Unsurprisingly, when news emerged of a truck-ramming and shooting attack in New Orleans on New Year's Day, the question arose as to whether the attack had some connection to the Islamic State: a question that became more apparent when news emerged of an Islamic State banner being found in the attacker's vehicle. In what has now become a familiar routine, analysts (myself included) were on the lookout for a possible official claim of responsibility for the attack from the Islamic State.
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