The 4 individuals the feds thought had been in cahoots with New Orleans terrorist Shamsud-Din Jabbar weren’t serving to him plant bombs across the French Quarter … they had been occasion individuals searching for their subsequent drink.

Federal sources inform TMZ … the confusion began when investigators checked out surveillance video from the Bourbon Avenue space and seen 3 males and a lady peering inside two coolers through which Jabbar had planted home made bombs … resulting in theories Jabbar was not appearing alone.

Our sources say investigators in the end decided these individuals weren’t terrorists in any respect … moderately they had been partiers checking the coolers to see if there was booze inside.

Once they did not discover what they had been searching for, they walked away and left the IEDs undisturbed. The feds now imagine these people had no clue they had been observing explosive units, presumably as a result of they had been drunk.

Our sources additionally say the FBI is now in possession of a number of cellular units belonging to Jabbar … and the hope is these units may shine a lightweight on his ISIS radicalization.

Our sources say the feds have already put collectively a timeline … Jabbar went to a gun store in Houston on Dec. 31 however he did not purchase something, and he additionally spent a part of his New Yr’s Eve at a gun vary.

Jabbar rented the Ford pickup truck he used within the assault and obtained an Airbnb in New Orleans on NYE … he was planning on detonating the bombs with a set off machine.