Iraqi Prime Minister reveals IS militants plots to attack subways in New York and Paris

Haidar al-Abadi, Iraq's prime minister, has revealed that captured Islamic State militants have indicated to Iraqi intelligence agents of plots to attack subways in the United States and Paris, however, the French and American officials apparently do not have any such information nzherald.co.nz.
No one in the US government was aware of such a plot, and it was never brought up in meetings with Iraqi officials this week in New York. French officials contacted by a section of the media were also not aware of such a plot.
Al-Abadi has clarified that the purported plot was the work of foreign fighters who had joined the Islamic State group in Iraqi, including French and US nationals. The plotters were not Iraqis but French and US nationals.
The Iraqi PM is attending the annual General Assembly and, in his words, the threat is very much alive because it is a network. President Barack Obama has met with Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi.
New York is the home to the country's largest subway system and John Miller, the New York Police Department's top counterterror official, has indicated that they were aware of the Iraqi official's statements and FBI and other federal partners are assessing the threat potentials.