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Iraq Monitorعين على العراقPrimary-source intelligence · updated 15:43 Baghdad
Intra-militia conflictDivergence30 Jul, 10:49 BAGHDAD

Sadr blames reckless militias for strikes; factions blame Washington and Riyadh

Press reports carry Muqtada al-Sadr blaming "reckless" militias for drawing the strikes on the Popular Mobilization Forces, against the militia account of an American–Saudi aggression

WHAT HAPPENED

Press reports published at 07:20 and 07:21 this morning carry Muqtada al-Sadr blaming "reckless" militias for attracting the deadly strikes on the Popular Mobilization Forces, framed against renewed regional pressure on Iraq. Roughly half an hour later, Sabereen News (KH — affiliated media) relayed the Popular Mobilization Forces funeral notice attributing the same deaths to "the treacherous American–Saudi aggression" against Iraqi security forces. The supplied material contains only headline-level reporting of al-Sadr's words; no full text and no Sadrist channel statement is in hand, and no tracked faction channel in the collected window responded to him.

WATCH

Watch: the full text of al-Sadr's remarks from Sadrist media; a named faction reply defending operational conduct; any faction channel adopting the "reckless" framing; and whether the funeral events draw or exclude Sadrist participation on 2026-07-30. Any of these moves this file.

EVIDENCE · INTERCEPTED CHANNEL MESSAGE
View the original message (Arabic)🔴هيئة الحشد الشعبي دعوة للمشاركة في تشييع كوكبة من شهداء الأربعينية تدعوكم الجهات المنظمة للمشاركة في مراسم تشييع كوكبة من شهداء الأربعينية من العراقيين والمستشارين، الذين ارتقوا إثر العدوان الأمريكي السعودي الغادر الذي استهدف قواتنا الأمنية البطلة في عدد من مناطق العراق. 📍 كربلاء المقدسة من فلكة…
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