Between 17:51 and 18:54 on 17 August, Al-Ahad TV (AAH — official) reported the presidencies affirming state control of weapons as the basis of state authority and the rule of law, Al-Ghadeer TV (Badr Organization — official) and Watan TV (Badr Organization — affiliated) carried government spokesman Haidar al-Aboudi saying the file is a sovereign Iraqi matter with no external dictates and that those refusing will be dealt with under the law, and iNEWS (KSS — affiliated) framed the initiative as "a national Shiite" one while attributing to al-Fatlawi the claim of a regional desire to make it fail. Al-Ghadeer TV separately carried the spokesman saying the international coalition is accelerating procedures to end its mission in Iraq at the end of September. Three separate faction networks carried the state line within the same hour; none announced any measure of its own.
- Al-Ahad TVAAH — official owned media17 Aug, 20:51
“The presidencies affirm commitment to the principle of confining weapons to the state as the basis for consolidating state authority and the rule of law.”
الرئاسات تؤكد الالتزام بمبدأ حصر السلاح بيد الدولة بوصفه أساسا لترسيخ سلطة الدولة وسيادة القانون
- Al-Ghadeer TVBadr Organization — official owned media17 Aug, 21:33
“Government spokesman Haidar al-Aboudi: The file of confining weapons to the state spared Iraq serious repercussions.”
المتحدث باسم الحكومة حيدر العبودي: ملف حصر السلاح بيد الدولة جنب العراق تداعيات خطيرة
- Al-Ghadeer TVBadr Organization — official owned media17 Aug, 21:34
“Government spokesman: The international coalition is in the process of accelerating its procedures in the context of ending its missions in Iraq at the end of next September.”
المتحدث باسم الحكومة : التحالف الدولي في طور تسريع إجراءاته في سياق إنهاء مهامه في العراق نهاية أيلول المقبل
- iNEWSKSS — affiliated/aligned media17 Aug, 21:41
“The Khidamat alliance rejects linking it to external pressure: the weapons-monopoly initiative is a national Shiite one.”
تحالف خدمات يرفض ربطها بالضغط الخارجي: مبادرة حصر السـ ـلاح وطنية شيعية
- Watan TVBadr Organization — affiliated/aligned media17 Aug, 21:52
“Al-Aboudi: The government will deal according to law with whoever refuses to confine weapons to the state... a sovereign Iraqi file with no external dictates.”
العبودي: الحكومة ستتعامل مع من يمتنع عن حصر السـ,لاح بيد الدولة وفق القانون ... ملف سيادي عراقي ولا إملاءات خارجية
- iNEWSKSS — affiliated/aligned media17 Aug, 21:54
“Al-Fatlawi comments on Adnan al-Janabi's statements and Asharq al-Awsat articles: There is a regional desire to make the weapons-monopoly project fail.”
الفتلاوي يعلق على تصريحات عدنان الجنابي ومقالات الشرق الأوسط: هناك رغبة إقليمية بإفشال مشروع حصر السـ ـلاح
Three faction networks are now publicly positioned as owners rather than objects of the weapons-monopoly file, which changes who bears the cost if it stalls.