iNEWS (KSS — affiliated) ran a sequence of items on the evening of 23 August built around MP Mehdi Amerli and MP Qaisar al-Jurani. Amerli is quoted saying America does not want Iraq to buy air-defence systems, calling on the prime minister to strengthen air defences and allocate funds for advanced systems, and saying the parliamentary security committee had sent a letter to host the relevant security agencies to investigate what the outlet calls the Saudi-American aggression on Iraq; al-Jurani is quoted saying political pressures were exerted to prevent that hosting. The outlet also trailed a segment claiming a third party is sowing discord between the government and the international coalition to strike the PMF. The rung is preponderance: the quotes are the outlet's own consistent captions across five posts, but every substantive allegation rests on this single outlet and no committee document, government statement or outside coverage is in hand.
- iNEWSKSS — affiliated23 Aug, 22:32
“Amerli to iNEWS: America does not want Iraq to purchase air-defence systems.”
آمرلي لـ"آي نيوز": أمريكا لا تريد أن يقوم العراق بشراء منظومات الدفاع الجوي
- iNEWSKSS — affiliated23 Aug, 22:34
“I call on the prime minister to strengthen the air defences and allocate funds to purchase advanced systems.”
أدعو رئيس الوزراء إلى تقوية الدفاعات الجوية وتخصيص مبالغ مالية لشراء منظومات متطورة
- iNEWSKSS — affiliated23 Aug, 22:37
“The parliamentary security committee had sent a letter to host the relevant security agencies to investigate the Saudi-American aggression on Iraq.”
لجنة الأمن النيابية كانت قد وجهت كتابا باستضافة الجهات الأمنية المعنية للتحقيق في العدوان السعودي الأمريكي على العراق
- iNEWSKSS — affiliated23 Aug, 22:53
“Political pressures were exerted to prevent the hosting of the relevant bodies concerning the Saudi-American aggression on Iraq.”
ضغوط سياسية مُورست لمنع استضافة الجهات المعنية بخصوص العدوان السعودي الأمريكي على العراق
- iNEWSKSS — affiliated23 Aug, 22:59
“A third party is sowing discord between the government and the international coalition to strike the PMF! Explosive information revealed by MP Mehdi Amerli.”
طرف ثالث يوقع بين الحكومة والتحالف الدولي لضرب الحشد!.. معلومات نارية يكشفها النائب مهدي آمرلي
The same event is being converted by two factions into two different demands on the Iraqi state — one for a chairman's testimony, one for defence spending and a blocked investigation — and only the outward-facing version reaches beyond Iraqi institutions to name the United States.