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Mark Esper, the former Secretary of Defense, is publicly fretting that Donald Trump will retaliate against those in the deep state that sought to undermine his first term as President of the United States, telling the media that he thinks those worried about retaliation have a “legitimate fear”.Esper recalled an alleged incident where Trump “…wanted to call back to active duty Adm. McRaven and Gen. McChrystal, to court-martial them, for some things that they allegedly said in in the public domain, and Milley and I had to talk the president out of doing that, for any number of reasons.”The comments...

The workers union at Starbucks is claiming the coffee chain is shutting down a recently unionized cafe in retaliation for its activist efforts. It’s the latest escalation between a rapidly growing national labor movement and the coffee giant. Workers United, the union that’s backing organizing efforts at Starbucks, said in a Friday filing with the National Labor Relations Board that Starbucks is violating federal labor law by permanently closing an Ithaca, New York, store. The group alleged it was in retaliation since employees at the location voted to unionize in April. The Ithica store employees say they originally went on...

Terrorists in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip fired approximately 50 rockets at Israel Tuesday morning, following the elimination of a senior Islamic Jihad terrorist in Gaza. As of 9:10 a.m. (Israel time), some 50 rocket launches were reported, while Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense system fired approximately 20 missiles at incoming rockets. Three Israelis were reported injured as a result of the rocket attacks, including two suffering from shock, and a third injured while running to a bomb shelter. A home in southern Israel was struck by a rocket, which scored a direct hit on the building. Sirens were sounded in...

“If the United States imposes sanctions on us or takes such a step, Turkey will absolutely retaliate,” Cavusoglu said. “What needs to be done is the U.S. needs to let go of this.” .. Turkey plans to buy more than 100 of Lockheed Martin’s (LMT.N) F-35 Joint Strike Fighter jets, and is also in talks with Washington over the purchase of Patriot missiles. Turkey signed an agreement with Russia in December to buy S-400 surface-to-air missile batteries as part of Ankara’s plans to boost its defense capabilities amid threats from Kurdish and Islamist militants at home and conflicts across its...

Russia has delivered a behind-the-scenes threat to retaliate if airstrikes carried out by the U.S. or its allies target the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Middle Eastern security officials told WND. The security officials said Russia complained Sunday in quiet talks with United Nations representatives that the Obama administration’s current aerial campaign against Islamic State fighters in Syria is a violation of international agreements regarding control of Syrian airspace.

DAILY PRICE REPORT Today’s AM fix was USD 1371.00, EUR 982.30 and GBP 821.70 per ounce. Yesterday’s AM fix was USD 1355.75, EUR 977.47 and GBP 817.01 per ounce.Gold rose $20.10 or 1.5% yesterday to $1,367.10/oz. Silver surged 47 cents or 2.2% to $21.28/oz.Putin and a Gold BarGold extended gains to a third session today, reaching fresh six month highs as investors hedged geopolitical risks and Chinese economic slowdown fears. Gold hit $1,375.20, its highest since September 10 and has gained 14% so far this year on global geopolitical and macroeconomic risk.A significant bond default in China and a weak...

A senior Israeli official signaled on Wednesday that Israel was considering further military strikes on Syria to stop the transfer of advanced weapons to Islamist Hizbullah – and warned President Bashar Assad against any kind of retaliation against the Jewish state. The New York Times quoted the Israeli official who said, “Israel is determined to continue to prevent the transfer of advanced weapons to Hizbullah. The transfer of such weapons to Hizbullah will destabilize and endanger the entire region.” “If Syrian President Assad reacts by attacking Israel, or tries to strike Israel through his terrorist proxies,” the official said, “he...

Lawyer up, Issa warns CIA staff By Jordy Yager - 04/17/13 08:39 PM ET House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) is pushing ahead with his investigation of last year’s fatal attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, by preparing federal agencies to allow employees to lawyer up. In separate letters to the legal offices of the CIA, State Department and Defense Department, Issa said some witnesses on the issue might need lawyers, if their agencies decide to retaliate against them for their testimony. “During the course of the investigation, numerous individuals have approached the committee with information related...

Minister Moshe Yaalon (Likud) said Sunday that Israel does not intend to maintain restraint in the face of the intense rocket attacks from Gaza. "If the terror organizations do not cease their fire we will be prepared to toughen our response as much as necessary, until they say 'enough!'," he said. "There is a complicated war here, and in the end we will finish it," he said. "This is not a one-off move. But we will put an end to it. We do not intend to maintain restraint because the situation is unbearable for us." "We will bring quiet to...

Turkey's Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said Saturday his country would retaliate without hesitation...

