Mr Fitzgibbon hinted yesterday that he was being targeted because there was opposition to his attempts at major reform of Defence, with a white paper due out later this year.

• 菲茨吉本在昨日暗示说，由于有人反对其在国防方面的重大改革的尝试，他正成为今年将发布的白皮书的攻击对象。