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Iraq Monitorعين على العراقPrimary-source intelligence
19 Aug, 19:59 BAGHDAD

Nujaba channels rally crowds against intelligence official's arrest

WHAT HAPPENED

Within a minute of each other on the evening of 19 August, Nujaba's official channel Al-Nujaba TV and its official social-media channel Noon Media published near-identical captions over footage of a crowd, describing the gathering as "crowds of the Islamic resistance and the Popular Mobilization" condemning the arrest of the intelligence official of Baghdad Belt Operations and demanding such actions not recur. Noon Media alone named the man as Abbas al-Yaqoubi and added a demand that he be treated fairly and his record of service preserved. Neither post identifies the arresting authority, the charge, or the location of the gathering, and the imagery carries no landmark that would fix where or when it was filmed.

WHO CARRIED IT · EVERY MESSAGE, LINKED
  1. Noon MediaNujaba — official social media channel19 Aug, 19:59

    “The arrest of the intelligence official in Baghdad Belt Operations, Sayyid Abbas al-Yaqoubi, demanding that such actions not be repeated... and affirming the need to treat him fairly and preserve the positions and sacrifices he made in the service of Iraq.”

    واقعة اعتقال مسؤول الاستخبارات في عمليات حزام بغداد السيد عباس اليعقوبي، مطالبين بعدم تكرار مثل هذه الأفعال ... ومؤكدين ضرورة إنصافه وحفظ ما قدّمه من مواقف وتضحيات في خدمة العراق

  2. Al-Nujaba TVNujaba — official owned media19 Aug, 19:59

    “The crowds of the Islamic resistance and the Popular Mobilization, who expressed their strong condemnation and denunciation of the arrest of the intelligence official in Baghdad Belt Operations, demanding that such actions — which confiscate the efforts and sacrifices — not be repeated.”

    جماهير المقاومة الإسلامية والحشد الشعبي الذين عبّروا عن شجبهم واستنكارهم الشديدين لواقعة اعتقال مسؤول الاستخبارات في عمليات حزام بغداد مطالبين بعدم تكرار مثل هذه الأفعال التي تصادر الجهود والتضحيات

In posting order. Translated by the desk, published as evidence — not endorsement. A channel name opens the message where it was posted.
WHY IT MATTERS

Nujaba's official media is publicly contesting an enforcement action inside the Baghdad security command and describing the officer as owed protection for his resistance service, which puts the faction's standing inside the security apparatus, rather than a court case, at the centre of the dispute.