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New21 Aug, 01:31 BAGHDAD

AAH and Badr channels run same Jurf al-Nasr land line, different speakers

WHAT HAPPENED

Late on 20 August 2026, Al-Ahad TV posted a one-line statement that Jurf al-Nasr land contracts have not been renewed since 2003 and that most contract holders are accused of terrorism, attributing it to Turki and tagging its programme Al-Hadd al-Fasil. Sixteen minutes later Watan TV posted the same sentence word for word, attributing it instead to the governor of Babil, over a graphic map of the Jurf al-Sakhr area. Neither post cites a decision, a court ruling or a named enforcement step, and no outside coverage of the statement appears in the collected material.

WHO CARRIED IT · EVERY MESSAGE, LINKED
  1. Al-Ahad TVAAH — official21 Aug, 01:15

    “Turki: Jurf al-Nasr land contracts have not been renewed since 2003, and most contractors are accused of terrorism.”

    تركي: عقود أراضي جرف النصر لم تجدد منذ 2003 وأغلب المتعاقدين متهمين بالإرهاب

  2. Watan TVBadr Organization — affiliated21 Aug, 01:31

    “Babil governor: Jurf al-Nasr land contracts have not been renewed since 2003, and most contractors are accused of terrorism.”

    محافظ بابل: عقود أراضي جرف النصر لم تجدد منذ 2003 وأغلب المتعاقدين متهمين بالإرهاب

In posting order. Translated by the desk, published as evidence — not endorsement. A channel name opens the message where it was posted.
WHY IT MATTERS

Jurf al-Nasr land tenure is contested state-administered property, and a public statement that most contract holders carry terrorism accusations is the ground on which continued restriction of those contracts is argued.

THE MESSAGE IN FULL · THE DESK’S OWN COPY
View the original message (Arabic)محافظ بابل: عقود أراضي جرف النصر لم تجدد منذ 2003 وأغلب المتعاقدين متهمين بالإرهاب
Kept as posted — a channel can delete a message; this copy stays.