On 18 August, faction-aligned outlets reported that Nouri al-Maliki, head of the State of Law Coalition, told the U.S. chargé d'affaires in Iraq that the Coordination Framework had formed a committee to place weapons in the hands of the state, to begin work soon in coordination with the government, and that the state and its constitutional institutions are the reference for managing security and military files. iNEWS (KSS — affiliated) carried the committee line at 10:51 GMT and Watan TV (Badr Organization — affiliated) the institutions line at 11:01; Hadi al-Amiri's statement that the file is a national one requiring an Iraqi decision followed on iNEWS at 11:02. All three are relays of political statements by aligned outlets, not statements issued by KSS or Badr.
- iNEWSKSS — affiliated18 Aug, 13:51
“Al-Maliki to the U.S. Embassy: the Coordination Framework has formed a committee to place weapons in the hands of the state, and it will begin its work soon in coordination with the government.”
المالكي للسفارة الأمريكية: الإطار التنسيقي شكل لجنة لحصر السلاح بيد الدولة ستباشر أعمالها قريبا بالتنسيق مع الحكومة
- Watan TVBadr Organization — affiliated18 Aug, 14:01
“The state and its constitutional institutions are the reference for managing the security and military files and for placing weapons under state control.”
الدولة ومؤسساتها الدستورية هي المرجعية في إدارة الملفات الأمنية والعسكرية وحصر السلاح
- iNEWSKSS — affiliated18 Aug, 14:02
“Al-Amiri: the file of placing weapons in the hands of the state is a national file par excellence, and any decision taken on it must be Iraqi.”
العامري: ملف حصر السلاح بيد الدولة هو ملف وطني بامتياز وأي قرار يتخذ بشأنه يجب أن يكون عراقيا
The publicly stated frame across two faction media networks is procedural — who decides — rather than substantive, leaving the committee's actual authority over faction weapons undefined in everything collected.