On 14 August at 05:05, the Badr Organization's official social media channel Baa Platform published a signed statement from Muhammad Naji Muhammad, head of the organisation's political office, addressing the debate over weapons control and U.S. withdrawal. It states the prime minister rushed at the file and may have acted under American pressure, that reported language suggesting the imposition of force — 'if accurate' — would be a major overstep, and that weapons control must be calm and agreed with resistance leaders, subject to three factors: complete U.S. withdrawal, removal of strategic threats to Iraq, and full construction of the Iraqi armed forces, especially air defence. It closes by crediting Hadi al-Amiri with heading off strife and proposing he take the coordinating role. The finding rests on this single signed statement; no other tracked faction was observed addressing it in the collected window.
- Baa PlatformBadr Organization — official social media channel14 Aug, 08:05
“What has reached us of a tone hinting at the imposition of force — if it is accurate — is a major overstep, and we do not permit the prime minister or anyone else to reach this level in dealing with the brothers in the resistance... Weapons control must be calm, and in full agreement with the brother leaders of the resistance... First: complete withdrawal of American forces. Second: removal of the”
وما بلغنا من لهجةٍ تلوح بفرض القوة — إن صح — فهو تجاوز كبير، ولا نسمح لرئيس الوزراء ولا لغيره بالوصول إلى هذا المستوى في التعامل مع الإخوة في المقاومة... حصر السلاح لا بدّ أن يكون بشكل هادئ، ويتوافق كامل مع الإخوة قادة المقاومة... أولًا: الانسحاب الكامل للقوات الأمريكية. ثانيًا: زوال المخاطر الاستراتيجية التي تهدد العراق. ثالثًا: بناء القوات المسلحة العراقية بشكل كامل، وخاصة على مستوى الدفاع الجوي
Badr has put in writing the price of weapons control — American withdrawal, an end to strategic threats, and a completed Iraqi air defence — which converts an implementation question into a set of conditions the Iraqi government cannot meet on its own.