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Iraqi PM: Plot To Attack US, Paris Subways UncoveredSeptember 25, 2014 11:32 AM
Tighter security is seen at Penn Station after Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced an increase in police presence in New York City transportation hubs due to the threat of terrorism. (Credit: CBS 2)NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) – Iraq’s prime minister says his country’s intelligence operation has uncovered a plot for an imminent attack on subway systems in the United States and Paris.
Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said he was told of the plot by Baghdad on Thursday, and that it was the work of foreign fighters of the Islamic State group in Iraq. Asked if the attack was imminent, he said, “Yes.â€
Asked if the attack had been thwarted, he said, “No.†Al-Abadi said the United States had been alerted. He made the remarks at a meeting with journalists on the sidelines of a gathering of world leaders at the United Nations General Assembly.
In addition to the brutality Islamic State has visited on the people of Iraq and Syria, western leaders have voiced concern that the group would turn its terror operations outside the region.
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