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Iraq Monitorعين على العراقPrimary-source intelligence · updated 15:43 Baghdad
Internal Iraqi affairs01 Aug, 13:01 BAGHDAD

Assessed: iNEWS (KSS — affiliated) carried the Basra Education Directorate's statement that it was threatened with a weapon by MP Raja al-Harbi and her son, then eight minutes later carried al-Harbi's denial and her announcement she would sue the directorate's director

WHAT HAPPENED

iNEWS (KSS — affiliated) posted this morning that the Basra Education Directorate said it had been threatened with a weapon by a female MP and her son, with visual review showing an on-screen directorate statement referring to events during a visit by MP Raja al-Harbi, a member of parliament's education committee. Eight minutes later the same channel carried al-Harbi denying any attack on the directorate's director and saying she would file a lawsuit against him. Both accounts rest on the same single channel; no other tracked outlet carried either side.

WHO CARRIED IT
  1. iNEWSKSS — affiliated01 Aug, 12:53

    “Basra Education Directorate: we were threatened with a weapon by a female MP and her son.”

    مديرية تربية البصرة: تعرضنا للتهـ ـديد بالسـ ـلاح من نائبة ونجلها

  2. iNEWSKSS — affiliated01 Aug, 13:01

    “MP Raja al-Harbi: we did not attack the director of Basra Education, and we will file a lawsuit against him.”

    النائبة رجاء الحربي: لم نتهجم على مدير تربية البصرة وسنقيم دعوى ضده

Their words, in the order they posted. Translation by the desk; published as evidence, not endorsement.
WHY IT MATTERS

An allegation that a sitting MP and her son brought a weapon to a provincial education directorate, met with a lawsuit against the official who reported it, is a live case of coercion and counter-lawfare around a Basra state institution — the arena where Badr and Asa'ib have previously enforced their grip on local administration.

EVIDENCE · INTERCEPTED CHANNEL MESSAGE
View the original message (Arabic)النائبة رجاء الحربي: لم نتهجم على مدير تربية البصرة وسنقيم دعوى ضده #اي_نيوز #م_ع
Published as evidence, not endorsement