Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein told his Saudi counterpart he had presented the Iraqi government's policy of restricting weapons to the state; Al-Ahad TV (AAH — official owned media) reported the line straight in the late afternoon of 5 August. Within half an hour Sabereen News (KH — affiliated media) reposted the same quote with the gloss "your hell has drawn near", and by early evening Al-Ittijah TV (KH — official owned media) aired analyst Salah al-Amshani saying the Foreign Ministry "does not represent Iraqis", under a strap describing wide anger at the minister's meeting for overlooking Riyadh's aggression against the Popular Mobilization Forces. The rung is credible: three channels across two actors carry the same subject in one window and the wordings are on the record.
- Al-Ahad TVAAH — official owned media05 Aug, 19:45
“Before his Saudi counterpart — Fuad Hussein: I presented the Iraqi government's policy of restricting weapons to the state.”
أمام نظيره السعودي.. فؤاد حسين: استعرضتُ سياسة الحكومة العراقية في حصر السلاح بيد الدولة
- Sabereen NewsKH — affiliated media05 Aug, 19:16
“The separatist Qachqachi foreign minister: I discussed with my Saudi counterpart the government's policy of restricting weapons to the state.”
وزير خارجية القچقچي الانفصالي : استعرضت مع نظيري السعودي سياسة الحكومة في حصر السلاح بيد الدولة
- Al-Ittijah TVKH — official owned media05 Aug, 20:13
“Scathing criticism from political analyst Salah al-Amshani of the Foreign Ministry: it does not represent Iraqis … The foreign minister's meeting with his Saudi counterpart provokes wide anger and rejection for overlooking Riyadh's aggression against the Popular Mobilization Forces.”
انتقاد لاذع من المحلل السياسي صلاح العمشاني لوزارة الخارجية: لا تمثل العراقيين … لقاء وزير الخارجية بنظيره السعودي يثير غضباً واسعاً ورفضاً لتناسي عدوان الرياض على الحشد الشعبي
- Al-Ahad TVAAH — official owned media05 Aug, 20:51
“There are several problems in the Foreign Ministry and they must be put to the members of parliament.”
هناك مشاكل عدة في وزارة الخارجية ويجب طرحها على أعضاء مجلس النواب
The weapons-monopoly file is being fought not against the policy in the abstract but against the ministry that carried it to Riyadh, which turns a foreign-policy meeting into a domestic institutional target for two factions at once.