At 07:26 on 14 August Al-Ittijah TV (KH — official) published a headline attributing to the Badr Organization the position that there is no disarmament before Iraq is liberated, and that restricting weapons is conditional on ending the foreign presence. About half an hour earlier, Kurdistan24 reported that Badr warned disarming Iraqi armed groups could trigger civil war. Two separate lines carry a Badr position on the same file, but no Badr-owned channel item is in the retrieved evidence, so the wording remains second-hand in both cases.
- Kurdistan2414 Aug, 09:57
“Badr Warns Disarming Iraqi Armed Groups Could Trigger Civil War”
- Al-Ittijah TVKH — official14 Aug, 10:26
“No disarmament before the liberation of Iraq: the Badr Organization links restricting weapons to ending the foreign presence.”
لا نزع للسلاح قبل تحرير العراق.. منظمة بدر تربط حصره بإنهاء الوجود الأجنبي
Badr is the faction most embedded in the Iraqi security state, and a Badr position conditioning weapons restriction on foreign withdrawal narrows the room any Iraqi government has to move on the file at all.