BREAKING NEWS: ISIS Terror Plot To Hit New York And Paris Subways: Iraqi PM Claims French And American Jihadis Are Being Trained For Attacks On Their Homelands -- Daily Mail
* Haider al-Abadi claimed Iraqi intelligence officials uncovered a terror plot
* American and French militants are being trained to attack home countries
* Abadi said intelligence was credible but was 'not sure' if attack is imminent
* U.S. intelligence sources responded by appearing to knock down the claims
* They said there is no evidence to suggest Abadi's information is accurate
Iraq has received 'credible' intelligence that ISIS militants plan to launch attacks on subway systems in Paris and the United States, the country's Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has claimed.
Mr Abadi said he was told of the plot by Baghdad, and that it was the work of foreign fighters belonging to ISIS in Iraq. Asked if the attacks were imminent, he said, 'I'm not sure.'
Asked if the attacks had been thwarted, he said, 'No' but added that America had been alerted.
He went on to say that the suspects included Islamic extremists originally from the United States and France who have been fighting alongside ISIS terrorists in Iraq.
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Iraqi Intelligence Uncovers ISIS Plot to Attack New York, Paris Subways, PM Says -- FOX News
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Iraqi Prime Minister Says Attack Against U.S. and Paris Subways Is 'Imminent' -- The Wire
Update #1: U.S. officials are saying that there is no evidence that such a plot exists .... US officials: No evidence of NYC terror plot described by Iraqi PM (MSNBC).
Update #2: Islamic State crisis: US 'no evidence' of subway plots -- BBC
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