US authorities believe the Islamic State jihadists will try to stage an attack in America in reprisal for US-led air strikes in Syria

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Vanguardngr reports--- US authorities believe the Islamic State jihadists will try to stage an attack in America in reprisal for US-led air strikes in Syria, the head of the FBI said Thursday. “There’s no doubt,” said director James Comey told reporters. “They want to do things in retaliation for America’s actions or its allies.”
 
He added: “I’m sure they’ll desire to find a way to strike here.” The United States and Arab allies began bombing Islamic State targets Tuesday, and overnight Wednesday began hitting oil installations controlled by the group in a bid to cut off its money supply.


Since August 8 the United State has conducted around 200 air strikes against the group in Iraq. “The logic is that if they aspire to be the leader of the global jihad you don’t get there without striking America,” he said. “I have absolutely no doubt that if they have the capability, which I don’t believe they have, to conduct some sophisticated simultaneous attack, they would,” Comey told journalists.
He gave no details on what kind of attack the Americans fear, but said the goal would be to “find any way to kill or brutalize innocent Americans.”