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Subway Report Met With Doubt Report of Islamic State Terror Threat to Subways Met With Doubt
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The assertion by Iraq’s prime minister that his government had gathered intelligence indicating that the Islamic State was planning to attack targets in Europe and the United States, including subways, was greeted with some skepticism by American intelligence officials on Thursday.The assertion by Iraq’s prime minister that his government had gathered intelligence indicating that the Islamic State was planning to attack targets in Europe and the United States, including subways, was greeted with some skepticism by American intelligence officials on Thursday.
But in New York, both Mayor Bill de Blasio and Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo hastened to reassure the public that all precautions were being taken.But in New York, both Mayor Bill de Blasio and Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo hastened to reassure the public that all precautions were being taken.
The intelligence officials pointed out that the Iraqi intelligence was inconsistent with other information they had gathered about the Islamic State, but said they were looking into it nonetheless.The intelligence officials pointed out that the Iraqi intelligence was inconsistent with other information they had gathered about the Islamic State, but said they were looking into it nonetheless.
The prime minister, Haider al-Abadi, said that the plotting was being carried out by foreign fighters who had joined the Islamic State’s offensive in Iraq, adding that he had received the information on Thursday morning.The prime minister, Haider al-Abadi, said that the plotting was being carried out by foreign fighters who had joined the Islamic State’s offensive in Iraq, adding that he had received the information on Thursday morning.
Yet a senior official said that nobody in the Obama administration had been aware of such a plot and that it was not raised when American and Iraqi officials met at the United Nations earlier this week.Yet a senior official said that nobody in the Obama administration had been aware of such a plot and that it was not raised when American and Iraqi officials met at the United Nations earlier this week.
At a news conference in Union Square in Manhattan, after he and Police Commissioner William J. Bratton rode an express train to showcase the system’s safety, Mr. de Blasio said, “There is no immediate credible threat to our subway system.”At a news conference in Union Square in Manhattan, after he and Police Commissioner William J. Bratton rode an express train to showcase the system’s safety, Mr. de Blasio said, “There is no immediate credible threat to our subway system.”