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Story update02 Sept, 03:08 BAGHDAD

Ashab al-Kahf-linked Shabab al-Islam reports unclaimed Erbil attacks

THE FILE2 SIGNALS · OPENED 02 Sept
  1. 02 Sept, 02:00KH and Badr outlets report an Erbil explosion
  2. 02 Sept, 03:35Ashab al-Kahf-linked Shabab al-Islam reports unclaimed Erbil attacks
WHAT HAPPENED

Late on September 1, Shabab al-Islam (Ashab al-Kahf — owned, non-official), Sabereen News and Unit 10,000 (KH — affiliated), Al-Ghadeer TV (Badr Organization — official) and iNEWS (KSS — affiliated) reported attacks or explosions at Harir base, Soran, Erbil airport, the U.S. consulate and headquarters of what they called the “sabotaging parties” in Ghezhnakan. Al-Ahad TV (AAH — official) subsequently relayed an IRGC statement saying it had conducted a joint missile-and-drone attack on U.S. bases in Erbil, but the statement did not identify the joint partner. No supplied reporting independently corroborates the attacks or identifies an Iraqi militia perpetrator; visual review found no identifiable features that verified the locations or targets.

WHO CARRIED IT · EVERY MESSAGE, LINKED
  1. Shabab al-IslamAshab al-Kahf — owned, non-official02 Sept, 02:33

    Several explosions strike the American Harir base and Soran district in Erbil province.

    انفجارات عدة تضرب قاعدة حرير الأميركية وقضاء سوران بمحافظة أربيل.

  2. Sabereen NewsKH — affiliated02 Sept, 02:36

    Erbil again.

    اربيل مجددا

  3. Sabereen NewsKH — affiliated02 Sept, 02:36

    Targeting the headquarters of the “sabotaging parties” in the Ghezhnakan area of Erbil, northern Iraq.

    استهداف مقرات الاحزاب المخربة في منطقة جيزنيكان في اربيل شمال العراق

  4. Al-Ghadeer TVBadr Organization — official02 Sept, 02:37

    Targeting the headquarters of the “sabotaging parties” in the Ghezhnakan area of Erbil, northern Iraq.

    استهداف مقرات الأحزاب المخربة في منطقة جيزنيكان في أربيل شمال العراق

  5. Shabab al-IslamAshab al-Kahf — owned, non-official02 Sept, 02:38

    Targeting the headquarters of the “sabotaging parties” in the Ghezhnakan area of Erbil.

    استهداف مقرات الأحزاب المخربة في منطقة جيزنيكان في أربيل.

  6. Unit 10,000KH — affiliated02 Sept, 02:46

    A drone scored a direct hit on targets belonging to the American enemy in Erbil, northern Iraq.

    إصابة مباشرة لطائرة مسيرة على اهداف التابعة للعدو الامريكي في اربيل شمال العراق

  7. Sabereen NewsKH — affiliated02 Sept, 02:49

    An explosion near the American occupation’s consulate and Erbil airport, northern Iraq.

    انفجار في مقتربات قنصلية الاحتلال الامريكي ومطار اربيل شمال العراق

  8. Unit 10,000KH — affiliated02 Sept, 02:51

    An explosion near the American enemy’s consulate and Erbil airport, northern Iraq.

    انفجار في مقتربات قنصلية العدو الامريكي ومطار اربيل شمال العراق

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

The cross-faction reporting aligned on an expanded Erbil focus encompassing U.S. facilities and Kurdish-party headquarters, but it did not align on Iraqi ownership of the reported attacks. Islamic Resistance in Iraq, Kataib al-Imam Ali and PMF channels made no statement about the Erbil reports in this window’s collected messages.