Between 06:14 and 06:29 on August 24, KH-, KSS-, Nujaba- and Ashab al-Kahf-linked sources reported that Iraqi intelligence and counterterrorism forces had detained PMF personnel in Baghdad. The accounts agreed that PMF members were taken but varied over the number detained and described the action as an abduction, a provocation or a breach of a claimed procedure assigning PMF arrests to the PMF Security and Discipline Directorate. No named state or PMF source confirmed the allegations in the supplied window.
- Sabereen NewsKH — affiliated24 Aug, 09:14
“A member of the PMF هيئة الأركان was abducted by the Counter Terrorism Service and intelligence service.”
تم اختطاف عضو في أركان هيئة الحشد الشعبي من قبل جهاز مكافحة الارهاب والمخابرات
- Al-Kornet al-Kata'ibiKSS — affiliated24 Aug, 09:16
“In a new provocative act, a number of PMF members were arrested in Baghdad.”
في تصرف استفزازي جديد، اعتقال عدد من عناصر الحشد الشعبي في بغداد
- Shabab al-IslamAshab al-Kahf — owned/non-official24 Aug, 09:27
“A Counter Terrorism Service force, together with the intelligence service, raided areas east of the canal and arrested Haj Abu Jaafar, a member of the PMF هيئة الأركان office; another intelligence-service force arrested three PMF members in al-Baladiyat.”
قوة من قبل جهاز مكافحة الإرهاب، بالاشتراك مع جهاز المخابرات تداهم مناطق شرق القناة وتعتقل الحاج ابو جعفر عضو في مكتب اركان هيئة الحشد الشعبي؛ قوة اخرى من جهاز المخابرات تعتقل ثلاثة أشخاص في الحشد الشعبي من منطقة البلديات
- Jehad Brothers TeamNujaba — affiliated24 Aug, 09:28
“The intelligence service abducted a group of PMF fighters in the al-Baladiyat area.”
جهاز المخابرات يختطف مجموعة من مجاهدي الحشد الشعبي في منطقة البلديات
The common factional position contests the intelligence and counterterrorism services’ handling of PMF personnel, while Ashab al-Kahf media went further than its peers by asserting an alternative PMF jurisdiction over such arrests. No source announced an armed response or claimed militia action against the state bodies.