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Militia violence04 Aug, 20:49 BAGHDAD

Badr and KSS channels report PMF Anbar command leaving Karbala

Al-Ghadeer TV and Al-Kornet al-Kata'ibi carried word-for-word that the Popular Mobilization Forces' Anbar Sector Operations Command has ended its mission in Karbala and returned to Anbar

WHAT HAPPENED

Two minutes apart on the evening of 4 August, Al-Kornet al-Kata'ibi (KSS — affiliated) and then Al-Ghadeer TV (Badr Organization — official) posted identical wording stating that the Popular Mobilization Forces' Anbar Sector Operations Command had ended its duties in holy Karbala and returned to Anbar. Both posts are single-sentence relays with no reason, unit detail or faction comment added. The rung is credible: two channels under different actors carry the same wording and nothing in the collected material contradicts it, but there is no outside coverage of the movement.

WHO CARRIED IT
  1. Al-Kornet al-Kata'ibiKSS — affiliated04 Aug, 20:47

    “The Popular Mobilization Forces' Anbar Sector Operations Command ends its duties in holy Karbala and returns to Anbar.”

    قيادة عمليات قاطع الأنبار للحشد الشعبي تنهي مهامها في كربلاء المقدسة وتعود إلى الأنبار

  2. Al-Ghadeer TVBadr Organization — official04 Aug, 20:49

    “The Popular Mobilization Forces' Anbar Sector Operations Command ends its duties in holy Karbala and returns to Anbar.”

    قيادة عمليات قاطع الأنبار للحشد الشعبي تنهي مهامها في كربلاء المقدسة وتعود إلى الأنبار

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

Watch: an Anbar-based command's return coincides with the frontier reporting in the same minutes, so a Popular Mobilization Forces statement placing this command near the Syrian border, a named deployment site in Anbar, or outside coverage of the movement would each move this file.

EVIDENCE · INTERCEPTED CHANNEL MESSAGE
View the original message (Arabic)🔴 قيادة عمليات قاطع الأنبار للحشد الشعبي تنهي مهامها في كربلاء المقدسة وتعود إلى الأنبار
Published as evidence, not endorsement