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New22 Aug, 15:29 BAGHDAD

KSS-linked channel grounds keeping weapons in the election result

WHAT HAPPENED

iNEWS (KSS — affiliated) posted on 22 August a caption attributed to al-Hashimi under its "another reading" tag: the citizen elected blocs affiliated with the resistance, and it is illogical to strip their weapons. No second channel in the window carried this line. The rung is preponderance: a single affiliated channel's caption, with the speaker's own affiliation not stated in the evidence and no corroborating carriage.

WHO CARRIED IT · EVERY MESSAGE, LINKED

iNEWSKSS — affiliated/aligned media22 Aug, 15:29
“Al-Hashimi: The citizen elected blocs affiliated with the resistance, and it is illogical to strip their weapons.”
الهاشمي: المواطن انتخب كتلًا تابعة للمقاومة ومن غير المنطقي نزع سلاحها

In posting order. Translated by the desk, published as evidence — not endorsement. A channel name opens the message where it was posted.

WHY IT MATTERS

An electoral-mandate argument moves the weapons question onto ground where the Iraqi state's own election results are the warrant, which is harder for the government to answer than a resistance-ideology claim.

THE MESSAGE IN FULL · THE DESK’S OWN COPY

View the original message (Arabic)

الهاشمي: المواطن انتخب كتلًا تابعة للمقاومة ومن غير المنطقي نزع سلاحها #قراءة_اخرى #اي_نيوز

Kept as posted — a channel can delete a message; this copy stays.