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New19 Aug, 13:08 BAGHDAD

Factions split on how to tell the Yaqubi acquittal story

WHAT HAPPENED

Beginning at 07:46 and running through 10:08 on 19 August, ten tracked channels reported that the Karkh Court acquitted Abbas al-Yaqubi, intelligence official of the PMF's Baghdad Belt Operations command, and cancelled the cases against him. Al-Kornet al-Kata'ibi, Unit 10,000, Al-Nujaba TV and Al-Ittijah TV each specified that the acquittal followed his handover to PMF security, and two of them described the charges as 'false'; Al-Ghadeer TV, Al-Ahad TV, iNEWS and Al-Janoub TV reported the verdict without either element. No court document, judicial statement or account of the original allegations appears in the collected material.

WHO CARRIED IT · EVERY MESSAGE, LINKED
  1. Al-Kornet al-Kata'ibiKSS — affiliated19 Aug, 10:46

    After he was handed over to PMF security, the Karkh Court judge announces the acquittal of Abbas al-Yaqubi... of the false charges attributed to him.

    بعد تسليمه إلى أمن الحشد، قاضي محكمة الكرخ يعلن براءة السيد عباس اليعقوبي... من التهم الباطلة المنسوبة إليه.

  2. Unit 10,000KH — affiliated19 Aug, 10:49

    The Karkh Court judge announces the acquittal of Abbas al-Yaqubi... of the false charges attributed to him. Praise be to God, who turned their plot back into their throats, disappointed.

    قاضي محكمة الكرخ يعلن براءة السيد عباس اليعقوبي... من التهم الباطلة المنسوبة إليه. 📌الحمد لله الذي رد كيدهم في نحورهم خائبين

  3. Al-Ahad TVAAH — official19 Aug, 11:04

    The Karkh Court announces the acquittal of Abbas al-Yaqubi, intelligence official in the PMF's Baghdad Belt Operations, of all charges.

    محكمة الكرخ تُعلن براءة عباس اليعقوبي مسؤول الاستخبارات في عمليات حزام بغداد للحشد من جميع التهم

  4. Al-Ghadeer TVBadr Organization — official19 Aug, 11:09

    The Karkh Court acquits Abbas al-Yaqubi, intelligence official of the PMF's Baghdad Belt Operations.

    محكمة الكرخ تبرئ مسؤول استخبارات عمليات حزام بغداد في الحـ ـشد الشـ ـعبي عباس اليعقوبي

  5. Al-Ittijah TVKH — official19 Aug, 11:27

    The Karkh Court judge announces the acquittal of Abbas al-Yaqubi... of the charges attributed to him, after he was handed over to PMF security.

    قاضي محكمة الكرخ يعلن براءة السيد عباس اليعقوبي... من التهم المنسوبة إليه بعد تسليمه لأمن الحشد

  6. iNEWSKSS — affiliated19 Aug, 11:27

    A source: the Karkh Court acquits Abbas al-Yaqubi, intelligence official of the PMF's Baghdad Belt Operations, of the charges attributed to him.

    مصدر: محكمة الكرخ تبرئ "عباس اليعقوبي" مسؤول استخبارات عمليات حزام بغداد في الحشد الشعبي من التهم المنسوبة إليه

  7. Al-Nujaba TVNujaba — official19 Aug, 11:29

    The Karkh Court judge announces the acquittal of Abbas al-Yaqubi... of the charges attributed to him, after he was handed over to PMF security.

    قاضي محكمة الكرخ يعلن براءة السيد عباس اليعقوبي... من التهم المنسوبة إليه بعد تسليمه لأمن الحشد

  8. Unit 10,000KH — affiliated19 Aug, 12:39

    Confirming what Unit 10,000 published — the PMF: the Iraqi judiciary acquits the director of Baghdad Belt Operations intelligence in the PMF.

    🟡تأكيدا لما نشرته الوحدة 10000 الحشد الشعبي: القضاء العراقي يبرّئ مدير استخبارات عمليات حزام بغداد في الحشد الشعبي

In posting order. Translated by the desk, published as evidence — not endorsement. A channel name opens the message where it was posted.
WHY IT MATTERS

The divergence marks who is prepared to say in public that PMF custody preceded the acquittal and that the prosecution was baseless, and who prefers the bare judicial fact — a measurable difference in how far each faction will foreground the PMF's role in the disposal of a criminal case against its own intelligence officer.

THE MESSAGE IN FULL · THE DESK’S OWN COPY
View the original message (Arabic)بعد تسليمه إلى أمن الحشد، قاضي محكمة الكرخ يعلن براءة السيد عباس اليعقوبي، مسؤول قسم الاستخبارات في عمليات حزام بغداد للحشد، من التهم الباطلة المنسوبة إليه.
Kept as posted — a channel can delete a message; this copy stays.