Kataib Hezbollah-affiliated Sabereen News and Unit 10,000 described Brigades 70 and 80 on 11 September as militias being merged into a US-supervised army parallel to the Iraqi Army and paid by Baghdad. By contrast, Qais al-Khazali, AAH’s secretary-general, had described the Peshmerga as constitutionally recognized while maintaining that it must answer to Iraq’s commander-in-chief.
- شفق نيوز11 Sept, 01:34
“Al-Khazali reasoned that its recognition under Iraqi law and the Constitution places it outside the scope of the initiative. He nevertheless maintained that full state sovereignty requires the Peshmerga to operate under the authority of the commander-in-chief.”
Al-Khazali reasoned that its recognition under Iraqi law and the Constitution places it outside the scope of the initiative. He nevertheless maintained that full state sovereignty requires the Peshmerga to operate under the authority of the commander-in-chief.
- Sabereen NewsKH — affiliated11 Sept, 15:03
“It announces the merger of Militias 80 and 70 into an army parallel to the Iraqi Army under the supervision of the American enemy, while noting that these militias’ salaries come from the Iraqi government.”
تعلن دمج ميليشيا ٨٠ وميليشا ٧٠ بجيش موازي للجيش العراق باشراف العدو الامريكي ... يذكر ان رواتب هذه الميليشيات من الحكومة العراقية
- Unit 10,000KH — affiliated11 Sept, 15:07
“Under US supervision, it announces the merger of Militias 80 and 70 into an army parallel to the Iraqi Army, while these militias receive salaries from the Iraqi government.”
بأشراف امريكي ... تعلن دمج ميليشيا ٨٠ وميليشا ٧٠ بجيش موازي للجيش العراقي ... هذه المليشيات تتسلم رواتبها من الحكومة العراقية
The divergence concerns the legal status of Kurdish forces rather than the demand for federal command: the Kataib Hezbollah media line rejects their legitimacy, while the AAH line accepts their legal basis but contests their command relationship.