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New18 Aug, 16:52 BAGHDAD

Nujaba and KH channels announce PMF brigade operation in Tarmiyah

WHAT HAPPENED

Al-Nujaba TV reported that the command of the PMF's 12th Brigade had launched a security operation in Tarmiyah as the anniversary of Imam Hasan al-Askari's death approaches, posting imagery whose visible text names the PMF Baghdad Belt Operations Command, 12th Brigade. Unit 10,000 carried the same launch three minutes later with near-identical wording. Twenty-six minutes after its first post, Al-Nujaba TV restated the same operation as a "pre-emptive operation". No target, threat, timetable, arrest, clash or casualty is stated in any of the three posts, and the accompanying visual material shows armed personnel and vehicles on a dirt road without markings that would independently confirm unit or location.

WHO CARRIED IT · EVERY MESSAGE, LINKED
  1. Al-Nujaba TVNujaba — official18 Aug, 16:26

    The command of the PMF's 12th Brigade launches a security operation as the anniversary of the martyrdom of Imam Hasan al-Askari (peace be upon him) approaches.

    قيادة اللواء الثاني عشر بالحشد الشعبي تطلق عملية أمنية مع قرب ذكرى استشهاد الأمام الحسن العسكري ( عليه السلام )

  2. Unit 10,000KH — affiliated18 Aug, 16:29

    A PMF security operation begins in Tarmiyah, coinciding with the anniversary of the martyrdom of Imam Hasan al-Askari (peace be upon him).

    انطلاق عملية أمنية للحشد الشعبي في الطارمية ، بالتزامن مع ذكرى استشهاد الأمام الحسن العسكري ( عليه السلام )

  3. Al-Nujaba TVNujaba — official18 Aug, 16:52

    PMF 12th Brigade launches a pre-emptive operation in Tarmiyah ahead of the anniversary of the martyrdom of Imam Hasan al-Askari.

    اللواء 12 بالحشد الشعبي يطلق عملية استباقية في الطارمية قبيل ذكرى استشهاد الإمام الحسن العسكري (ع)

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

An announced brigade-level movement in the Baghdad Belt is a concrete deployment claim carried across two networks, and the shift in the announcing channel's own label is the only substantive difference between its two posts.

THE MESSAGE IN FULL · THE DESK’S OWN COPY
View the original message (Arabic)اللواء 12 بالحشد الشعبي يطلق عملية استباقية في الطارمية قبيل ذكرى استشهاد الإمام الحسن العسكري (ع) https://sites.google.com/view/ntviraq #قناة_NTV_عراق
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