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Updated · rev 319 Aug, 17:33 BAGHDAD

Badr's two channels carry opposite lines on weapons handover

WHAT HAPPENED

On 19 August, Watan TV (Badr Organization — affiliated) quoted Badr Organization leader Muhammad Mahdi al-Bayati saying there would be no American withdrawal and no weapons handover on 30 September. Half an hour earlier, Al-Ghadeer TV (Badr Organization — official) had carried the National Security Adviser stating the government continues implementing its security program to restrict weapons to the hands of the state. Al-Ittijah TV (KH — official) ran correspondent reports from Wasit and Salah al-Din the same afternoon framing withdrawal of the resistance's weapons as bringing terrorism back to liberated areas. The two Badr items are the independent lines that support this finding; neither has outside corroboration in the collected material.

WHO CARRIED IT · EVERY MESSAGE, LINKED
  1. Al-Ghadeer TVBadr Organization — official19 Aug, 17:06

    “National Security Adviser Qasim al-Araji: The government continues implementing the decisions of its security program concerning restricting weapons to the hands of the state.”

    مستشار الأمن القومي قاسم العبودي: الحكومة مستمرة بتنفيذ مقررات برنامجها الأمني المتعلق بحصر السلاح بيد الدولة

  2. Al-Ittijah TVKH — official19 Aug, 17:07

    “Al-Ittijah correspondent in Salah al-Din: Residents categorically reject attempts to return terrorism to the liberated areas and withdraw the resistance's weapons.”

    مراسل (الاتجاه) في صلاح الدين: الأهالي يرفضون بشكل قاطع محاولات إعادة الإرهاب إلى المناطق المحررة وسحب سلاح المقاومة

  3. Watan TVBadr Organization — affiliated19 Aug, 17:32

    “Badr Organization leader Muhammad Mahdi al-Bayati: No American withdrawal and no weapons surrender on 30 September.”

    القيادي في منظمة بدر محمد مهدي البياتي: لا خروج للأميركان ولا تسليم للسلاح في 30 ايلول

  4. Al-Ittijah TVKH — official19 Aug, 17:33

    “"A betrayal of the martyrs' blood" — Al-Ittijah correspondent in Wasit: The governorate strongly condemns attempts to return terrorism to Jurf al-Nasr and withdraw the resistance's weapons.”

    "خيانة لدماء الشهداء" مراسل (الاتجاه) في واسط: المحافظة تستنكر بشدة محاولات إعادة الإرهاب إلى جرف النصر وسحب سلاح المقاومة

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

A named date — 30 September — now sits in Badr-linked media as the point at which a handover is being refused, while the same organization's official channel carries the government affirming the opposite program.