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Iraq Monitorعين على العراقPrimary-source intelligence
07 Aug, 03:12 BAGHDAD

Badr-aligned Watan TV backs state weapons monopoly and arrests drive

WHAT HAPPENED

Watan TV, aligned with the Badr Organization, posted two items minutes apart on the evening of 6 August: State of Law stating its position on confining weapons to the state under the constitution and law, qualified by preserving civil peace and avoiding internal confrontation; and a "special sources" report that political forces have granted al-Zaidi broad authorisation, on the basis of which the anti-corruption campaign and arrests of those implicated in wasting public funds will continue. Separately, AAH's official armed-group channel reported that Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi cancelled military lanes at checkpoints and subjected all government convoys to inspection.

WHO CARRIED IT · EVERY MESSAGE, LINKED
  1. Watan TVBadr Organization — affiliated07 Aug, 00:34

    State of Law: our position is fixed and clear — we support confining weapons to the hands of the state in accordance with the constitution and the law, but in a way that preserves civil peace and spares Iraq any internal confrontation

    دولة القانون : موقفنا ثابت و واضح ندعم حصر السـلاح بيد الدولة وفق الدستور والقانون لكن بما يحفظ السلم الأهلي ويجنب العراق أي مواجهة داخلية

  2. Watan TVBadr Organization — affiliated07 Aug, 00:36

    Special sources to Watan TV: the political forces have broadly authorised al-Zaidi, and on that basis the anti-corruption campaign and the arrest of those implicated in wasting public funds will continue

    مصادر خاصة لقناة وطن W.TV : القوى السياسية فوضت الزيدي بشكل واسع وبناءا على ذلك ستستمر حملة مكافحة الفساد واعتقال المتورطين بهدر المال العام

  3. Asaib Ahl al-HaqAAH — official armed group channel07 Aug, 03:12

    Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi cancels the military lanes at checkpoints, with all government convoys subject to inspection

    رئيس الوزراء علي الزيدي يلغي الممرات العسكرية في السيطرات وخضوع كل الأرتال الحكومية للتدقيق

In posting order. Translated by the desk, published as evidence — not endorsement. A channel name opens the message where it was posted.
WHY IT MATTERS

The measures reported here — a monopoly-on-weapons commitment, an arrests campaign said to be politically mandated, and the end of unchecked convoy passage — bear directly on who moves armed and who is searched inside Iraq, and Badr-aligned and AAH channels are describing that shift in different registers.