In the same programme hour this evening, Al-Ahad TV carried Water Resources Minister Muthanna al-Tamimi identifying the areas where pollution concentrates in the Tigris and Euphrates and attributing the causes to projects referred outside competition, while saying he awaited a firm position from parliament. The item is carried on one channel with no outside coverage in the collected material.
- Al-Ahad TVAAH — official18 Aug, 22:33
“Awaiting a firm position from parliament … Water Resources Minister Muthanna al-Tamimi identifies the areas where pollution concentrates in the Tigris and Euphrates: its causes are the projects referred outside competition.”
بانتظار موقف حازم من البرلمان… وزير الموارد المائية مثنى التميمي يحدد مناطق تركز التلوث في دجلة والفرات: اسبابها المشاريع المحالة خارج التنافس
Watch: the minister or a lawmaker naming specific projects or contractors; a parliamentary committee opening the contracting file; a rival faction channel disputing the attribution; outside coverage of the pollution findings — any of these moves this file.