Between 15:40 and 16:21 today Al-Ahad TV (AAH — official) carried Sadiqoun MP Rajaa al-Harbi saying the prime minister told MPs the Saudi-American aggression on PMF sites was reported before it happened, that those who failed to pass it on will be held to account, that hosting Faleh al-Fayyad in parliament will identify who failed, and that Sadiqoun is proceeding to vote the Popular Mobilization Authority law as fast as possible. The same channel carried on-screen text stating the head of the Popular Mobilization Authority refused to form a fact-finding committee and that information arrived three hours before the attack without units being told to evacuate, alongside Faihan saying the summons is not political targeting, and commentator Muhammad al-Fandi alleging failure, negligence, procrastination and political interference and demanding the negligent be removed. The internal detail rests entirely on AAH's own channel; no outside coverage of the strike or the warning is in the collected material.
- Al-Ahad TVAAH — official22 Aug, 18:40
“The prime minister informed us that the Saudi-American aggression on the PMF headquarters was reported before it occurred … Hosting al-Fayyad in parliament will determine who is responsible for the failure to notify … The Sadiqoun parliamentary bloc is proceeding with the vote on the PMF law as quickly as possible.”
رئيس الوزراء أبلغنا أنه تم الإبلاغ عن العدوان السعودي الأميركي قبل وقوعه على مقرات الحشد … استضافة الفياض بالبرلمان ستحدد المسؤول عن عدم الإبلاغ … كتلة الصادقون النيابية ماضية بالتصويت على قانون الحشد الشعبي بأسرع وقت ممكن
- Al-Ahad TVAAH — official22 Aug, 18:46
“There is procrastination and political interference by benefiting parties in the file of the failure to notify … The negligent party's hand must be withdrawn and he must be held accountable once the investigation results are announced.”
هناك تسويف وتدخل سياسي من أطراف مستفيدة في ملف عدم الإبلاغ … يجب سحب يد المقصر ومحاسبته بعد إعلان نتائج التحقيق
- Al-Ahad TVAAH — official22 Aug, 18:56
“Faihan: Hosting al-Fayyad is not political targeting … The head of the Popular Mobilization Authority refused to form a fact-finding committee … Information about the launch of the aggression arrived three hours in advance, but the head of the Authority did not notify the units to evacuate them.”
فيحان: استضافة الفياض ليست استهدافاً سياسياً … رئيس هيئة الحشد الشعبي رفض تشكيل لجنة لتقصي الحقائق … المعلومات حول شن العدوان وصلت قبل 3 ساعات غير أن رئيس الهيئة لم يبلغ القطعات بالعدوان لإخلائها
- Al-Ahad TVAAH — official22 Aug, 19:21
“There is failure, dereliction and negligence in the file of the failure to report the Saudi-American aggression on the PMF headquarters.”
هناك إخفاق وتقصير وإهمال في ملف عدم الإبلاغ عن العدوان السعودي الأميركي على مقرات الحشد
AAH is using a parliamentary inquiry and the PMF Authority law vote in the same breath, so the accountability case against the Authority's chief and the legal codification of the Authority are moving through the same bloc at the same time.