ISIS planning attacks on New York and Paris subways

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The New York City Subway IS safe: De Blasio holds press conference to insist
that there is no terror threat after Iraqi PM's claims that ISIS will launch strike
By John Hall for MailOnline and Jill Reilly

Mayor de Blasio: 'I have a simple message: There is no threat to our subway'
Increased resources toward travel network and more police on the streets
Haider al-Abadi claimed Iraqi intelligence officials uncovered a terror plot
Said U.S. and French nationals are being trained to attack home countries
Abadi said intelligence was credible but was 'not sure' if attack is imminent
But America's National Security Council quickly knocked down the claims
Spokesperson said there is no evidence to suggest information is accurate
FBI Director James Comey told reporters that he hadn't heard of the plot

New York Mayor Bill de Blasio has spoken out against claims that ISIS is planning to attack the subway saying there is 'no credible threat.'

After taking the subway to a news conference this afternoon, he said: 'I have a simple message for our New Yorkers: There is no threat to our subway system.'

New York Police Commissioner Bratton said the NYPD has put increased resources toward protecting subways and rail stations and there will be more police patrols on the streets, but insisted the people of the city should feel 'comfortable and secure' using the travel network.

They were responding to claims by the Iraqi Prime Minister this morning that ISIS militants are planning to carry out terror attacks on the New York and Paris subways.

Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi today claimed to have received 'credible' information from intelligence officials in Baghdad that foreign fighters belonging to ISIS were plotting attacks.

National Security Council spokesman Caitlin Hayden said: 'We have not confirmed such a plot, and would have to review any information from our Iraqi partners before making further determinations We take any threat seriously and always work to corroborate information we receive from our partners.'

Mr Abadi made his remarks at a meeting with journalists on the sidelines of a gathering of world leaders at the United Nations General Assembly in New York today.

He said that the suspects included Islamic extremists originally from the United States and France who have been fighting alongside ISIS terrorists in Iraq.

'Today, while I am here, I am receiving accurate reports from Baghdad where there was [the] arrest of [a] few elements and there are networks planning from inside Iraq to have attacks,' he said.

'They plan to have attacks in the metros of Paris and the U.S.,' he added, speaking in English. 'From the details I have received, yes it looks credible.'

'They are not Iraqis. Some of them are French, some of them are Americans. But they are in Iraq,' Mr Abadi went on to say.

His claims were quickly slapped down by U.S. officials, however.

'We've seen the reports of Prime Minister Abadi's comments. We have not confirmed such a plot, and would have to review any information from our Iraqi partners before making further determinations,' said Caitlin Hayden, spokesperson for the U.S. National Security Council.

'We take any threat seriously and always work to corroborate information we receive from our partners. We're obviously very focused on the issue of foreign fighters, as you saw evidenced yesterday at the Security Council session the President chaired, she added.

The Iraqi Prime Minister said that he received the information from intelligence officials based in Baghdad earlier this morning.

In addition to the brutality Islamic State has visited on the people of Iraq and Syria, western leaders have voiced concern that the group would turn its terror operations outside the region.

A U.S.-led coalition opened airstrikes inside Syria on Monday, expanding weeks of attacks by the United States on Islamic State targets in Iraq.

A fresh wave of airstrikes from the United States and its Arab allies hit ISIS oil refineries overnight, killing at least 14 militants and striking at the heart of the terror group's funding.

ISIS generates up to $2million a day from the sale of oil, employing highly trained engineers to extract thousands of barrels a day from the vast swaths of Syria and Iraq under the terror group's control.

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