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Iraq Monitorعين على العراقPrimary-source intelligence · updated 15:43 Baghdad
Intra-militia conflictDivergence29 Jul, 13:28 BAGHDAD

Six faction outlets carry identical PMF funeral notice within minutes

A funeral notice signed by the Popular Mobilization Forces was carried verbatim within four minutes by Al-Ittijah TV and Unit 10,000 (KH), Asaib Ahl al-Haq (AAH), Al-Nujaba TV (Nujaba), Al-Ghadeer TV (Badr Organization) and Sabereen News (KH)

WHAT HAPPENED

An identical text addressed "to the loyal nation of the Hashd" calling for "wide participation in the official funeral of a constellation of its righteous martyrs, who ascended following the Saudi-American terrorist aggression that targeted its headquarters this morning," naming the General Directorate of Media building on Karim al-Nadi Street at four in the afternoon, was published within a four-minute span by Sabereen News and Unit 10,000 (both KH — affiliated), Al-Ghadeer TV (Badr Organization — official), Al-Nujaba TV (Nujaba — official), Asaib Ahl al-Haq (AAH — official armed group channel) and Al-Ittijah TV (KH — official). The notice carries the PMF Commission's own web address in its graphic. The desk's text matching records the AAH, Unit 10,000 and Sabereen News versions as exact matches.

WHY IT MATTERS

A single PMF-signed mobilization text moving simultaneously through four rival factions' channels shows the Commission, not any one faction, owning the public framing of this event.

EVIDENCE · INTERCEPTED CHANNEL MESSAGE
View the original message (Arabic)إلى أمة الحشد الأوفياء، تدعوكم هيأة الحشد الشعبي للمشاركة الواسعة في التشييع الرسمي لكوكبة من شهدائها الأبرار، الذين ارتقوا إثر العدوان الإرهـ ـابي السعودي الأمريكي الذي استهدف مقراتها صباح اليوم. المكان: مبنى المديرية العامة للإعلام – شارع كريم الندى. الزمان: اليوم، الساعة الرابعة عصراً. حضوركم…
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