Between roughly 13:13 and 13:42 on 17 August, KH's Sabereen News and Unit 10,000, KH-owned Al-Ittijah TV, Ashab al-Kahf's Shabab al-Islam, Nujaba-affiliated Jehad Brothers Team and Badr-aligned Watan TV all carried the detention of the Popular Mobilization Forces' Baghdad Operations Belt intelligence official after a house raid in Dhi Qar. The channels split on the man's name and status: KH-linked outlets called him Haj Abbas al-Yaqubi and described a kidnapping and a serious violation of the law, while Watan TV, citing a security source, called him Abbas Hussein and said he was simultaneously the reconnaissance-unit official of Harakat al-Nujaba. Unit 10,000 said the operation was carried out jointly by American occupation forces and the Counter Terrorism Service; Jehad Brothers Team said it was done on American orders. The images attached to several of these posts do not depict a raid or an arrest.
- Sabereen NewsKH — affiliated17 Aug, 16:13
“In a serious violation of the law, a Counter Terrorism Service force arrests Popular Mobilization Baghdad Operations Belt intelligence official Haj Abbas al-Yaqubi.”
في تجاوز خطير على القانون قوة من جهاز مكافحة الارهاب تعتقل مسؤول استخبارات عمليات حزام بغداد الحشد الشعبي الحاج عباس اليعقوبي.
- Shabab al-IslamAshab al-Kahf — owned/non-official media17 Aug, 16:22
“Against the background of the kidnapping of Popular Mobilization leader Sayyid Abbas al-Yaqubi by the Counter Terrorism Service”
على خلفية اختطاف القيادي بالحشد الشعبي السيد عباس اليعقوبي من قبل جهاز مكافحة الارهاب
- Unit 10,000KH — affiliated17 Aug, 16:27
“In a dangerous precedent threatening internal peace.. the kidnapping of Popular Mobilization Baghdad Operations Belt intelligence official Haj Abbas al-Yaqubi by the Counter Terrorism Service”
🟡في سابقة خطيرة تهدد السلم داخلي .. اختطاف مسؤول استخبارات عمليات حزام بغداد الحشد الشعبي الحاج عباس اليعقوبي من قبل جهاز مكافحة الارهاب
- Unit 10,000KH — affiliated17 Aug, 16:42
“Unit 10,000 has observed that the kidnapping operation was carried out jointly by the American occupation forces and the Counter Terrorism Service.”
رصدت الوحدة 10000 ، ان عملية الاختطاف تمت بمشتركة قوات الاحتلال الامريكي وجهاز مكافحة الارهاب
- Jehad Brothers TeamNujaba — affiliated17 Aug, 16:21
“Following the incident of the kidnapping of Popular Mobilization leader Sayyid Abbas al-Yaqubi by the Counter Terrorism Service and on American orders”
على إثر حادثة اختطاف القيادي في الحشد الشعبي السيد عباس اليعقوبي من قبل جهاز مكافحة الإرهاب وبأوامر امريكية
- Watan TVBadr Organization — affiliated17 Aug, 16:42
“A security source: a special force arrests the director of the intelligence department of the Popular Mobilization's Baghdad Operations Belt command and the reconnaissance-unit official of Harakat al-Nujaba, "Abbas Hussein", after raiding his home in Dhi Qar province.”
مصدر أمني: قوة خاصة تعتقل مدير قسم استخبارات قيادة عمليات حزام بغداد في الحشد الشعبي ومسؤول وحدة الاستطلاع في حركة النجباء "عباس حسين" عقب مداهمة منزله في محافظة ذي قار
An Iraqi state security force detaining a serving Popular Mobilization intelligence director, described by one aligned outlet as simultaneously a Nujaba officer, places the Counter Terrorism Service and the factions in direct confrontation over a named individual rather than over policy.