iNEWS (KSS — affiliated) published a point-by-point message from KSS spokesman Kadhim al-Fartousi addressed to the writer Ghalib al-Shabandar this evening. Al-Fartousi says he warned the Coordination Framework against confrontations in which only Shia blood is spilled and that its members understood the warning as intended, denies that his elder brother and superior threatened the prime minister, invokes his own clerical lineage, and says he chose his position "away from the cowards" and away from "the followers of Yazid who scurry after fat." The item rests on one KSS-affiliated channel and carries no second voice.
- iNEWSKSS — affiliated22 Aug, 19:37
“I warned the Framework against confrontations in which nothing falls but Shia blood, and they understood my warning as I meant it … My elder brother and superior did not threaten the prime minister … I chose my position away from the followers of Yazid who scurry after fat.”
حذرت الإطار من المواجهات التي لا يسقط فيها إلا الدم الشيعي وهم فهموا تحذيري كما قصدته … أخي الأكبر ومسؤولي لم يهدد السيد رئيس الوزراء … اخترت موقفي بعيداً عن أتباع يزيد الذين يهرولون خلف دسم
A KSS spokesman placing on the record both a warning delivered to the Coordination Framework and a denial about his own leadership's dealings with the prime minister exposes an argument inside the Shia camp that had not otherwise surfaced on the tracked channels.