Mumbai: At least 15 people have been injured in gunfights between two groups in at least three places in Mumbai on Thursday night. Details are sketchy but it is believed that two gangs fired at each other at outside CST Railway Terminus, Hotel Oberoi and the popular Café Leopold restaurant in Mumbai. The first shooting took place near the CST police station

Two British-born Pakistanis were among eight gunmen arrested by Indian authorities following the Mumbai massacre. An explosive gun battle is now taking part as commandos attempt to take back the Taj hotel. Indian commandos are locked in a standoff with terrorists at two locations in Mumbai as the battle to save hostages intensifies. The siege is continuing at the Taj Mahal hotel in the city, which has been brought to its knees by two days of gun battles after terrorists went on the rampage. Shots are ringing out from the building and the terrorists have even fired at the world's...

NEWBERRY, S.C. - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney says that if terrorists detonated a nuclear bomb in a U.S. city while he was president he would retaliate "in a very dramatic and clear way." Posed that scenario while campaigning Friday in this early primary state, Romney said he didn't want to say much more. "The answer is you would retaliate and you'd retaliate in a very dramatic and clear way. I don't want to be terribly more specific than that," the former Massachusetts governor said. "But there's no question that people understand that the reason that we have the thousands...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran's top nuclear negotiator warned Israel on Tuesday that his country would retaliate if the Jewish state were to attack Iranian nuclear facilities. Israel and the United States suspect Iran is secretly building nuclear weapons under cover of a nuclear energy program. In the past, Israel has said it would not allow Iran to build a nuclear bomb. In 1981, Israeli fighter-bombers destroyed a nuclear reactor that was under construction outside Baghdad because it feared Iraq would acquire a nuclear weapon. Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said last month Iran was a threat to Israel, ``maybe...

Absentees threaten retaliation May file suit over loss of privileges By RACHEL GRAVES Aug. 19, 2003, 9:43AM ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Texas' Democratic state senators are threatening criminal and civil action against the governor and other Republicans if their parking spaces, cellular phones and mail service are not restored today. Republican senators have stripped these privileges and others from the offices of 11 Democratic senators in an attempt to force them back to the Capitol from Albuquerque, where they fled three weeks ago to block GOP-backed congressional redistricting. All but one of the chamber's 12 Democrats are in Albuquerque. The Democrats...

Radical Islamists are in complete control of Iraq, Iran, Syria, Libya, and a handful of smaller states where a breakneck effort is underway to acquire chemical, biological and nuclear weapons. They have exported their radical revolution by supporting terror and propaganda in moderate Islamic states, insurgencies in Russi, China, the Philippines, the Balkins, and sub-Saharan Africa, and with the influence that huge worldwide financial investments bring to bear. The Islamists are aiding in the mass murder of innocent civilians in Israel, India, Pakistan, and Africa. Genocide against Christians has been going on for years in southern Sudan. Terrorists are lying...

Israel will retaliate if Iraq strikes By Alan Philps in Jerusalem (Filed: 12/08/2002) Israel has told the United States that it will retaliate if attacked by Iraqi missiles during the promised American assault to remove Saddam Hussein. The decision means that Israel is likely to be a participant in the campaign, in contrast to the 1991 Gulf war, when it was restrained by Washington. Officials said the prime minister, Ariel Sharon, had told to President Bush that there was no question of Israel staying on the sidelines as it did in the past. The Americans are understood to be sympathetic...

Israel will retaliate if Iraq strikes By Alan Philps in Jerusalem (Filed: 12/08/2002) Israel has told the United States that it will retaliate if attacked by Iraqi missiles during the promised American assault to remove Saddam Hussein. The decision means that Israel is likely to be a participant in the campaign, in contrast to the 1991 Gulf war, when it was restrained by Washington. Officials said the prime minister, Ariel Sharon, had told to President Bush that there was no question of Israel staying on the sidelines as it did in the past. The Americans are understood to be sympathetic...

The attack on the Frank Sinatra International Student Center of Hebrew University at Jerusalem was an attack on America. The center is named after a quintessential American singer. American students studying abroad were sure to be found there eating lunch in the crowded cafeteria. The first president of Hebrew University itself was, from 1935 to 1948, a leader of the New York Jewish community named Judah Magnes, who was born in San Francisco and who had previously served as a rabbi in Brooklyn and at Temple Emanu-El and Congregation B'nai Jeshurun in Manhattan. Countless American pilgrims and tourists begin their...

Israel has decided to retaliate for the Palestinian suicide attack in Jerusalem that killed at least 19 people, Israeli public radio reported. Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Defense Minister Binyamin Ben Eliezer made the decision to respond, the radio added. Government sources cited by the radio said Sharon and Ben Eliezer met with army and security officials to discuss the riposte to the latest attack. A meeting of Sharon's "mini-cabinet" was scheduled for Tuesday evening. According to Haaretz, government sources said that following Sharon and Ben Eliezer consultations there was no change in the decision, at present, not to expel...