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DivergenceNew22 Aug, 22:01 BAGHDAD

Nujaba channel names itself and Kataib Hezbollah as the weapons' rightful holders

WHAT HAPPENED

Al-Nujaba TV (Nujaba — official) aired Haitham al-Miyahi saying weapons must remain in the hands of Nujaba and Kataib Hezbollah, and roughly ten minutes later promoted a programme segment headlined "restricting weapons to Barak's measure — who gave him the right of guardianship?". Both items ran in the same evening hour as the Kataib Hezbollah refusal on Al-Ittijah TV. The rung is preponderance: the naming of two specific factions is explicit in the channel's own caption, but the speaker is presented as a guest commentator and no Nujaba official or Akram al-Kaabi statement adopts the formulation in the supplied evidence.

WHO CARRIED IT · EVERY MESSAGE, LINKED
  1. Al-Nujaba TVNujaba — official22 Aug, 21:50

    Dr. Haitham al-Miyahi: weapons must remain in the hands of Nujaba and Kataib Hezbollah, for these reasons.

    د. هيثم المياحي: السلاح يجب أن يبقى بيد النجباء وكتائب حزب الله لهذه الأسباب

  2. Al-Nujaba TVNujaba — official22 Aug, 22:01

    Restricting weapons tailored to Barak's measure — who granted him the right of guardianship?

    حصر السلاح على مقاس باراك.. من منحه حق الوصاية؟

In posting order. Translated by the desk, published as evidence — not endorsement.
WHY IT MATTERS

Who is named as a rightful holder of weapons is a statement about rank within the muqawama, and this one draws the circle around two factions while a third faction's channel was simultaneously arguing for state control.

THE MESSAGE IN FULL · THE DESK’S OWN COPY
View the original message (Arabic)برنامج #بصراحة_مع_عذراء | حصر السلاح على مقاس باراك.. من منحه حق الوصاية؟ https://sites.google.com/view/ntviraq #قناة_NTV_عراق
Kept as posted — a channel can delete a message; this copy stays.