The Militia Digest

Ali al-Asadi (Nujaba — political council head) said Friday that Nujaba would not give up what it calls resistance weapons. After meetings with senior Coordination Framework leaders, he also backed preserving the PMF as a national institution. He reiterated that Nujaba would remain outside formal politics. Security Media Cell head Lt. Gen. Saad Maan said the government had moved from whether factions could be disarmed to how, while retaining “all options”. The refusal followed Akram al-Kaabi’s (Nujaba — secretary-general) September 2 threat that U.S. Soldiers remaining after September 30 would not return safely. Al-Kornet al-Kata'ibi (KSS — affiliated) meanwhile called three men given 15-year sentences for a K1 rocket attack “mujahideen”. The court document it posted said they were convicted of firing Katyusha rockets on March 13 near an Iraqi counterterrorism battalion and a French coalition team.

Salem al-Absawi (Sadiqoun MP) told Al-Ahad TV (AAH — official) that parliament could escalate against PMF chairman Faleh al-Fayyad and ultimately remove him. He blamed Fayyad for ignoring notice and missing parliament, and said families of people he said were killed in the purported Saudi-American bombardment discussed on August 29 could go to court. Parliament has not adopted that position, and no dismissal proceeding was announced. The previous evening, political researcher Mohammed al-Fandi accused Fayyad of . Political affairs commentator Anwar al-Anzi accused him of failing to report attacks on the PMF, while a martyr’s father . Political analyst Ali Nasser separately said the judiciary could examine the matter and that the prime minister . The pressure carried by Al-Ahad has advanced from to an MP’s public removal warning. .