On 30 September, Sabereen News (KH — affiliated) posted a forecast labelled “enemy media” saying the U.S. withdrawal from Iraq was “only the beginning.” The quoted forecast said U.S. bases in the Gulf damaged during the war with Iran would be fully evacuated after that war, with further U.S. troop withdrawals from the region. This is a published forecast, not a report that those Gulf withdrawals have occurred.
- Sabereen NewsKH — affiliated30 Sept, 07:33
“Enemy media today: After more than 20 years of presence in Iraq, the United States will complete its withdrawal of forces from the country. This is only the beginning. The next step after Iraq, after the war with Iran ends (at some point): U.S. bases in the Gulf that were badly damaged in the war with Iran will be fully evacuated, and the United States will withdraw more forces from the region.”
اعلام العدو اليوم: بعد أكثر من 20 عامًا من الوجود في العراق، ستنهي الولايات المتحدة انسحاب قواتها من البلاد. هذه ليست سوى البداية. الخطوة التالية بعد العراق، بعد انتهاء الحرب مع إيران (في وقت ما): سيتم إخلاء القواعد الأمريكية في الخليج التي تضررت بشدة في الحرب مع إيران بشكل كامل، وستسحب الولايات المتحدة المزيد من القوات من المنطقة.
An identified original report or a U.S. announcement by 3 October would establish the forecast’s provenance or substantiate its premise; a Sabereen News (KH — affiliated) post adopting the forecast in its own words by 3 October would establish a channel position; any of these moves this file.