Within one minute of each other this afternoon, Al-Ahad TV (AAH — official owned media) and iNEWS (KSS — affiliated) both put out breaking-banner cards attributing to al-Zaydi the signing of an agreement with Turkey to transport and load Iraqi crude oil through the port of Ceyhan. The two cards carry different content: iNEWS relayed only the fact of the signature and the route, while Al-Ahad TV relayed a minimum throughput of 750,000 barrels per day. Visual review of both images shows a man at a podium before an Iraqi flag with the claim carried entirely in the overlaid banner text; the speaker's identity is not independently confirmable from the images, and no outside coverage of the agreement appears in the collected material.
- Al-Ahad TVAAH — official owned media01 Aug, 17:31
“Al-Zaydi: The agreement with Turkey provides for transporting and loading Iraqi oil at a minimum of 750,000 barrels per day.”
الزيدي: الاتفاق مع تركيا يقضي بنقل وتحميل النفط العراقي بحد أدنى يبلغ 750 ألف برميل يومياً
- iNEWSKSS — affiliated/aligned media01 Aug, 17:32
“Al-Zaydi: We signed an agreement with Turkey to transport and load Iraqi crude oil through the port of Ceyhan.”
الزيدي: وقعنا مع تركيا اتفاقاً لنقل وتحميل النفط الخام العراقي عبر ميناء جيهان
A stated 750,000-barrel-per-day floor is a checkable number that can be measured against actual Ceyhan loadings, which makes the AAH card, not the KSS one, the version that can later be held to account.