The statement issued in the name of Hay'at al-Hashd al-Shaabi on 9 August 2026 condemns in the strongest terms accusations by unnamed politicians against chairman Falih al-Fayyad, specifically the claim that he had advance information about the attack on Hashd headquarters and did not inform the military units, calling the accusations devoid of truth and unsupported by evidence. It says it regrets attempts by political parties to invest the blood of the dead and wounded in settling political scores and undermining its leaders, and that it retains its full right to take legal action against anyone proven to have deliberately published false information or directed baseless accusations touching its leadership and their reputation. The accusing politicians are not named in any collected item, and no independent account of the accusations appears in the material.
- Asaib Ahl al-HaqAAH — official armed group channel09 Aug, 13:19
“The Popular Mobilization Commission condemns in the strongest terms what has come from certain politicians in the way of baseless accusations against the head of the Commission, Mr Falih al-Fayyad, and the claim that he possessed advance information about the targeting of Popular Mobilization headquarters and did not inform the military units — allegations devoid of truth”
تستنكر هيئة الحشد الشعبي، بأشد العبارات، ما صدر عن بعض السياسيين من اتهامات باطلة طالت رئيس الهيئة السيد فالح الفياض، والادعاء بامتلاكه معلومات مسبقة عن استهداف مقرات الحشد الشعبي وعدم إبلاغ القطعات العسكرية، وهي ادعاءات عارية عن الصحة
- Al-Ghadeer TVBadr Organization — official owned media09 Aug, 13:24
“The Popular Mobilization Commission denies possessing advance information about the targeting of its headquarters and failing to inform the military units”
هيئة الحشد الشعبي تنفي امتلاكها معلومات مسبقة عن استهداف مقراتها وعدم إبلاغ القطعات العسكرية
- iNEWSKSS — affiliated/aligned media09 Aug, 13:30
“At a time when our sons were bleeding and facing a brutal assault, we regret the efforts of parties to settle political scores and undermine our leaders”
في الوقت الذي كان فيه أبناؤنا ينزفون ويواجهون اعتداءً غاشماً يؤسفنا سعي جهات لتصفية حسابات سياسية والنيل من قياداتنا
- iNEWSKSS — affiliated/aligned media09 Aug, 13:35
“We retain our full right to take legal action against anyone proven to have deliberately published false information or directed baseless accusations touching our leaders and their reputation”
نحتفظ بكامل حقنا في اتخاذ الإجراءات القانونية بحق كل من يثبت تعمده نشر معلومات كاذبة أو توجيه اتهامات باطلة تمس قياداتنا وسمعتهم
- Al-Ghadeer TVBadr Organization — official owned media09 Aug, 13:44
“We retain our right to take legal action against anyone proven to have deliberately published false information or baseless accusations touching the Commission's leaders”
نحتفظ بحقنا في اتخاذ الإجراءات القانونية بحق كل من يثبت تعمده نشر معلومات كاذبة أو اتهامات باطلة تمس قيادات الهيئة
- Al-Nujaba TVNujaba — official owned media09 Aug, 13:36
“The accusations against al-Fayyad are allegations devoid of truth and rest on no evidence or fact”
الاتهامات بحق الفياض هي ادعاءات عارية عن الصحة ولا تستند إلى أي دليل أو حقيقة
A stated reservation of legal recourse against those who publish accusations touching Commission leaders puts Iraqi politicians and outlets covering the incident inside the reach of the courts, and the identities of any defendants would show how far that reach extends.