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DivergenceNew19 Aug, 01:27 BAGHDAD

Al-Ahad guest pairs imminent handover claim with PMF readiness figures

WHAT HAPPENED

Across roughly twenty minutes on the programme "Siyasi al-Ab'ad", AAH-owned Al-Ahad TV posted four segments quoting Maj. Gen. Jawad al-Dahlaki, described in one item as a security expert: that a military message reaches the security agencies within about 20 minutes including the PMF command, that evacuating headquarters needs 30 minutes not three hours, that the PMF has better communications equipment than the army and federal police, and that "by 30 September everything will happen" with the factions surrendering their weapons soon. All four are the guest's words on a channel AAH owns; nothing in the evidence makes them an AAH organisational position, and the specificity of the readiness figures is uncorroborated.

WHO CARRIED IT · EVERY MESSAGE, LINKED
  1. Al-Ahad TVAAH — official19 Aug, 00:53

    Including the PMF command — security expert Maj. Gen. Jawad al-Dahlaki: the "military message" reaches the security agencies within about 20 minutes.

    بينها قيادة الحشد.. الخبير الأمني اللواء جواد الدهلكي: "الرسالة العسكرية" تصل الأجهزة الأمنية بحدود 20 دقيقة

  2. Al-Ahad TVAAH — official19 Aug, 00:58

    The PMF command under accountability — Maj. Gen. Jawad al-Dahlaki: we need only 30 minutes to evacuate the headquarters, not three hours.

    قيادة الحشد الشعبي مساءلة.. اللواء جواد الدهلكي: نحتاج إلى 30 دقيقة فقط لإخلاء المقرات وليس 3 ساعات

  3. Al-Ahad TVAAH — official19 Aug, 01:11

    The PMF has "communications equipment" better than the army and the federal police — Fayyadh would have done better to pass the information by "telephone".

    الحشد يمتلك "معدات اتصال" أفضل من الجيش والشرطة الاتحادية.. كان الأجدر بالفياض إيصال المعلومة بــ "التليفون"

  4. Al-Ahad TVAAH — official19 Aug, 01:12

    "By 30 September everything will happen" — Maj. Gen. Jawad al-Dahlaki: the factions will hand over their weapons soon and what remains are simple technical matters.

    "30 أيلول كلشي ميصير".. اللواء جواد الدهلكي: الفصائل ستسلم سلاحها قريبا والمتبقي قضايا فنية بسيطة

  5. Al-Ahad TVAAH — official19 Aug, 01:27

    The American withdrawal and confining weapons to the state's hands should not have been mixed together.

    كان يجب أن لا يتم المزج بين الانسحاب الأمريكي وحصر السلاح بيد الدولة

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

A named 30 September date and a claim that only technical matters remain gives a checkable benchmark against which any actual handover, or its absence, can be measured, and Al-Ahad TV is the channel that put the date on the record.

THE MESSAGE IN FULL · THE DESK’S OWN COPY
View the original message (Arabic)المحلل السياسي مصطفى الخفاجي لـ #العهد: - مع اقتراب تاريخ 30 أيلول تبرز المزيد من المواقف المتشنجة - كان يجب أن لا يتم المزج بين الانسحاب الأمريكي وحصر السلاح بيد الدولة - ليس من حق الولايات المتحدة أو أي دولة التدخل في الشأن الداخلي العراقي - كان الأجد بالولايات المتحدة عدم التدخل بالشأن العراقي -…
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