I'M STANDING NOW AT FORT LIBERTY. NOW, HERE IS WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THE NEW ORLEANS SUSPECT CHANCE TO BE IN JABBAR. AND LAS VEGAS SUSPECT MATTHEW LIVE UL'S BURGER. BOTH MEN SERVING IN THE ARMY IN BOTH STATION HERE AT FORT LIBERTY. BUT LAS VEGAS, LAW ENFORCEMENT SAID THERE'S NO RECORD THAT THEY WERE IN THE SAME UNIT OR OR EVEN HERE DURING THE SAME YEARS. BUT THEY BOTH DID SERVE IN AFGHANISTAN IN 2009. AGAIN, NO INDICATION THEY WERE IN THE SAME UNIT, THE SAME LOCATION, EVEN THE SAME PROVINCE NOW COMES THE SIMILARITIES AND WHAT HAPPENED. BOTH MEN USE THE CAR RENTAL COMPANY TURO ON NEW YEAR'S DAY TO READ TO RENT THEIR VEHICLES AND BOTH VEHICLES WERE ELECTRIC. FORD F ONE. 50 LIGHTNING IN NEW ORLEANS AND A TESLA CYBERTRUCK IN LAS VEGAS. BUT AGAIN, AT THIS POINT, THE FBI HAS NOT DECLARED A MOTIVE. OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE ALWAYS CONCERNED IN THESE SORTS OF &gt;&gt; EVENTS TO ASCERTAIN WHAT THE MOTIVE IS. WE UNDERSTAND THAT'S EVERYBODY'S AT THE FOREFRONT OF EVERYONE'S THOUGHTS. AND SO LOOKING INTO EXACTLY WHAT THE MOTIVATION IS BRIGHT REMAINS OUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY. THIS IS WHY THE FBI'S JOINT TERRORISM TASK FORCE HAS BEEN BROUGHT INTO PLAY. &gt;&gt; NOW, AGAIN, THOSE ATTACKS BOTH HAPPENING ON NEW YEAR'S DAY, BUT THEY RENTED THOSE VEHICLES SEVERAL DAYS PRIOR. NOW THE FBI SAYS IT HAS NOT GOTTEN ACCESS TO BURGERS PHONES OR HIS COMPUTERS AT THIS POINT. 2 THINGS THAT COULD INDICATE WHY THIS ALL HAPPENED IN THE FIRST PLACE IN FAYETTEVILLE, SHAUN GALLAGHER, WRAL NEWS. SEAN, THANK YOU SO TERRORISM BY DEFINITION HAS POLITICAL AIMS. AND TO THAT END PERPETRATORS OFTEN PICK VERY INTENTIONAL TARGETS. CONTINUING OUR TEAM COVERAGE TONIGHT. &gt;&gt; WRAL'S SARAH KRUEGER SPOKE TO A PROFESSOR AT DUKE WHOSE RESEARCH FOCUSES ON COUNTERTERRORISM. SHE'S LIVE NOW. &gt;&gt; WITH HIS TAKE ON THESE LATEST INCIDENTS. SARAH? &gt;&gt; CAN THAT DO? PROFESSOR SAYS THAT THOSE WHO COMMIT ACTS OF TERRORISM, YOU MENTIONED IT. THEY OFTEN PICK VERY SYMBOLIC TARGETS. NOW, WHILE WE ARE STILL IN THE VERY EARLY STAGES OF BOTH OF THESE INVESTIGATIONS, BOTH LOCATIONS CERTAINLY SEEM TO BE SYMBOLIC. &gt;&gt; A CROWDED CELEBRATORY STREET IN NEW ORLEANS AND A CYBER TRUCK OUTSIDE A TRUMP PROPERTY. DO PUBLIC POLICY. PROFESSOR DAVID SCHANZER SAYS BOTH OF THOSE ARE VERY AMERICAN LOCATIONS IN THEIR OWN WAYS. YOU COULD SEE HOW NEW ORLEANS IS KIND OF THE SYMBOL OF. &gt;&gt; YOU KNOW, AMERICAN PROFLIGACY TRAINED AND SO ON THE IDEA THAT THE WEST IS IMMORAL. AND SO AND THAT'S A CORE THEME THAT, YOU KNOW, AL QAEDA AND ISIS IS TRYING TO PERPETRATE, YOU KNOW, FOR DECADES AND TRY TO, YOU KNOW, MOTIVATE MOST OF US TO TAKE ACTION AGAINST THAT. SCHANZER SAYS IN THE LAST FEW YEARS ACTS OF HOMEGROWN TERRORISM HAVE BEEN DECREASING. &gt;&gt; YET HE AND OTHERS HAVE WORRIED EVEN BEFORE THE LATEST ATTACKS THAT COULD CHANGE. HE BELIEVES ONE REASON COULD TIE BACK TO THE CONFLICT IN GAZA ALSO, YOU KNOW, WARY OF &gt;&gt; THE IMPACT THAT THE 16 MONTH ISRAELI OPERATION IN GAZA HAS HAD PRINCIPALLY BECAUSE OF THE IMAGES OF THE CIVILIAN SUFFERING. THIS IDEA OF MORAL OUTRAGE AT THE MISTREATMENT OF MUSLIM CIVILIANS. IT'S A CORE THEME THAT AL QAEDA, ISIS. I TRIED TO ADVANCE TO GET MY SONS TO KIND OF RISE UP TO ACT AGAINST THE WEST. &gt;&gt; AND THE PERPETRATORS, OF COURSE, IN BOTH LAS VEGAS AND NEW ORLEANS ARE DEAD. THE PROFESSOR HERE AT DUKE SAYS THAT'LL MAKE IT ESPECIALLY HARD TO EVER REALLY KNOW WHAT EXACTLY THE MOTIVES WERE. WE KNOW IN NEW ORLEANS, THE FBI SAYS THE INDIVIDUAL DID HAVE AN ISIS FLAG IN HIS TRUCK AND HAD POST ON SOCIAL MEDIA ABOUT HOW HE HAD JOINED ISIS. SARAH KRUEGER WRAL NEWS LIVE AT DUKE UNIVERSITY. A LOT MORE TO LEARN HERE. SARAH, THANK YOU. &gt;&gt; OUR TEAM COVERAGE OF THE NEW YEAR'S DAY ATTACKS DOES NOT STOP HERE. COMING UP AT 4.30, HOW THE INVESTIGATION HAS LET LED OFFICIALS TO A HOME IN HOUSTON. AND YOU CAN FEW IN-DEPTH DETAILS OF EACH SUSPECTS TIED TO FORT LIBERTY</p>

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