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Iraq Monitorعين على العراقPrimary-source intelligence
Story update17 Sept, 18:52 BAGHDAD

Iraqi Defence Ministry denies Saudi strike cable as baseless

THE FILE5 SIGNALS · OPENED 16 Sept
  1. 16 Sept, 20:29Iraqi Defence Ministry denies alleged Saudi PMF-targeting cable
  2. 16 Sept, 21:44Iraqi Defence Ministry rejects Saudi strike cable
  3. 17 Sept, 14:42Al-Quds broadens the Defence Ministry’s Saudi cable denial
  4. 17 Sept, 16:42Iraqi Defence Ministry denies cable alleging Saudi strike plan on PMF
  5. 17 Sept, 19:43Iraqi Defence Ministry denies Saudi strike cable as baseless
WHAT HAPPENED

On 17 September, press reports carried the Iraqi Defence Ministry’s denial that a circulated intelligence cable showed Saudi plans to strike PMF headquarters. The ministry called the allegation baseless, said it did not rest on any official ministry document or source and urged against circulating it.

WHO CARRIED IT · EVERY MESSAGE, LINKED
  1. Al-Quds Al-Arabi17 Sept, 18:35

    “The Iraqi Defence Ministry denied reports that Saudi Arabia was planning to target the PMF, including the alleged intelligence cable concerning an intention to strike PMF headquarters.”

    الدفاع العراقية تنفي تخطيط السعودية لاستهداف «الحشد»... نفت وزارة الدفاع العراقية الأنباء المُتداولة... بشأن صدور برقية تتضمن معلومات استخباراتية عن وجود نية لدى المملكة العربية السعودية لاستهداف مقرات الحشد الشعبي.

  2. Al-Diyar17 Sept, 18:52

    “The Iraqi Defence Ministry denied reports that an intelligence cable indicated Saudi intent to target PMF headquarters, saying the claim was baseless and unsupported by any official ministry document or source.”

    نفت وزارة الدفاع العراقية الأنباء المتداولة... بشأن صدور برقية تتضمن معلومات استخباراتية عن وجود نية لدى المملكة العربية السعودية لاستهداف مقرات «الحشد الشعبي»... عارٍ عن الصحة، ولا يستند إلى أي وثيقة أو مصدر رسمي صادر عن وزارة الدفاع.

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

The two reports agree on the state’s rejection of the allegation, but Al-Diyar retains the narrower point that the purported cable was not an official Defence Ministry document.