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Iraq Monitorعين على العراقPrimary-source intelligence · updated 14:18 Baghdad
Internal Iraqi affairsNew04 Aug, 02:23 BAGHDAD

AAH channel casts weapons-confinement drive as a US test of al-Zaidi

Al-Ahad TV (AAH — official owned media) carried Falah al-Dhahabi describing the weapons-confinement process as very complicated and saying America wants to test al-Zaidi's strength

WHAT HAPPENED

Late on 3 August, Al-Ahad TV (AAH — official owned media) posted a segment under its #نصف_دائرة tag carrying Falah al-Dhahabi's view that the weapons-confinement operation is a very complicated process and that America wants to test al-Zaidi's strength. It is a single commentator on a single channel, with no faction statement attached; the same channel's earlier Khazaal segment separately said four unnamed factions are withholding their weapons.

WHO CARRIED IT
  1. Al-Ahad TVAAH — official owned media04 Aug, 02:23

    “A very complicated process… Falah al-Dhahabi gives his opinion on the weapons-confinement operation: America wants to test al-Zaidi's strength.”

    عملية معقدة جداً… فلاح الذهبي يعطي رأيه بعملية حصر السلاح: أمريكا تريد اختبار قوة الزيدي

Their words, in the order they posted. Translation by the desk; published as evidence, not endorsement.
WHY IT MATTERS

AAH's channel is framing the state's disarmament track as an American test of the prime minister, which shifts the argument from what the factions will hand over to what Washington is demanding of Baghdad.

EVIDENCE · INTERCEPTED CHANNEL MESSAGE
View the original message (Arabic)عملية معقدة جداً… فلاح الذهبي يعطي رأيه بعملية حصر السلاح: أمريكا تريد اختبار قوة الزيدي #نصف_دائرة #الحسين_نهجنا bio.link/alahadtv
Published as evidence, not endorsement