On 26 August, Al-Ittijah TV (KH — official) carried Mohammed Abu al-Ais saying Iraq did not need foreign forces and that their removal had become an urgent necessity. A companion post quoted him saying Iraq's stability depended on expelling the “occupying American forces”; neither post announced an operation or timetable.
- Al-Ittijah TVKH — official26 Aug, 14:24
“Iraq does not need foreign forces, and removing them has become an urgent necessity.”
العراق ليس بحاجة إلى القوات الأجنبية واخراجها أصبح ضرورة ملحة
- Al-Ittijah TVKH — official26 Aug, 14:24
“Iraq's stability depends on expelling the occupying American forces.”
استقرار العراق مرهون بإخراج القوات الأميركية المحتلة
a follow-up KH statement naming bases, setting a deadline or announcing action by 29 August would move this from political pressure toward militia escalation; continued demands without those indicators would leave it as political posture.