Iraq reveals Isil ‘terror plot’ to attack America and France
September 26, 2014
New York and France increase security on public transport systems as Iraqi prime minister says network of foreign fighters planning attacks.
Haider al-Abadi, who is attending the United Nations general assembly in New York, said Islamic State militants captured in Iraq had disclosed details of the plots involving American and French jihadists. The US and its Western allies have been on alert for revenge attacks by returning Western jihadists or home-grown terrorists in retaliation for air strikes in Iraq and Syria.