Tuesday 27 April 2010

Gulf War battle reignites as Kuwait tries to freeze Iraqi Airways assets

A bitter legal battle between Iraq and Kuwait dating back to the Gulf War has resurfaced in the British courts.

On Sunday evening the first scheduled commercial flight from Baghdad to London for 20 years touched down at Gatwick airport.

Waiting for the plane were lawyers acting for Kuwait Airways. They carried a High Court order issued the same day, freezing the global assets of Iraq’s national airline, Iraqi Airways.

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