On August 24, Al-Nujaba TV (Nujaba — official owned media) promoted a program asserting that heavy weapons in Erbil reveal a double standard in national weapons restrictions. It separately quoted analyst Abbas Ghadeer describing party forces in the Kurdistan Region as not obeying government orders, but supplied no operational claim or visual evidence of the weapons.
- Al-Nujaba TVNujaba — official owned media24 Aug, 22:10
““They do not obey government orders”: Abbas Ghadeer discusses party forces in the region... Heavy weapons in Erbil expose the double standard in restricting them nationally.”
"لا تأتمر بأوامر الحكومة".. عباس غدير يتحدث عن القوات الحزبية في الإقليم... السلاح الثقيل في أربيل يكشف ازدواجية حصره وطنيا
Watch: an explicit statement from Nujaba linking this argument to PMF weapons, a named armed formation or action against forces in Erbil by August 27 would move this beyond a media argument; any of these moves this file.