Between 00:12 and 00:56 on 14 August, Watan TV posted two Badr political-office lines — that it fears American pressure on the prime minister, whom it calls advocates of internal strife, and that he should not go far in accommodating America at the expense of the group's principles because the state is not an enemy of the resistance — and Al-Ghadeer TV published the full statement by political-office head Muhammad Naji Muhammad. The statement text sets three conditions before weapons are confined to the state: full American withdrawal, the disappearance of strategic threats to Iraq, and complete rebuilding of the Iraqi armed forces, especially air defence. It also credits Hadi al-Amiri with defusing a strife that nearly ignited and asks that he take a coordinating role. Both channels belong to the same organisation, so this is one actor's position rather than independently corroborated reporting.
- Watan TVBadr Organization — affiliated14 Aug, 03:12
“Badr Organization's political office: we fear for the prime minister from American pressure, for they are advocates of internal strife.”
المكتب السياسي لمنظمة بدر : نخشى على رئيس الوزراء من الضغط الأمريكي فهم دعاة فتنة داخلية
- Watan TVBadr Organization — affiliated14 Aug, 03:16
“Do not go far in accommodating America at the expense of our principles; the state is not an adversary of the resistance.”
لا تذهب بعيداً في مجاملة أميركا على حساب ثوابتنا والدولة ليست خصماً للمقاومة
- Al-Ghadeer TVBadr Organization — official14 Aug, 03:55
“Confining weapons must be done quietly … and three basic factors must be present: first, the complete withdrawal of American forces; second, the removal of the strategic threats facing Iraq; third, the full build-up of the Iraqi armed forces, especially in air defence … the choice is not between the resistance and the state.”
حصر السلاح لا بد أن يكون بشكل هادئ … وأن تتوفّر ثلاثة عوامل أساس: أولاً: الانسحاب الكامل للقوات الأمريكية. ثانياً: زوال المخاطر الاستراتيجية التي تهدد العراق. ثالثاً: بناء القوات المسلحة العراقية بشكل كامل، وخاصة على مستوى الدفاع الجوي … فالخيار ليس بين المقاومة والدولة
Badr has put a concrete, checkable price on any weapons-monopoly measure — American withdrawal, threats gone, air defence built — which converts an open political argument into three conditions the government can be measured against.