Iraqi PM: Plot To Attack US, Paris Subways Uncovered

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

Source: CBS

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) – Iraq’s prime minister says his country’s intelligence operation has uncovered a plot for an imminent attack on subway systems in the United States and Paris.

Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said he was told of the plot by Baghdad on Thursday, and that it was the work of foreign fighters of the Islamic State group in Iraq. Asked if the attack was imminent, he said, “Yes.”

Asked if the attack had been thwarted, he said, “No.” Al-Abadi said the United States had been alerted.

He made the remarks at a meeting with journalists on the sidelines of a gathering of world leaders at the United Nations General Assembly.


Read more: http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2014/09/25/iraqi-pm-plot-to-attack-us-paris-subways-uncovered/

[JustAnotherGen]

1. I've read a few different links

Not at DU - but for example - WPIX has this story up to.

The Wait and See . . . based on what proof is he making this claim? I know last week there were drills in NYC on the subways for training.

[Kelvin Mace]

2. Translation:

Out "intelligence service" beat confessions out of some people we captured so we could provide these "threats" to American officials and thus justify continual war in Iraq/Syria. In 3-5 years, the reliability of this information will be on par with Curveball's NBC weapons that justified illegal invasion of Iraq.

[SkyDaddy7]

3. And then there is also...

The chance a real plot was uncovered...I think we need to wait & see. Your knee jerk reaction is no better than the war hawks!

This is a messy complicated world & just because something happened in the past does not mean it is the case ever single time you don't like what you hear. There really are groups out there who for whatever reason want to see you, your family & as many Westerners dead as possible. Like I said, we should not jump to conclusions either way we should be smart patient & wait to see what the facts are before making wild ass claims with nothing at all to back them up with.

[bigworld]

6. I agree with you

So often we on DU are quick to dismiss these warnings as propaganda. And many times, they are -- spread by the military industrial complex or by paranoid politicians or media.

But there ARE people out there who are intent on doing serious harm to Americans. And one day, one of these warnings will be the real deal.

[B2G]

8. It amazes me that there are some here

who honestly can't see that there are terrorist out there that want us dead.

Amazing really.

[Kelvin Mace]

9. And there are people who cannot see that to others

OUR government are the terrorists.

Why do these people want us dead? Because we keep invading their countries illegally and committing war crimes.

It amazes me that people keep believing a government that has provably lied to use for decades.

[B2G]

11. Obama is a terrorist?

Can't wait for this explanation.

[Kelvin Mace]

23. If your family is dead from a drone attack ordered by

Obama, then to them he is a terrorist. If Bush were the one launching these drone attacks, everybody here would be with me denouncing him. But, because it is someone they voted for, suddenly the rules don't apply.

Terrorism is in the eye of the beholder. One man's "terrorist" is another man's "freedom fighter". We call them "The Founding Fathers", the English government called them "traitors".

I really do not understand why this concept is hard to grasp.

[CreekDog]

14. Are you suggesting that ISIS is made up of rational people?

[Kelvin Mace]

21. No more than I am claiming

the CIA and Congress is made up of "rational" people.

[Kelvin Mace]

10. How many times do we have to be lied to before we stop believing what these people tell us?

The entire Iraq war was justified by lies (as was the Vietnam War, see "Gulf of Tonkin Incident).

My views are hardly "wild ass claims with nothing at all to back them up with".

HISTORY backs me up.

Fear is what these people peddle to justify illegal war.

[B2G]

12. Obama ended the Iraq war

He withdrew from the region. He has done more Muslim outreach than any President before him.

They still want us dead.

So what do you suggest the next move is?

[jamzrockz]

15. He withdrew from Iraq

but re-injected himself in the Libyan and Syrian civil war. Without those 2 wars, the ISIS wouldn't be what they are today but hey whose country. if US troops are not seen on the ground then it can be assumed we are leaving them alone.

[B2G]

16. Except for those little packages of love

we're dropping from the sky.

[jamzrockz]

17. Its akin to

breaking your legs and when you are immobile and helpless, I come in a bring you lunch every single day. I bet you wouldn't be overcome with joy that the person that broke your leg just weeks ago is now bringing you lunch.

[B2G]

18. Depends on how hungry I am.

BTW, how long is it going to take those legs to heal, if ever?

And what do we do in the meantime?

[jamzrockz]

20. I guess I just a weird fella

but I prefer my leg not getting broken. This explains why I see our pouring gasoline into the fire called middle east can be a problem to the people living there who are trying to put said fire out.

[Kelvin Mace]

24. He certainly didn't end the war in Iraq since the war kept going even after we left.

And yes, he withdrew troops, but given that the entire country was destabilized by Bush's illegal war, there was NEVER going to be any good outcome from invading in the first place. We should have got out and stayed out. As horrible as the beheadings are, they are small potatoes next to the hundreds of thousands of deaths we have inflicted on the Iraqi people. And now we are getting ready to kill a few hundred thousand more people and make ourselves loathed even more in the Middle East.

[bigworld]

4. Does what we have here in Washington qualify as a functioning subway?

I don't think it does.

[Mike Daniels]

13. Actually, when the red line isn't breaking down every few hours

The system does what is was designed to pretty efficiently

I live in DC and was amazed that it wasn't targeted post 9/11. You hit a few lines during peak rush hour not only do you have a pretty significant body count but you would likely shut down the system for days given the two track design.

[amandabeech]

19. Hitting Metro Center or L'Enfant Plaza would close down a good part of the system, if done properly

to wreck both sets of tracks for each of the lines that meet at those stops.

Moreover, the system crawls if it has to single track, and that would mean the buses would be bulging and even more cars would be trying to find a parking spot in the District.

You are right that a rush hour attack would mean a very significant death toll. It would be very grisly, and it would be a long time before all the bodies could be recovered.

It's hard to even think about it.

[hrmjustin]

5. Scary stuff!

[closeupready]

7. Oh please.

[JI7]

22. the current attacks have been in Syria, the Iraqi PM looks to be trying to get the US to focus on

IRaq again and strike at ISIS there.

[Octafish]

25. Oh, THAT aluminum tube.

Just so convenient it makes me want to march to war -- better yet, in keeping with tradition, seeing someone else march to war.

[PSPS]

26. Need help killing off your opponents? Say BOO! and the US becomes your de-facto army & air force!1!