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Unverified claimNew20 Aug, 23:42 BAGHDAD

Babil governor bars Khanjar, claims 5,000 warrants over Jurf al-Nasr

WHAT HAPPENED

Across three segments of the programme Al-Hadd al-Fasil on Al-Ahad TV (AAH — official) on the evening of 20 August, Babil Governor Ali Turki said authorities hold arrest warrants for 5,000 terrorists from Jurf al-Nasr, that the return of al-Saeedat residents was prevented because of security danger, that everyone may enter the district except Khamis al-Khanjar, that land contracts have gone unrenewed since 2003 because contract-holders are accused of terrorism, and that Jurf al-Nasr will be offered for investment as tourist and residential cities once war remnants are cleared. Within roughly forty minutes Sabereen News and Unit 10,000 (both KH — affiliated) carried the arrest-warrant sentence in near-identical wording. The line is documented across two separate faction networks; the underlying warrant figure rests on the governor's assertion alone, with no independent record in the collected material.

WHO CARRIED IT · EVERY MESSAGE, LINKED
  1. Al-Ahad TVAAH — official20 Aug, 22:56

    Land contracts have not been renewed since 2003... The land contracts were not renewed because the contract-holders are accused of terrorism... Jurf al-Nasr will be offered for investment as tourist and residential cities... To this day there are terrorist infiltration operations into Jurf al-Nasr.

    عقود الاراضي لم تجدد منذ 2003... لم يتم تجديد عقد الاراضي لان المتعاقدين متهمين بالارهاب... جرف النصر ستعرض للاستثمار كمدن سياحية وسكنية... لغاية الان هناك عمليات تسلل ارهابية الى جرف النصر

  2. Al-Ahad TVAAH — official20 Aug, 22:57

    We have arrest warrants for 5,000 terrorists from Jurf al-Nasr... We prevented the return of the residents of the al-Saeedat area because of the security danger... Everyone is permitted to enter Jurf al-Nasr except Khamis al-Khanjar.

    لدينا اوامر قبض بحق 5 الاف ارهابي من جرف النصر... منعنا عودة اهالي منطقة السعيدات بسبب الخطر الامني... الجميع مسموح لهم الدخول الى جرف النصر باستثناء خميس الخنجر

  3. Sabereen NewsKH — affiliated20 Aug, 23:39

    Babil Governor: We have arrest warrants for 5,000 terrorists from Jurf al-Nasr.

    محافظ بابل: لدينا اوامر قبض بحق 5 الاف ارهابي من جرف النصر

  4. Unit 10,000KH — affiliated20 Aug, 23:42

    Babil Governor: We have arrest warrants for 5,000 terrorists from Jurf al-Nasr.

    🟡محافظ بابل — لدينا اوامر قبض بحق 5 الاف ارهابي من جرف النصر

  5. Al-Ahad TVAAH — official20 Aug, 23:32

    We have arrest warrants for 5,000 terrorists from Jurf al-Nasr.

    لدينا اوامر قبض بحق 5 الاف ارهابي من جرف النصر

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WHY IT MATTERS

The same statement set governs who may return to Jurf al-Nasr, whose land contracts stay cancelled, and who receives the district when it is tendered as tourist and residential investment — the access, land and money questions are being answered in one interview.

THE MESSAGE IN FULL · THE DESK’S OWN COPY
View the original message (Arabic)محافظ بابل علي تركي لبرنامج #الحد_الفاصل: - لدينا اوامر قبض بحق 5 الاف ارهابي من جرف النصر - لم يراجع محافظة بابل شخص واحد بشان عقد اراضي الزراعية - سجلنا 250 شهيدا و 600 جريحا من القوات الامنية بعد التحرير - جرف النصر ليست سنية فقط واهالي السعيدات يطالبون بالعودة - منعنا عودة اهالي منطقة السعيدات…
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