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Report: ISIS may attempt strikes on U.S.

Posted at 12:39 PM, Sep 25, 2014
and last updated 2014-09-25 15:00:44-04

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said Thursday information from captured Iraqi militants suggests ISIS is planning an attack on subway systems in the United States.

They are also planning attacks on subway systems in Paris, he said.

The Associated Press reports the prime minister, speaking in English, said he was "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."

Also Thursday, Ora TV's Newsbreaker tweeted information saying ISIS had overrun an Iraqi military base and executed hundreds: