You know that info is first of all Russian-right? Those tanks all sources agree came from the Ukraine. The Ukraine's (Former Soviet.) tank plant only offers three upgrade programs for the T-72 the
T-72MP, T-72AG and T-72-120 NATO compliant version.
http://www.morozov.com.ua/eng/body/t72.php
I will concede there is a
small possibility there might be some of those Russian tanks there based on the 2008 hijacking of a Ukrainian ship off Somalia in 2008 with 33 Russian tanks and ammo designated for Kenya. Again though based on the refs I've provided only Ukrainian T-72 tanks have been identified in country. But Kenya was a named trans ship point into the Sudan. But my sense now is some of the 200 T-72 tanks Ethiopia bought last year in a
SECRET deal as reported many times in the MBT Thread makes me wonder now, they were the MP version and still no details have emerged still on the deal except they were bought and paid for, origin and model, to whom from whom and the first shipments were to be delivered late last fall. I personally right now can't say the Russian tanks are there (Sudan/S. Sudan) when Amnesty (That has too much to lose in reputation and money.) and the Canadian Govt. and two UN arms agencies say they aren't and the Ukrainian tanks are. Kenya as I recall did eventually get those tanks at a later date and again based on the on scene sources have to assume they're still in Kenya that has issues of it's own with internal issues. Here's some refs on the hijacking...
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,428582,00.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7637257.stm
http://www.stratfor.com/sample/situa...krainian-tanks
I hope you took note on whose tanks they were from above, the PITA as Don would say concerning equipment issues which is why I stand by my conclusions and also the Ukraine has not denied the sales of those tanks.
Regards,
Pat