Within roughly forty minutes, Badr-affiliated Watan TV carried Hadi al-Amiri describing the file of restricting weapons to the state as unequivocally an Iraqi national matter, saying any decision on it can only be Iraqi and that Iraqis are capable of managing it. On the same afternoon, AAH's Al-Ahad TV carried political analyst Ali al-Sabahi saying the Coordination Framework supports Prime Minister Zaidi's measures on the file, and legal expert Musaddaq Adil saying the government should restrict weapons to the state through a law voted on inside parliament. The two AAH items are the channel's reporting of a named analyst and a named legal expert, not a statement by Qais al-Khazali or an identified AAH official.
- Al-Ahad TVAAH — official18 Aug, 16:13
“Legal expert Musaddaq Adil: the government should restrict weapons to the state's hands through a law voted on inside the Council of Representatives.”
الخبير القانوني مصدق عادل: على الحكومة حصر السلاح بيد الدولة عبر قانون يصوت عليه داخل مجلس النواب
- Al-Ahad TVAAH — official18 Aug, 16:15
“Political analyst Ali al-Sabahi to Al-Ahad: the Coordination Framework supports Zaidi's measures on the file of restricting weapons to the state's hands.”
المحلل السياسي علي السباهي لـ"العهد": الإطار التنسيقي يدعم إجراءات الزيدي في ملف حصر السلاح بيد الدولة
- Watan TVBadr Organization — affiliated18 Aug, 16:52
“Al-Amiri: the file of restricting weapons to the state's hands is unequivocally an Iraqi national matter, and any decision taken on it can only be Iraqi, and Iraqis are capable of managing it with high competence and a sense of responsibility.”
العامري: ملف حصر السلاح بيد الدولة وطني عراقي بامتياز وأي قرار يتخذ بشأنه لايمكن أن يكون الا عراقياً والعراقيون قادرون على إدارته بكفاءة عالية وشعور بالمسؤولية
Both networks are publicly conceding the principle that weapons belong with the state while contesting who decides and through what channel, which sets the terms on which any disarmament or integration measure would have to be argued in Baghdad.