| The T-72 main battle tanks donated to the Iraq Army could be impounded before they reach Baghdad. A U.S. company has sued the Iraqi Defense Ministry in a Kuwaiti court for lack of payment in a contract to refurbish the T-72s. The company, Defense Solutions LLC, has sought to impound the tanks when they arrive in Kuwait. Last week, the Iraq Army accepted delivery of the first T-72s. The T-72s have been donated by Hungary and shipped by NATO for the new Iraq Army Ninth Division, meant to be a motorized armor unit. Defense Solutions had been contracted by the Iraqi Defense Ministry to refurbish the T-72s before delivery. But executives said the ministry has not fully paid the U.S. company. |