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New22 Aug, 23:09 BAGHDAD

Assessed: Badr-affiliated channel warns American pretexts will reach Sadrists and Badr next

WHAT HAPPENED

Within roughly half an hour on the evening of 22 August, Watan TV (Badr Organization — affiliated) posted three cards from the programme #كلمة_الفصل_مع_سعد_العوفي. A speaker named as al-Shalakh said the factions' sacrifices are valued and that they should integrate into the frameworks of the state; a speaker named as al-Kinani said the factions' weapons are already within state frameworks and that the Americans are waiting for 'the play', and separately that American pretexts would, after the factions, reach the Sadrist current and Badr. The supplied evidence does not state either speaker's factional affiliation, and the channel's affiliation is not theirs.

WHO CARRIED IT · EVERY MESSAGE, LINKED
  1. Watan TVBadr Organization — affiliated media22 Aug, 22:38

    Al-Shalakh: We value the factions' sacrifices, and they must integrate into the frameworks of the state.

    الشلخ : نُثمن تضحيات الفصائل وعليها الانخراط بأطر الدولة !!

  2. Watan TVBadr Organization — affiliated media22 Aug, 22:52

    Al-Kinani: The factions' weapons are within the frameworks of the state, and the Americans are waiting for 'the play'.

    الكناني : سلاح الفصائل بضمن أطر الدولة و الامريكان ينتظرون "المسرحية" !؟

  3. Watan TVBadr Organization — affiliated media22 Aug, 23:09

    Al-Kinani: After the factions, the Americans' pretexts will reach the Sadrist current and Badr.

    الكناني : ذرائع الامريكان بعد الفصائل ستطال التيار الصدري و بدر !؟

In posting order. Translated by the desk, published as evidence — not endorsement.
WHY IT MATTERS

The 'already inside the state' formulation is the position that renders any disarmament demand moot without a handover, and it is being aired on a Badr-affiliated screen alongside an appeal to the Sadrist current.

THE MESSAGE IN FULL · THE DESK’S OWN COPY
View the original message (Arabic)الشلخ : نُثمن تضحيات الفصائل وعليها الانخراط بأطر الدولة !! #كلمة_الفصل_مع_سعد_العوفي
Kept as posted — a channel can delete a message; this copy stays.