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Iraq Monitorعين على العراقPrimary-source intelligence · updated 14:43 Baghdad
Militia violence01 Aug, 23:55 BAGHDAD

AAH channel airs guest saying factions can target Saudi Arabia

On Al-Ahad TV, political researcher Hussein Shlooshi said the factions possess weapons and are capable of targeting Saudi Arabia, and that the factions have put the ball in the government's court to respond to 'Saudi aggression'

WHAT HAPPENED

Al-Ahad TV (AAH — official owned media) aired a segment of its programme #قبل_الغد on the evening of 1 August in which Hussein Shlooshi, captioned on screen as a political researcher, said the factions possess weapons and are capable of targeting Saudi Arabia, that Saudi Arabia, Jordan and the Gulf states are part of the Israeli intelligence effort against Iran, and that the factions had put the ball in the government's court to respond to Saudi aggression. The same list of points said there is no gap between the factions' view and the government's, that resistance resources and weapons are in the service of the state, and that confining arms to the state is natural in a state able to defend itself. The rung is preponderance: the words are recorded verbatim on AAH's own channel, but they belong to a guest rather than to the group, and nothing else in the window carries a faction naming Saudi Arabia.

WHO CARRIED IT
  1. Al-Ahad TVAAH — official owned media01 Aug, 23:55

    The factions possess weapons and are capable of targeting Saudi Arabia — Saudi Arabia, Jordan and the Gulf states are part of the Israeli intelligence effort against Iran — the factions have put the ball in the government's court to respond to the Saudi aggression.

    الفصائل تمتلك اسلحة وقادرة على استهداف السعودية - السعودية والاردن ودول الخليج جزء من الجهد الاستخباري الاسرائيلي ضد ايران - الفصائل وضعت الكرة في ملعب الحكومة للرد على العدوان السعودي

Their words, in the order they posted. Translation by the desk; published as evidence, not endorsement.
WHY IT MATTERS

An Iraqi Gulf-facing threat frame is being voiced on a faction's own broadcast platform while the same broadcast keeps the decision formally with the Iraqi government, which places the capability claim and the deference claim on the same screen.

EVIDENCE · INTERCEPTED CHANNEL MESSAGE
View the original message (Arabic)الباحث في الشأن السياسي حسين شلوشي لبرنامج #قبل_الغد: - الفصائل هي الوحيدة التي تردع وتحمي العراق من الاعداء - الدولة المختطفة من اميركا لا يمكن ان تكون هي الدولة العراقية - ترامب "الابستيني" لديه ميليشيات ويهدد الاحزاب في اميركا - لا توجد فجوة وتقاطع بين رأي الفصائل ورأي الحكومة - الفصائل وضعت…
Published as evidence, not endorsement