The Telegraph reports that one Royal Marine "told of how an Iraqi colonel driving a car with a briefcase full of cash refused to stop and was shot dead. 'I didn't know what to do with the money so I gave it to the kids, bundles of the stuff,' the Royal Marine said."
What is she wearing? (Victoria Clarke attacked for her wardrobe)
The fact that Clarke, 43, is colour blind is a mitigating factor. "She couldn't tell you the exact colour of what she was wearing," says one senior defence official. But given the advisers to hand in such an image-conscious presidency, it offers only a partial explanation.This Givhan chick is the one who attacked Katerine Harris' toilette during the recount fiasco."Colour blindness could certainly explain Clarke's affection for jarring colour combinations," writes Givhan. "Or the tendency for her wardrobe to look like a collection of prepackaged separates rather than suits assembled based on mood or whims ... But it does not explain Clarke's decision to wear colour at all."