NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) – Iraq’s prime minister said Thursday that captive Islamic State militants told his intelligence agents of an alleged plot to attack subways in the United States and Paris, France.
Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi said he was told of the purported plot by officials in Baghdad, and that it was the work of foreign fighters who had joined the Islamic State group in Iraq, including French and U.S. nationals. Al-Abadi’s assertion has not be independently confirmed by U.S. government intelligence.
A senior Obama administration official told The Associated Press no one in the U.S. government is aware of such a plot....Considering the fact that the U.S. government wasn't able to prevent Ft. Hood #1 and #2 and the Boston Bombing...I'll place my bets on Iraqi intelligence....
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Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi said he was told of the purported plot by officials in Baghdad, and that it was the work of foreign fighters who had joined the Islamic State group in Iraq, including French and U.S. nationals. Al-Abadi’s assertion has not be independently confirmed by U.S. government intelligence.
A senior Obama administration official told The Associated Press no one in the U.S. government is aware of such a plot....Considering the fact that the U.S. government wasn't able to prevent Ft. Hood #1 and #2 and the Boston Bombing...I'll place my bets on Iraqi intelligence....
Read the story here...
http://cbsloc.al/1mvfn1N
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