On 3 August, Sabereen News (KH — affiliated) posted wording attributed to Abu Hussein al-Hamidawi: "our holding to the resistance weapon, and not relinquishing it, but rather developing it and enlarging its arsenal," and an hour later a longer version saying a crime the enemy committed against "our sons" requires holding the weapon and developing it "to deter anyone who wishes us ill." Within five minutes of that second post, Watan TV (Badr Organization — affiliated) carried a related formulation attributed to Hamidawi framing the trigger as "the aggression against Iraq" and adding a call "to seek to cleanse our security space." The rung is held at credible rather than higher because the two carriages are the only lines in hand, no perpetrator, target or timetable is named, and no outside coverage of the statement appears in the retrieved evidence.
- Sabereen NewsKH — affiliated03 Aug, 19:47
“Our holding to the resistance weapon, and not relinquishing it, but rather developing it and enlarging its arsenal”
تمسكنا بسلاح المقاومة، وعدم التفريط به، بل تطويره وتعظيم ترسانته
- Watan TVBadr Organization — affiliated03 Aug, 20:43
“Hamidawi: The aggression against Iraq requires our holding to the resistance weapon and not relinquishing it, but rather enlarging its arsenal and seeking to cleanse our security space”
الحميداوي : العدوان على العراق يستدعي تمسكنا بسلاح المقاومة وعدم التفريط به بل تعظيم ترسانته والسعي لتنقية فضائنا الأمن
- Sabereen NewsKH — affiliated03 Aug, 20:48
“That what the enemy committed as a crime against our sons requires holding to the weapon and developing it, to deter everyone who wishes us ill”
أن ما ارتكبه العدو من جريمة بحق أبنائنا يستدعي التمسك بالسلاح وتطويره لردع كل من يريد بنا شراً