Iraq, Kuwait and Swift-class patrol boatsnote

The Kuwaiti Defence Ministry is said to have asked the Pentagon for clarifications about the equipment of the Swift-class patrol boats that the Iraqi Navy is taking delivery from US shipbuilder Swiftship under a contract for 12 vessels. The following 317-word report sheds light on the subject and tells what about the reaction of Iraqi PM Nouri Al-Maliki and that of the Iraqi Defence Ministry.