Chicago, New Orleans on high alert for terror attacks on New Year's Eve after thwarted LA, New Orleans attacks

Chicago and New Orleans officials are sounding the alarm for high alert over possible New Year’s Eve terror attacks after two suspected terror attacks were thwarted in both Los Angeles and New Orleans. In Chicago, the city’s New Year’s Eve celebrations have been reported to be an “attractive target” for both foreign and domestic terrorists.

According to an assessment from Chicago officials, the New Year’s Eve celebration event with fireworks on the city’s Navy Pier is an “attractive target” for terror attacks.

In an assessment released by state, federal, and local officials, it was determined that there was no specific threat, but that the event is vulnerable to domestic and foreign extremists looking to use car ramming attacks or drones.

In addition to the assessment in Chicago, New Orleans officials have also requested that there be heightened security for the New Year’s Eve, Sugar Bowl event after an ex-Marine was arrested on the way to Louisiana with guns as well as body armor.

Micah James Legnon, 28, was charged with threats in interstate commerce in the alleged plot, but that has sparked New Orleans officials to request more security for the upcoming New Year’s Eve event. Authorities have also said that Legnon is affiliated with the left-wing extremist group known as the Turtle Island Liberation Front.

Affiliates of the radical left-wing group were also arrested for an alleged NYE bombing attack plot set to take place in Los Angeles. This comes as the topic of radical Islamic extremism has been a topic of conversation online over the last few days after Tucker Carlson had downplayed the number of radical Islamic attacks that have taken place in the US.

New Orleans itself last year suffered an ISIS-inspired terror attack that was committed by Shamsud-Din Jabbar, who killed 15 people in a ramming and shooting attack where 14 people were killed. Jabbar rammed a truck into a New Orleans crowd last year on New Year’s Eve, injuring at least 57 people and 14 people were killed. Jabbar was then killed in a shootout with police.