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Islamic state crisis: Iraq uncovers 'US and Paris plots' | |
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Iraq's prime minister has said his country's intelligence officials have uncovered a plot to attack underground rail systems in the US and Paris. | Iraq's prime minister has said his country's intelligence officials have uncovered a plot to attack underground rail systems in the US and Paris. |
Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said he was told foreign fighters among the Islamic State (IS) group in Iraq were plotting an "imminent" attack. | |
Speaking on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly, he said the details he received looked credible. | |
The US says it is looking into Iraq's claim. | |
A senior US source told Reuters news agency it had no evidence of a plot by IS to attack US subways. | |
IS has seized large areas of Syria and Iraq in recent months and Western leaders have expressed concern that it could be hatching plots against the West. | |
The US launched nearly 200 air strikes against the militants in Iraq since August and expanded the operation against IS to Syria on Monday. |