NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Iraqi's prime minister warned the country's intelligence force has identified "credible" information about imminent plots by the Islamic State to launch attacks on subway systems in New York City and Paris. Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi made his comments in front of reporters at a meeting of world leaders at the United Nations General Assembly, according to reports by both Reuters and the Associated Press on Thursday. The Iraqi prime minister indicated that U.S. officials were made aware of the plots, but noted that they had not been thwarted, the AP reports.