Within a single evening programme block, Al-Ahad TV (AAH — official) carried Alaa al-Haidari, head of the Asas bloc, saying a "long arm" could respond to Saudi Arabia if the government did not, and Huquq MP Miqdad al-Khafaji saying Iraq holds more than one option to respond to what he called the Saudi aggression and that Riyadh has still not apologised. Sabereen News (KH — affiliated) carried al-Khafaji's execution line separately. No Iraqi militia claim of responsibility for any action against Saudi Arabia appears in the collected material; the strikes on PMF sites are described in these broadcasts as Saudi-American.
- Al-Nujaba TVNujaba — official11 Aug, 21:50
“The Popular Mobilization Forces were not informed of the bombing of their headquarters.”
لم يتم إبلاغ الحشد بقصف مقراته
- Al-Ahad TVAAH — official11 Aug, 23:54
“If the government does not respond… Asas bloc head MP Alaa al-Haidari threatens a "long arm" capable of responding to Saudi Arabia.”
اذا لم ترد الحكومة… رئيس كتلة الأساس النائب علاء الحيدري يهدد "بيد طويلة" تستطيع الرد على السعودية
- Al-Ahad TVAAH — official12 Aug, 00:00
“Iraq has more than one option to respond to the Saudi aggression… Iraq remains politically, economically and militarily occupied by America.”
العراق يمتلك اكثر من خيار للرد على العدوان السعودي… العراق محتل سياسيا واقتصاديا وعسكريا من قبل اميركا لغاية الان
- Sabereen NewsKH — affiliated12 Aug, 00:01
“Huquq bloc MP Miqdad al-Khafaji: the execution of the wanted Saudis should have happened 15 years ago.”
النائب عن كتلة حقوق مقداد الخفاجي: اعدام المطلوبين السعوديين يفترض ان يتم قبل 15 سنة
Retaliation capability against Saudi Arabia is now being voiced on a faction-owned channel by two separate parliamentary blocs while responsibility is placed on the Iraqi government, keeping an escalation option rhetorically open without any group owning an act.