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New17 Aug, 22:09 BAGHDAD

AAH and Nujaba channels split over Baghdad Belt intelligence arrest

WHAT HAPPENED

On the evening of 17 August, Al-Ahad TV (AAH — official) carried government spokesman Haider al-Aboudi saying the arrest of Abbas Hussein al-Yaqoubi was carried out under a judicial order, and six minutes later carried PMF media director Muhannad al-Aqabi saying al-Yaqoubi, described as the Baghdad Belt intelligence official, had been handed to the PMF's General Directorate of Security to follow his legal procedures with the judiciary. Within the same hour, Al-Nujaba TV (Nujaba — official) published a report headlined "practices contrary to the law", saying the arrest of the Baghdad Belt intelligence official had ignited tribal and popular protests, with street footage. The rung holds at clear and convincing: two official channels of different factions address the same named case and their framings are directly opposed.

WHO CARRIED IT · EVERY MESSAGE, LINKED
  1. Al-Ahad TVAAH — official17 Aug, 22:02

    “The arrest of Abbas Hussein al-Yaqoubi was carried out under a judicial order”

    اعتقال عباس حسين اليعقوبي تم بموجب أمر قضائي

  2. Al-Nujaba TVNujaba — official17 Aug, 22:06

    “Practices contrary to the law.. the arrest of the Baghdad Belt intelligence official ignites tribal and popular protests”

    ممارسات خلافا للقانون.. اعتقال مسؤول استخبارات حزام بغداد يشعل احتجاجات عشائرية وشعبية

  3. Al-Ahad TVAAH — official17 Aug, 22:09

    “The Baghdad Belt intelligence official, Mr Abbas al-Yaqoubi, was handed over to the General Directorate of PMF Security to follow up his legal procedures with the judiciary”

    تم تسليم مسؤول استخبارات حزام بغداد، السيد عباس اليعقوبي، إلى المديرية العامة لأمن الحشد لمتابعة إجراءاته القانونية مع القضاء

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

Where a Baghdad Belt intelligence official is held, and by whose authority, is a boundary question between the Popular Mobilization Forces' own security directorate and the Iraqi judiciary — and the two factions' channels are already arguing it in public.

THE MESSAGE IN FULL · THE DESK’S OWN COPY
View the original message (Arabic)مدير إعلام الحشد الشعبي مهند العقابي: تم تسليم عباس اليعقوبي لأمن الحشد لمتابعة إجراءاته القانونية bio.link/alahadtv
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