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RESEARCH REPORT

IRAQI MILITIAS AT WAR / 01

Militia media networks

Assessed affiliations, forwarding routes and the evidence that remains when the busiest account is removed.

Following the messages
FIGURE 01 / PDF PAGE 3
Six publishing channels and their assessed affiliations.
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KH outlets used IRI Military Media for 114 of 126 forwards of shared IRI statements; Nujaba outlets used IRI Islamic Resistance in Iraq for 42 of 46. KSS outlets copied 31 of 33 selected Saraya Awliya al-Dam texts. Nujaba outlets copied 32 of 34 Jaysh al-Ghadab texts and 22 of 26 Ashab al-Kahf texts. Rijal al-Bas al-Shadid is assessed as a likely AAH facade; AAH-aligned Huruf Sumerian News copied 20 of 31 selected texts.

FIGURE 01

Which real militia can the messages point to?

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KH outlets used IRI Military Media for 114 of 126 forwards of shared IRI statements; Nujaba outlets used IRI Islamic Resistance in Iraq for 42 of 46. KSS outlets copied 31 of 33 selected Saraya Awliya al-Dam texts. Nujaba outlets copied 32 of 34 Jaysh al-Ghadab texts and 22 of 26 Ashab al-Kahf texts. Rijal al-Bas al-Shadid is assessed as a likely AAH facade; AAH-aligned Huruf Sumerian News copied 20 of 31 selected texts.

Six publishing channels and their assessed affiliations. Choose Actual size to read small labels.

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The complete direct-forward comparison: 1,486 recipient posts across 29 affiliated outlets.
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The bars count recipient posts whose Telegram records identify the original publishing channel. Colours identify the assessed militia affiliation of the forwarding outlets: Kataib Hezbollah, Harakat al-Nujaba, Kataib Sayyid al-Shuhada and Asaib Ahl al-Haq. Smaller forwarding links remain included here.

FIGURE 02

Six publishers, different militia media routes

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The bars count recipient posts whose Telegram records identify the original publishing channel. Colours identify the assessed militia affiliation of the forwarding outlets: Kataib Hezbollah, Harakat al-Nujaba, Kataib Sayyid al-Shuhada and Asaib Ahl al-Haq. Smaller forwarding links remain included here.

The complete direct-forward comparison: 1,486 recipient posts across 29 affiliated outlets. Choose Actual size to read small labels.

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Named-account links with at least 20 recorded forwards.
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Separate arrow panels show Nujaba-affiliated accounts carrying the claim publishers. Nujaba-affiliated Shahed News forwarded 22 Saraya Awliya al-Dam posts. This is a cross-militia distribution link; Saraya’s assessed affiliation remains KSS-linked. Arrows show recorded forwarding, not operational command.

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The Telegram links behind the claim names: Nujaba

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Separate arrow panels show Nujaba-affiliated accounts carrying the claim publishers. Nujaba-affiliated Shahed News forwarded 22 Saraya Awliya al-Dam posts. This is a cross-militia distribution link; Saraya’s assessed affiliation remains KSS-linked. Arrows show recorded forwarding, not operational command.

Named-account links with at least 20 recorded forwards. Choose Actual size to read small labels.

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Named accounts, their affiliations and the publishers they forwarded.
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The three panels show Kataib Hezbollah, Kataib Sayyid al-Shuhada and Asaib Ahl al-Haq media links. Like the Nujaba panels, these diagrams show named-account links with at least 20 forwards; the full forwarding bars also include smaller links.

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The Telegram links behind the claim names: KH, KSS and AAH

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The three panels show Kataib Hezbollah, Kataib Sayyid al-Shuhada and Asaib Ahl al-Haq media links. Like the Nujaba panels, these diagrams show named-account links with at least 20 forwards; the full forwarding bars also include smaller links.

Named accounts, their affiliations and the publishers they forwarded. Choose Actual size to read small labels.

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The affiliation test with each militia group’s busiest copying account removed.
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Copied-statement coverage is compared before and after removing the busiest matching account. Jaysh al-Ghadab’s Nujaba link persists: 29 of 34 selected texts remain, compared with 32 before removal. Ashab al-Kahf retains 17 of 26, compared with 22. RBS’s wartime AAH link depends on Huruf Sumerian News alone. These are selected source texts, not counts of direct forwards.

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Do the militia links depend on one outlet?

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Copied-statement coverage is compared before and after removing the busiest matching account. Jaysh al-Ghadab’s Nujaba link persists: 29 of 34 selected texts remain, compared with 32 before removal. Ashab al-Kahf retains 17 of 26, compared with 22. RBS’s wartime AAH link depends on Huruf Sumerian News alone. These are selected source texts, not counts of direct forwards.

The affiliation test with each militia group’s busiest copying account removed. Choose Actual size to read small labels.

Jaysh al-Ghadab’s Nujaba link persists without the most prolific amplifier. RBS’s wartime AAH link depends on Huruf Sumerian News alone, making that affiliation assessment less secure.