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Iraq Monitorعين على العراقPrimary-source intelligence · updated 15:43 Baghdad
Intra-militia conflictDivergence31 Jul, 08:31 BAGHDAD

Four militia networks carry identical reservation on reported faction deal

Four channels across the KH, Ashab al-Kahf, Nujaba and Badr networks carried identical text within eighteen minutes attributing to Harakat al-Jihad al-Islami that a reported faction-enemy agreement is "inaccurate" and reserved upon in its circulated form

WHAT HAPPENED

Sabereen News (KH \u2014 affiliated) posted first this morning, followed within eighteen minutes by Shabab al-Islam (Ashab al-Kahf \u2014 owned/non-official), Jehad Brothers Team (Nujaba \u2014 affiliated) and Watan TV (Badr Organization \u2014 affiliated), all carrying word-for-word: "\u062d\u0631\u0643\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u062c\u0647\u0627\u062f \u0627\u0644\u0625\u0633\u0644\u0627\u0645\u064a: \u0645\u0627 \u062a\u0645\u0651 \u0627\u0644\u0625\u0639\u0644\u0627\u0646 \u0639\u0646\u0647 \u0645\u0646 \u0627\u062a\u0641\u0627\u0642 \u0628\u064a\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0641\u0635\u0627\u0626\u0644 \u0648\u0627\u0644\u0639\u062f\u0648 \u0641\u064a \u0648\u0633\u0627\u0626\u0644 \u0627\u0644\u0625\u0639\u0644\u0627\u0645 \u063a\u064a\u0631 \u062f\u0642\u064a\u0642.. \u0648\u0646\u062d\u0646 \u0646\u062a\u062d\u0641\u0651\u0638 \u0639\u0644\u064a\u0647 \u0628\u0627\u0644\u0635\u064a\u063a\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u062d\u0627\u0644\u064a\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u062a\u062f\u0627\u0648\u0644\u0629" \u2014 "what has been announced in the media of an agreement between the factions and the enemy is inaccurate, and we reserve on it in its currently circulated form." The position belongs to Harakat al-Jihad al-Islami; the four Iraqi channels relayed it and added no framing of their own. Watan TV's version is a captioned news graphic over an image of masked fighters with a Palestinian flag; the other three are plain text.

WHY IT MATTERS

The four Iraqi networks put a public reservation about the reported terms into circulation without any of them stating its own position on the agreement, leaving the Iraqi factions' own stance on record only by relay.

EVIDENCE · INTERCEPTED CHANNEL MESSAGE
View the original message (Arabic)حركة الجهاد الإسلامي: ما تمّ الإعلان عنه من اتفاق بين الفصائل والعدو في وسائل الإعلام غير دقيق.. ونحن نتحفظ عليه بالصيغة الحالية المتداولة.
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