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Iraq Monitorعين على العراقPrimary-source intelligence · updated 15:43 Baghdad
Militia violence29 Jul, 23:04 BAGHDAD

KSS spokesman says response decided, then says it is still under study

Kata'ib Sayyid al-Shuhada spokesman Sheikh Kadhim al-Fartousi said the resistance factions' decision is "a response the size of the aggression," then said within the hour that the military response is "still under research and discussion"

WHAT HAPPENED

At 19:53 Al-Kornet al-Kata'ibi (KSS — affiliated media) quoted Kata'ib Sayyid al-Shuhada spokesman Sheikh Kadhim al-Fartousi: "the decision of the resistance factions is explicit — the response at the size of the aggression." At 20:04 the same channel quoted him saying "we do not accept the Prime Minister going to Riyadh" and that "the military response is still a matter of research and discussion." Separately, press reports carried a statement in the name of Islamic Resistance in Iraq saying "our response to the American aggression is coming and may reach its instruments in Saudi Arabia"; available evidence does not identify which constituent group authored that statement.

WHY IT MATTERS

The gap between "decided" and "under discussion" marks where the retaliation question actually sits, and the Saudi-territory formulation raises the declared reach of any response beyond Iraqi soil.

EVIDENCE · INTERCEPTED CHANNEL MESSAGE
View the original message (Arabic)المتحدث باسم كتائب سيد الشهداء، الشيخ كاظم الفرطوسي: قرار فصائل المقاومة صراحةً، الرد بحجم الاعتداء.
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