Harakat al-Jihad wal-Bina's official social media channel posted on the evening of 2 August a summary of remarks by MP Jawad Rahim al-Saadi, a member of the parliamentary security and defence committee, given on Al-Iraqiya News. The summary says the dawn Wednesday assault on Popular Mobilization Forces headquarters was a flagrant violation of Iraqi sovereignty and an extension of attacks Iraq has suffered since 2004, that Iraq has become directly part of the battle having lost men to it, and that priority must go to equipping the army and security forces with the latest defensive systems — only then can matters relating to confining weapons to the state be discussed. This rests on a single channel relaying a single televised interview; no other supplied source carries the remarks and no outside coverage of the underlying attack was supplied, which is why the rung is set at credible on what was said rather than on what happened.
- Harakat al-Jihad wal-BinaHarakat al-Jihad wal-Bina — official social media channel03 Aug, 00:46
“The priority today must be arming the Iraqi army and the security forces with the most modern defensive systems... and only then can one talk about matters related to confining weapons to the hand of the state.”
الأولوية اليوم يجب أن تكون لتسليح الجيش العراقي والقوات الأمنية بأحدث المنظومات الدفاعية... وعندها فقط يمكن الحديث عن القضايا المتعلقة بحصر السلاح بيد الدولة
an official Harakat al-Jihad wal-Bina statement in the movement's own name repeating the arm-the-army-first sequencing; the same conditionality appearing from KH, AAH, Badr or Nujaba channels within 72 hours; any claim of responsibility for the PMF headquarters attack under a named brand; independent reporting naming the site and casualties — any of these moves this file.