Within about twelve minutes on 14 August, Al-Ghadeer TV posted a run of short quote-cards attributed to "Sheikh Qasim": that the war is aggressive and existential and was met with a Karbala-like confrontation, and that had it not been opened on 2 March it would have been opened later. The first-person plural "we confronted" is the operative wording; the posts name no operation, target, date or unit. The rung is held to credible because the channel is official Badr Organization media quoting a named speaker, but the supplied evidence does not identify the speaker's faction or the war referred to, and nothing outside the militia channels covers it.
- Al-Ghadeer TVBadr Organization — official14 Aug, 18:45
“Sheikh Qasim: If the war had not been opened on 2 March, it would have been opened afterward.”
الشيخ قاسم: الحرب لو لم تُفتح في 2 آذار لكانت فتحت بعد ذلك
- Al-Ghadeer TVBadr Organization — official14 Aug, 18:45
“For us, this war is aggressive and existential; therefore, we confronted it with a Karbala-like confrontation.”
بالنسبة الينا هذه الحرب هي عدوانية وجودية لذلك واجهنا مواجهة كربلائية
a claim of responsibility under Islamic Resistance in Iraq or any of the tracked claim brands naming the same confrontation; a full transcript or video identifying the speaker and his faction; adoption of the "existential war" formulation by KH, AAH, KSS or Nujaba channels; any outside coverage of a 2 March opening date — any of these moves this file.