Uncovered but not thwarted - in fact, imminent

The West gets a bracing heads-up from Iraq's prime minister:

 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.

So far, none of the recent ratchetings-up of the threat level have led to foul deeds.   (In the Australian case, it's because they were able to find and bust the guys who were going to randomly pull people off the streets of Sydney and Brisbane  and behead them on video.)  But that merely reinforces the point Tom Ridge made over a decade ago:  The bastards only have to get lucky once.

Could be an interesting day.