Muhammad al-Safi, identified in the posts as the head of Kataib Hezbollah's representation office in Wasit, said U.S. intervention in Iraqi affairs had become clear, that the demands should have been to strengthen and develop the resistance's weapons in defence of Iraqi sovereignty rather than remove them, and that the group's conditions for disarmament are independence of decision-making and of the economy plus an end to occupation. He also asked who would confront Zionist-American plans if the weapons were handed over. The remarks appeared this morning on KH's own Al-Ittijah TV in two consecutive quote posts and, roughly ten minutes later, in a fuller bullet form on the KH-affiliated Unit 10,000; the rung rests on the group's own official outlet carrying the words, with no contrary KH material in the window.
- Al-Ittijah TVKH — official owned media14 Aug, 14:23
“The demands should have been to strengthen and develop the resistance's weapons in defence of Iraq's sovereignty, not to remove them”
كان يجب أن تكون المطالب هي تعزيز سلاح المقاومة وتطويره دفاعا عن سيادة العراق وليس نزعه
- Al-Ittijah TVKH — official owned media14 Aug, 14:24
“Our conditions for disarmament are independence of decision and of the economy, and an end to the occupation”
شروطنا لنزع السلاح هي الاستقلال بالقرار والاقتصاد وانهاء الاحتلال
- Unit 10,000KH — affiliated/aligned media14 Aug, 14:34
“The head of Kataib Hezbollah's representation office in Wasit, Muhammad al-Safi: U.S. intervention in Iraqi affairs has become clear … who will confront the Zionist-American plans if we hand over the weapons?”
مسؤول ممثلية كتائب حزب الله في واسط السيد محمد الصافي: التدخل الأميركي في الشأن العراقي أصبح واضحا … من سيتصدى للمخططات الصهيو أميركية اذا سلمنا السلاح
It puts a price on disarmament in Iraqi sovereignty and economic terms rather than refusing outright, which is the position any government enforcement effort would have to negotiate against or override.