Al-Ghadeer TV (Badr Organization — official owned media) carried a PMF statement this morning saying the Fourth Battalion of Brigade 30 did not take all preventive measures, which led to the deaths of most of its personnel. Roughly three quarters of an hour later, Watan TV (Badr Organization — affiliated/aligned media) carried a PMF denial that it possessed advance information about the targeting of its headquarters or failed to inform military units. Press reports the same morning described the PMF blaming the Shabak brigade for negligence ahead of the strikes and, separately, denying the warning allegations and threatening legal action — two independent lines converging on the same institutional response, which is why this rests above a single-source filing.
- Al-Ghadeer TVBadr Organization — official owned media09 Aug, 13:34
“The PMF: the Fourth Battalion of Brigade 30 did not take all preventive measures, which led to the deaths of the largest number of its personnel.”
الحشد الشعبي: لم يتخذ الفوج الرابع في اللواء (30) جميع الإجراءات الوقائية ما أدى إلى استشهاد العدد الأكبر من منتسبيه
- Shafaq News09 Aug, 13:46
“PMF denies attack warning allegations, threatens lawsuits”
PMF denies attack warning allegations, threatens lawsuits
- The New Region09 Aug, 14:13
“PMF blames Shabak brigade of 'negligence' ahead of deadly US-Saudi strikes”
PMF blames Shabak brigade of 'negligence' ahead of deadly US-Saudi strikes
- Watan TVBadr Organization — affiliated/aligned media09 Aug, 14:18
“The PMF Commission: we deny possessing prior information about the targeting of our headquarters and failing to inform the military units.”
هيئة الحشد الشعبي: ننفي امتلاكنا معلومات مسبقة عن استهداف مقراتنا وعدم إبلاغ القطعات العسكرية
Naming a specific battalion as the reason most of its own men died puts an internal accountability charge on the public record against a minority-recruited PMF formation, which other factions can either take up or leave standing.