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Iraq Monitorعين على العراقPrimary-source intelligence · updated 15:43 Baghdad
Intra-militia conflictDivergence29 Jul, 15:43 BAGHDAD

Nujaba's text alone carries the network's answer to the strike

Nujaba's signed five-point statement was the only faction text of its own on the dawn strike and was carried across Kataib Hezbollah, Kata'ib Sayyid al-Shuhada, Ashab al-Kahf and Harakat al-Jihad wal-Bina channels within roughly ninety minutes

WHAT HAPPENED

Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba (Nujaba — official armed group channel) and Noon Media (Nujaba — official social media) published the movement's signed statement within seconds of each other late this morning, demanding expulsion of American bases, severance of "all forms of cooperation with the criminal Saudi regime … the head of the snake and the financier of terrorism against Iraq," immediate government action beyond "statements of condemnation," advanced air defences with accountability for "whoever caused the nation's sky to be left open to the killers' desires," and warning that Washington's and Saudi Arabia's rulers will not defile Iraqi soil "without a heavy price paid from their interests and their security." The identical text then appeared on Sabereen News and Al-Ittijah TV (Kataib Hezbollah — affiliated and official), Al-Kornet al-Kata'ibi (Kata'ib Sayyid al-Shuhada — affiliated), Jehad Brothers Team (Nujaba — affiliated), Shabab al-Islam (Ashab al-Kahf — owned/non-official) and Al-Janoub TV (Harakat al-Jihad wal-Bina — official), the last explicitly headed "Statement of the Iraqi Islamic Resistance – Harakat al-Nujaba." No other tracked faction issued a statement of its own on the strike in the collected window.

WHY IT MATTERS

On this morning's event the network spoke with Nujaba's words rather than its own, which places the accountability demand against the Iraqi state — over undefended airspace — under one movement's signature rather than a collective one.

EVIDENCE · INTERCEPTED CHANNEL MESSAGE
View the original message (Arabic)بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم ﴿وَسَيَعْلَمُ الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا أَيَّ مُنقَلَبٍ يَنقَلِبُونَ﴾ تطل علينا قوى الاستكبار العالمي والتبعية ممثلة بالاحتلال الأمريكي الغاشم والتحالف السعودي المأجور، لتؤكد مجدداً وجهها القبيح وعقيدتها الدموية القائمة على الغدر متجاوزة كل أعراف السيادة وكرامة الأوطان.. فجر اليوم…
Published as evidence, not endorsement