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DivergenceNew09 Aug, 13:37 BAGHDAD

Hashd Commission blames its own 30th Brigade unit for the deaths

WHAT HAPPENED

The same statement issued in the name of Hay'at al-Hashd al-Shaabi on 9 August 2026 says the Fourth Regiment of the 30th Brigade did not take all the established protective measures, which it says caused the largest number of deaths among that unit's personnel during the attacks. It states that the Commission's presidency has ordered an investigation into the officials there to establish the circumstances of the failure and assign responsibility. The unit-blame passage and the investigation order were carried by Asaib Ahl al-Haq's official channel, Shabab al-Islam, iNEWS, Al-Ghadeer TV and Al-Nujaba TV; nothing in the collected material offers a competing account of the unit's conduct.

WHO CARRIED IT · EVERY MESSAGE, LINKED
  1. Asaib Ahl al-HaqAAH — official armed group channel09 Aug, 13:19

    By contrast, the Fourth Regiment in the 30th Brigade did not take all the established protective measures, which led to the martyrdom of the [largest number]...

    وفي المقابل، لم يتخذ الفوج الرابع في اللواء 30 جميع الإجراءات الوقائية المتبعة، ما أدى إلى استشهاد العد...

  2. iNEWSKSS — affiliated/aligned media09 Aug, 13:28

    The Fourth Regiment in the 30th Brigade did not take all the established protective measures, which led to the martyrdom of the largest number of its personnel during the attacks

    لم يتخذ الفوج الرابع في اللواء (30) جميع الإجراءات الوقائية المتبعة ما أدى إلى استشهاد العدد الأكبر من منتسبيه خلال الهجمات

  3. iNEWSKSS — affiliated/aligned media09 Aug, 13:29

    The Commission's presidency has directed the opening of an investigation with the officials of the Fourth Regiment in the 30th Brigade to establish the circumstances of this dereliction and determine responsibilities

    رئاسة الهيئة وجّهت بفتح تحقيق مع المسؤولين بالفوج الرابع في اللواء (30) للوقوف على ملابسات هذا التقصير وتحديد المسؤوليات

  4. Al-Ghadeer TVBadr Organization — official owned media09 Aug, 13:34

    The Commission's presidency directed the opening of an investigation with the officials there to establish the circumstances of this dereliction and determine responsibilities

    وجّهت رئاسة الهيئة بفتح تحقيق مع المسؤولين هناك للوقوف على ملابسات هذا التقصير وتحديد المسؤوليات

  5. Al-Nujaba TVNujaba — official owned media09 Aug, 13:37

    The Commission's presidency directed the opening of an investigation with the officials there to establish the circumstances of this dereliction and determine responsibilities

    وجّهت رئاسة الهيئة بفتح تحقيق مع المسؤولين هناك للوقوف على ملابسات هذا التقصير وتحديد المسؤوليات

In posting order. Translated by the desk, published as evidence — not endorsement. A channel name opens the message where it was posted.
WHY IT MATTERS

An institution naming one of its own regiments as the cause of its dead, in writing, sets up a disciplinary process whose outcome — commanders removed, or the finding quietly dropped — is the checkable consequence.

THE MESSAGE IN FULL · THE DESK’S OWN COPY
View the original message (Arabic)بيان صادر عن هيئة الحشد الشعبي 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 ولا تستند إلى أي دليل أو حقيقة.…
Kept as posted — a channel can delete a message; this copy stays.