Within a forty-minute span late on 1 August, six posts across three militia media networks reported drone attacks in the Kurdistan Region. Al-Nujaba TV opened with explosions in Erbil attributed to drone strikes on "separatist parties" headquarters; Al-Ghadeer TV then reported drones striking "opposition headquarters" in Sulaymaniyah before reporting a direct hit on "American occupation sites" there; Sabereen News and Unit 10,000 reported suicide drones en route and direct hits on "the American enemy" at Farmandi in Sulaymaniyah. The rung is preponderance: three separate networks report the same night independently of each other, but no group claimed responsibility, no outside coverage of the events is in hand, and the channels do not agree on who was hit.
- Al-Nujaba TVNujaba — official owned media02 Aug, 00:51
“Explosions shake Erbil, caused by the targeting of separatist parties' headquarters with drones.”
دوي انفجارات تهز اربيل ناجمة عن استهداف مقرات الأحزاب الانفصالية بالطيران المسير
- Al-Ghadeer TVBadr Organization — official owned media02 Aug, 01:19
“Targeting of opposition headquarters with drones in Sulaymaniyah.”
استهداف مقرات المعارضة بالطيران المسير في السليمانية
- Sabereen NewsKH — affiliated/aligned media02 Aug, 01:20
“Direct hit on American occupation sites in Sulaymaniyah governorate, northern Iraq.”
اصابة مباشرة لمواقع الاحتلال الامريكي في محافظة السليمانية شمال العراق
- Sabereen NewsKH — affiliated/aligned media02 Aug, 01:22
“Targeting of sites belonging to the American enemy inside Farmandi in Sulaymaniyah.”
استهداف مواقع تابعة للعدو الامريكي داخل فرمانديي في السليمانية
- Al-Ghadeer TVBadr Organization — official owned media02 Aug, 01:23
“Direct hit on American occupation sites in Sulaymaniyah governorate, northern Iraq.”
اصابة مباشرة لمواقع الاحتلال الامريكي في محافظة السليمانية شمال العراق
- Sabereen NewsKH — affiliated/aligned media02 Aug, 01:26
“Suicide drones heading toward their targets in the area.”
طائرات مسيّرة انتحارية باتجاه اهدافها في المنطقة
- Unit 10,000KH — affiliated/aligned media02 Aug, 01:30
“Direct hit on sites belonging to the American enemy in Sulaymaniyah governorate, northern Iraq.”
اصابة مباشرة لمواقع تابع للعدو الامريكي في محافظة السليمانية شمال العراق
Two incompatible target descriptions are circulating from the same aligned media field within forty minutes, so any subsequent claim of responsibility will have to choose between striking the United States and striking Kurdish parties — a choice the channels have not yet made.