Story update11 Sept, 15:59 BAGHDAD

Researcher Haitham al-Khazali says PMF needs armament and camps – AAH-owned Al-Ahad TV

THE FILE13 SIGNALS · OPENED 10 Sept

10 Sept, 23:50Khazali backs separating fighters from politics
10 Sept, 23:50Khazali demands federal command over Peshmerga
11 Sept, 00:50AAH and Badr press Peshmerga command
11 Sept, 01:40Khazali challenges Fayyadh’s PMF management
11 Sept, 01:40Khazali claims allies can secure Sadiqoun posts
11 Sept, 16:41Researcher Haitham al-Khazali says PMF needs armament and camps – AAH-owned Al-Ahad TV
11 Sept, 17:10Researcher Haitham al-Khazali urges PMF armament and camps
11 Sept, 17:37Political-affairs researcher Haitham al-Khazali urges PMF weapons, training and camps – AAH-owned Al-Ahad TV
11 Sept, 23:25Khazali denies seeking Fayyadh’s PMF post
12 Sept, 01:50Political analyst al-Sabti backs PMF management change
12 Sept, 14:43Legal expert al-Aqabi urges PMF restructuring – AAH-owned Al-Ahad TV
12 Sept, 15:45Sadiqoun MP al-Abbasawi presses Fayyadh to attend parliament
12 Sept, 21:45Assessed: Sadiqoun general-body member Hakim Atiya al-Muhammadawi criticizes PMF warning procedures and presses the PMF law

WHAT HAPPENED

On 11 September, political affairs researcher Haitham al-Khazali, speaking on Al-Ahad TV (AAH — official), said the PMF needed armament, training, camps and infrastructure. Political analyst Muhammad Salah Turki, also speaking on the channel, called for new priorities and changes in PMF leadership, described the PMF as an ideological army that could not be changed and alleged that the United States sought to end it; the accompanying programme text linked Qais al-Khazali, AAH’s secretary-general, to ending political and electoral exploitation of the force.

WHO CARRIED IT · EVERY MESSAGE, LINKED

Al-Ahad TVAAH — official11 Sept, 15:35
“There must be priorities and changes in the leadership of the Popular Mobilization Forces. The United States seeks to end the PMF. The PMF is an ideological army and cannot be changed.”
يجب ان يكون هناك أولويات ومتغيرات في قيادة الحشد الشعبي — الولايات المتحدة تسعى لانهاء الحشد الشعبي — الحشد الشعبي جيش عقائدي ولا يمكن تغييره
Al-Ahad TVAAH — official11 Sept, 15:59
“The Popular Mobilization Forces need armament, training, camp construction and infrastructure in order to develop them.”
الحشد الشعبي يحتاج إلى تسليح وتدريب وبناء معسكرات وبنى تحتية، من أجل تطويره

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

Compared with Turki’s institutional defence, Haitham al-Khazali’s formulation adds specific capability requirements: weapons, training facilities, camps and supporting infrastructure.