Between 22:59 and 23:32 on 17 August, Al-Ahad TV (AAH — official) aired three segments on the reported Saudi strike on Popular Mobilization Forces headquarters, framed by its own on-screen banner as "prior warning and spilled blood" and "the three-hour tragedy". Security expert Adnan al-Kinani said three hours was not a short time and that Falih al-Fayyad had been required to evacuate and disperse the headquarters and form an operations room; political analyst Ibrahim al-Dahesh said there were possibilities of negligence, that receiving information on the Saudi aggression before it was executed means a defect in the command-and-control system, and that responsibility inside the leadership must be determined. The rung is preponderance: the force-protection failure rests entirely on two commentators on one faction's channel, with no independent line on whether a warning was received or an evacuation order existed.
- Al-Ahad TVAAH — official18 Aug, 01:59
“Three hours is not a short time.. security expert Adnan al-Kinani: Fayyad was required to evacuate and disperse the headquarters and form an operations room!!”
3 ساعات ليست قليلة.. الخبير الامني عدنان الكناني: الفياض كان مطالباً بإخلاء المقرات وبعثرتها وتشكيل غرفة عمليات !!
- Al-Ahad TVAAH — official18 Aug, 02:28
“There are possibilities of negligence and dereliction despite knowledge of the Saudi strike and failure to notify an evacuation — the arrival of information on the Saudi aggression before it was carried out means a defect in the command-and-control system — a professional and transparent investigation is essential to determine responsibility — the Saudi assault on PMF headquarters is a violation o”
هناك احتمالات بالاهمال والتقصير بعلم الضربة السعودية وعدم التبليغ بالاخلاء - وصول معلومات بالعدوان السعودي قبل تنفيذه معناه خلل في منظومة القيادة والسيطرة - لابد من تحقيق مهني وشفاف لتحديد المسؤولية - الاعتداء السعودي على مقار الحشد هو انتهاك لسيادة العراق
- Al-Ahad TVAAH — official18 Aug, 02:32
“The reasons for the delay in notifying the evacuation of Popular Mobilization Forces headquarters require identifying responsibility inside the leadership”
اسباب تأخر التبليغ باخلاء مقرات الحشد الشعبي يتطلب معرفة المسؤولية داخل القيادة
AAH's own broadcast platform is being used to build a documented negligence case against the PMF chairman over the deaths at PMF headquarters, which is factional pressure on the PMF command chain rather than on the state that struck it.