Al-Ittijah TV (KH — official) this afternoon relayed a Diwaniyah tribal statement rejecting any turn of Jurf al-Nasr into a space for political bargaining and U.S. pressure. Minutes later Sabereen News (KH — affiliated) carried sheikhs of Diwaniyah tribes saying the Jurf al-Nasr issue is not a venue for political deals and that the martyrs’ blood on that ground is not for bargaining. No other tracked faction’s collected channel carried the statement.
- Al-Ittijah TVKH — official16 Aug, 18:18
“A statement by Diwaniyah tribes rejected turning Jurf al-Nasr into a space for political bargaining and American pressure.”
بيان لعشائر الديوانية رفض تحويل جرف النصر الى مساحة للمساومة السياسية والضغوط الاميركية
- Sabereen NewsKH — affiliated16 Aug, 18:26
“The Jurf al-Nasr issue is not a venue for bargaining or political deals, and we will not allow the clock to be turned back; the blood of our martyrs that watered the Jurf land is not for bargaining.”
قضية جرف النصر ليست ساحةً للمساومات أو الصفقات السياسية، ولن نسمح بعودة عقارب الساعة إلى الوراء، فدماء شهدائنا التي سُقيت بها أرض الجرف ليست للمساومة
The two KH outlets diverge on whether to name Washington while converging on a hard line against bargaining over the site.