John Bryson of the New Orleans Police Department said the police thought the shootings were either drug-related or some type of retaliation attack.
"I think there's going to be some type of retaliation," said a European diplomat in Nairobi, Kenya, who trades ideas on anti-piracy strategies with other diplomats and was instructed not to speak publicly about the issues.
Many times that is due to fear of some type of retaliation".
It is the only known case of retaliation so far.
California, Iowa and seven other states, along with the District of Columbia, refused to sign the plan that would require Microsoft to give computer makers freedom to promote certain types of products without retaliation.
Of course, hawkish military types might think: Gee, if there is no threat of retaliation what's to stop terrorists from just attacking with impunity?
In his letter, Mr. Annan said that in his reprimand of Mr. Lubbers he had in particular "underlined to him his duty to defend the right of staff members to make complaints about all forms of misconduct, and to be protected from any type of reprisal or retaliation against them, regardless of the outcome of the complaint".
In the past year, however, the Supreme Court has favoured victims in four cases alleging retaliation after various types of complaint (not just sexual harassment)—a rare instance of the current court ruling against business.American business is far from perfect, but it is generally agreed to be leading the way in tackling sexual harassment.
"There was no significant difference between the B-1 and the H-1B employees in the type of work they did," the manager, who was granted anonymity out of fears of retaliation by the company, said in an interview.
I'm scared of retaliation.
