iNEWS, a KSS-affiliated channel, published an urgent card at 11:13 GMT on 18 August quoting Qasim al-Araji, security adviser to the prime minister, as saying that placing weapons in the hands of the state does not aim at exclusion or at squandering sacrifices. The item rests on a single relayed government statement in one aligned outlet; no other collected channel carried it in the window.
- iNEWSKSS — affiliated18 Aug, 14:13
“The prime minister's security adviser Qasim al-Araji: placing weapons in the hands of the state does not aim at exclusion or at squandering the sacrifices.”
المستشار الأمني لرئيس الوزراء قاسم الأعرجي: حصر السلاح بيد الدولة لا يستهدف الإقصاء أو التفريط بالتضحيات
Watch: a faction rejecting or endorsing the "no exclusion" formulation, republication by KH, AAH or Badr channels, or an official Coordination Framework text using the same phrase — any of these moves this file.