Iraq warned France about attacks day before assault

French security officer says such intelligence arrives 'all the time'

Iraqi intelligence officials warned members of the US-led coalition fighting the Islamic State group of imminent assaults by the militants one day before last week's attacks in Paris killed at least 129 people.

Iraqi intelligence sent a dispatch saying the group's leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, had ordered an attack on coalition countries fighting against them in Iraq and Syria, as well as on Iran and Russia, through bombings or other attacks in the days ahead.