On the evening of 14 August, Al-Ahad TV aired security and political researcher Unit 10,000 al-Quraishi saying the "Saudi-American aggression" was a security and sovereignty breach against Iraq, that failure to pass warning to the targeted security headquarters was itself a security breach requiring punishment of whoever fell short, and that Iraq needs a firm response with "many ways to respond, including the economic." He said there is resentment at the Iraqi military delegation travelling to Saudi Arabia because Riyadh presented no evidence that its territory was struck from Iraqi soil, and that Riyadh should instead have come to Baghdad to apologise. The claim about the strikes on PMF headquarters rests on this single guest appearance; no militia claim of retaliation and no independent account of the underlying strikes appear in the collected material.
- Al-Ahad TVAAH — official14 Aug, 20:51
“The Saudi-American aggression is a security and sovereignty violation against Iraq and parliament must have a greater role... Everyone who failed to protect the lives of the fighters and the citizens must be held to account... There is resentment at the military delegation going to the Saudis because Riyadh has presented no evidence that its territory was targeted from Iraqi soil... Riyadh should ”
العدوان السعودي الأمريكي هو خرق أمني وسيادي على العراق ويجب ان يكون هناك دور أكبر للبرلمان... يجب ان يحاسب كل من لم يحافظ على أرواح المقاتلين والمواطنين... هناك امتعاض من ذهاب الوفد العسكري الى السعودي لان الرياض لم تقدم دليلا على استهداف أراضيها من الأراضي العراقية... كان يجب على الرياض القدوم الى بغداد والاعتذار رسميا من العراق
an AAH official statement adopting the "firm response" language, a named economic measure against Saudi interests, a parliamentary move on the warning failure, or any claim of responsibility for a retaliatory strike under one of the resistance brands — any of these moves this file.