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Militia violence04 Aug, 20:47 BAGHDAD

PMF command reported returning from Karbala to Anbar

Al-Nujaba TV (Nujaba — official) and Al-Kornet al-Kata'ibi (KSS — affiliated) carried identical wording about a minute apart stating that the PMF's Anbar Sector Operations Command had completed its mission in Karbala and returned to Anbar

WHAT HAPPENED

On 4 August, two militia-linked outlets reported that the Popular Mobilization Forces' Anbar Sector Operations Command had ended its duties in Karbala and returned to Anbar. Al-Nujaba TV (Nujaba — official) posted first at 17:46, with an image that visual review describes as a Popular Mobilization Forces institutional news graphic carrying the body's emblem and government website; Al-Kornet al-Kata'ibi (KSS — affiliated) posted the same sentence at 17:47. The rung is held to preponderance because the two carriages are word-for-word identical and therefore not independent lines, and no outside coverage of the movement appears in the collected material.

WHO CARRIED IT
  1. Al-Nujaba TVNujaba — official owned media04 Aug, 20:46

    “The Popular Mobilization Forces' Anbar Sector Operations Command completes its duties in holy Karbala and returns to Anbar.”

    قيادة عمليات قاطع الأنبار للحشد الشعبي تنهي مهامها في كربلاء المقدسة وتعود إلى الأنبار

  2. Al-Kornet al-Kata'ibiKSS — affiliated/aligned media04 Aug, 20:47

    “🔹The Popular Mobilization Forces' Anbar Sector Operations Command completes its duties in holy Karbala and returns to Anbar.”

    🔹قيادة عمليات قاطع الأنبار للحشد الشعبي تنهي مهامها في كربلاء المقدسة وتعود إلى الأنبار

Their words, in the order they posted. Translation by the desk; published as evidence, not endorsement.
WATCH

Watch: whether the returning formation is reported concentrated in Anbar or redistributed within 72 hours; whether any faction adds an editorial line of its own to the movement rather than relaying the announcement; whether any Anbar-area incident or claim under a named brand follows; and whether outside coverage of the redeployment appears — any of these moves this file.

EVIDENCE · INTERCEPTED CHANNEL MESSAGE
View the original message (Arabic)🔹قيادة عمليات قاطع الأنبار للحشد الشعبي تنهي مهامها في كربلاء المقدسة وتعود إلى الأنبار
Published as evidence, not endorsement