Iraqi PM: Plot To Attack US, Paris Uncovered

Was there a plot for an attack on subway systems in the United States and Paris?

A senior Obama administration official says no one in the U.S. government is aware of one.

However, Iraq's Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi says his country's intelligence operation uncovered the plan.

Asked if the attacks were imminent, he said, "I'm not sure." Asked if the attacks had been thwarted, he said, "No, it has not been disrupted yet... this is a network," The World Post reported.

"Today, while I'm here I'm receiving accurate reports from Baghdad that there were arrests of a few elements and there were networks from inside Iraq to have attacks ... on metros of Paris and U.S.," al-Abadi said.

"They are not Iraqis. Some of them are French, some of them are Americans. But they are in Iraq," he added.

The U.S. official says the plot was never discussed in meetings with Iraqi officials this week in New York.

The Iraqi leader said foreign fighters of the Islamic State group in Iraq were behind the plot.

The administration official was not authorized to discuss the matter publicly by name and spoke on condition of anonymity.

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