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The Militia Digest

SUNDAY, 16 AUGUST 2026 · MORNING EDITION

The Militia Digest

Muhammad al-Baldawi (AAH — Sadiqoun bloc) on Al-Ahad TV (AAH — official) demanded the legal basis and documents for reappointing Luqman al-Faily as ambassador after a 2016 resignation, and questioned a presidential decree issued without parliamentary consent. He also asked the Foreign Ministry to justify continuing adviser Wael Ghassan Hamza’s Iraqi salary on secondment and to check a dual-salary suspicion involving Britain. The same channel later aired him saying the bloc held documents of ministry violations, had written the authorities to recover wasted funds, and would raise further files. The demands were put as questions conditional on proof; no other faction channel took the file up, and the ministry has not replied.

Sara al-Mahmoodawi (Sadiqoun bloc) on Al-Ahad TV (AAH — official) called on the government to send the two PMF laws to the Council of Representatives rather than leave them hostage to delay. She asked that they be adopted and voted so as to secure legal rights for PMF personnel. No other actor repeated the demand.

On the security file, Firas al-Yaser, a Nujaba political-council member, on Al-Nujaba TV (Nujaba — official) said an official channel claiming independence had distorted the image of the fighters and marketed misleading meanings. He said that channel’s policies should be reconsidered because it represented only its officials. The post was tagged to NTV Iraq; the channel is not named in the text, and no reply is on record.

Saud al-Saadi (Hoquq — KH) directed a parliamentary question to the prime minister on removing zeros from the dinar. Al-Kornet al-Kata'ibi (KSS — affiliated) framed it as concerning government remarks, asking for the legal basis, economic usefulness and effects on confidence. Al-Ittijah TV (KH — official) later called it a question on the decision itself and posted a parliamentary letter; the two letter images show different visible dates.

In the militia space, Shabab al-Islam (Ashab al-Kahf — owned/non-official) posted a dramatized clip whose caption tells addressees not to surrender and states that, for followers of Hussein who attend mourning assemblies, surrendering weapons is cutting off all of their heads. The clip shows staged outdoor scenes and overlaid wording that includes American aircraft. No other channel carried that wording, and no attack claim of an associated incident is on record.

Al-Ittijah TV (KH — official) relayed a Diwaniyah tribal statement rejecting any turn of Jurf al-Nasr into a space for political bargaining and U.S. pressure; Sabereen News (KH — affiliated) carried the sheikhs on political deals and martyrs’ blood without naming Washington. The same official channel aired al-Sarraj saying the angry movement against return calls was the families of areas that had bled there. Al-Ahad TV (AAH — official) aired Ali al-Sahib calling for an immediate investigation of Adnan al-Janabi over Jurf remarks, while Al-Ittijah reported Karbala tribes condemning returns without naming him.

THINGS TO WATCH
Foreign Ministry reply or documents on the Faily reappointment and Hamza paymedium likelihoodmedium impactBaldawi put the demands as questions and as conditional on proof, and no ministry reply is on record.
Government sends the two PMF laws to the Council of Representativesmedium likelihoodhigh impactMahmoodawi called on the government to send the two laws rather than leave them hostage to delay.
Named official channel replies to Yaser or a regulator actslow likelihoodlow impactYaser said an official channel’s policies should be reconsidered; the channel is unnamed in the text and no reply is on record.
Prime minister’s office answers Saadi’s zeros question in writingmedium likelihoodmedium impactTwo KH-aligned channels carried a parliamentary question on the same policy with letter images dated differently.
A named faction brand claims an attack matching the Shabab al-Islam captionlow likelihoodmedium impactThe clip’s wording appeared on no other channel and no associated incident is on record.
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