The Militia Digest

Nujaba military assistant Abdulqader al-Karbala'i on Wednesday rejected restriction, handover and disarmament of the movement’s weapons. He also reaffirmed its decision to stay out of the political process. Sabereen News (KH — affiliated) and Unit 10,000 (KH — affiliated) relayed his weapons statement rather than declaring a separate KH position. His rejection followed the Coordination Framework’s Monday reaffirmation of the 30 June 2027 deadline for bringing weapons outside official authority under state control. Al-Hurra meanwhile reported that Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi had sought to overcome US objections to Deputy Prime Minister Laith al-Khazali’s (AAH — leader) appointment by arguing that AAH had agreed to relinquish its weapons. Citing two Iraqi political sources and an Iraqi source in Washington, it said al-Zaidi argued that accepting the appointment could encourage other factions to disarm.

The government’s enforcement of weapons control also drew a parliamentary challenge on Thursday. Hoquq MP Saud al-Saadi (KH — parliamentary bloc) questioned the constitutionality of pursuing critics of weapons-control decisions, following the government’s Monday direction to pursue incitement to violence or obstruction of state weapons control under the Anti-Terrorism Law. He requested clarification of the legal basis and compatibility with freedom of expression. On Al-Ahad TV (AAH — official), National Media Observatory member Wael al-Rikabi supported pursuing alleged inciters provided it did not become censorship. Political-affairs researcher Imad al-Musafir warned against using enforcement against opinion-makers. Naram Sin Foundation for Dialogue and Development president Haider al-Barzanji instead .