Between 19:45 and 20:15 on 13 August, Al-Ittijah TV (KH — official) carried three items on the US envoy Tom Barrack: one on what it called dangerous suspicious roles to reinforce American hegemony, one relaying parliamentary warnings about his agenda and the imposition of dictates on Iraq, and a signed report by Hussein al-Karawi describing a hidden suspicious agenda moving behind the cover of diplomacy. In the same window Al-Nujaba TV (Nujaba — official) framed Washington as besieging Iraqi decision-making through oil and the dollar and asked whether Iraq can dispense with the US Federal Reserve. No outside coverage of Barrack's activity appears in the collected material, so the standing here rests on what the two channels published.
- Al-Ittijah TVKH — official13 Aug, 22:45
“Dangerous suspicious roles by the American envoy in Iraq Tom Barrack to reinforce American hegemony”
أدوار مشبوهة خطيرة للمبعوث الأميركي في العراق توم باراك لتعزيز الهيمنة الأميركية
- Al-Ittijah TVKH — official13 Aug, 23:00
“Parliamentary warnings of the dangers of Tom Barrack's agenda and the imposition of dictates on Iraq”
تحذيرات نيابية من مخاطر أجندة توم باراك وفرض الإملاءات على العراق
- Al-Ittijah TVKH — official13 Aug, 23:15
“Tom Barrack — a hidden suspicious agenda moving behind the curtain of diplomacy in Iraq — report by Hussein al-Karawi”
توم باراك.. أجندة مشبوهة خفية تتحرك خلف ستار الدبلوماسية في العراق — تقرير// حسين الكرعاوي
- Al-Nujaba TVNujaba — official13 Aug, 22:20
“Washington besieges Iraqi decision-making with the tools of oil and the dollar”
واشنطن تحاصر القرار العراقي بأدوات النفط والدولار
- Al-Nujaba TVNujaba — official13 Aug, 23:18
“Can Iraq dispense with the American Federal Reserve? Banking expert Dr Muhannad al-Ammari reveals the results”
هل يستطيع العراق الاستغناء عن الفيدرالي الأميركي؟ الخبير المصرفي د. مهند العماري يكشف النتائج
Two of the largest faction broadcasters are building the case against a named US interlocutor and against dollar dependence at the same time, which is the argumentative ground on which any Iraqi concession to Washington will be attacked.