On 1 October, وكالة الصحافة المستقلة reported that Ansar Allah al-Awfiya member Ali al-Fatlawi credited armed operations against U.S. forces with directly forcing Washington to end its military presence in Iraq. It quoted him saying factions would not surrender their weapons before being fully assured that Iraqi sovereignty had been achieved, and claiming 80–183 operations annually since 2015 on the basis of unspecified American reports. The outlet reported his account rather than independently establishing the attack figures or their claimed effect on the withdrawal.
- وكالة الصحافة المستقلة01 Oct, 09:24
“Ansar Allah al-Awfiya member Ali al-Fatlawi said that armed operations targeting U.S. forces in recent years were, in his view, the direct factor that pushed Washington to end its military presence in Iraq, affirming that the factions would not surrender their weapons before being fully assured of what he described as the achievement of Iraqi sovereignty. Al-Fatlawi made the remarks during a telev”
قال عضو حركة أنصار الله الأوفياء علي الفتلاوي إن العمليات المسلحة التي استهدفت القوات الأميركية خلال السنوات الماضية كانت، من وجهة نظره، العامل المباشر الذي دفع واشنطن إلى إنهاء وجودها العسكري في العراق، مؤكداً أن الفصائل لن تسلّم سلاحها قبل الاطمئنان الكامل إلى ما وصفه بتحقق السيادة العراقية. وجاءت تصريحات الفتلاوي خلال مقابلة تلفزيونية، قال فيها إن عدد العمليات التي استهدفت القوات الأميركية تراو
an official Ansar Allah al-Awfiya statement adopting the weapons condition, a definition of the sovereignty threshold, or identifiable American reports supporting the attack figures by 4 October; any of these moves this file.