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New17 Aug, 23:01 BAGHDAD

Badr channel defends weapons, rejects shelling Kurdistan

WHAT HAPPENED

Watan TV (Badr Organization — affiliated) posted two lines attributed to Fadlallah within ten minutes this evening: that the Kurdistan Regional Government has not implemented the agreement but that shelling of its territory is not accepted, and that weapons do not threaten the existence of investment companies while a minister built six palaces. Both rest on a single affiliated channel's short attributed captions; the evidence does not give the speaker's full name or office, does not identify who conducted any shelling, and does not name the minister.

WHO CARRIED IT · EVERY MESSAGE, LINKED
  1. Watan TVBadr Organization — affiliated/aligned media17 Aug, 22:51

    Weapons do not threaten the existence of investment companies, and the minister built 6 palaces.

    السلاح لا يهدد وجود الشركات الاستثمارية والوزير بنى 6 قصور !؟

  2. Watan TVBadr Organization — affiliated/aligned media17 Aug, 23:01

    The regional government did not implement the agreement, and we do not accept the shelling of its territory.

    حكومة الإقليم لم تطبق الاتفاقية ولانقبل بقصف أراضيها !؟

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

The economic case against militia weapons — that armed factions deter investment — is being answered directly by Badr-affiliated media rather than ignored, which puts the argument on contested ground ahead of any weapons-control legislation.

THE MESSAGE IN FULL · THE DESK’S OWN COPY
View the original message (Arabic)فضل الله : حكومة الإقليم لم تطبق الاتفاقية ولانقبل بقصف أراضيها !؟ #قناة_وطنWTV
Kept as posted — a channel can delete a message; this copy stays.