Kataib Hezbollah-affiliated Unit 10,000 and Sabereen News carried near-identical wording attributed to Ali al-Zaidi this evening, saying the resistance factions are all Iraqis who fought for their country and stood on the berms in cold and heat, that "we did not perform this task, they did," and that there will be no fighting and no confrontation with the resistance factions. Sabereen News posted first, Unit 10,000 about ninety seconds later. The evidence does not state al-Zaidi's office or affiliation, and no other tracked channel carried the quote in the window.
- Sabereen NewsKH — affiliated/aligned media21 Aug, 23:04
“Al-Zaidi: The resistance factions are all Iraqis who fought for their country and stood on the berms in cold and heat; we did not perform this task, they did. No fighting and no confrontation with the resistance factions.”
الزيدي: فصائل المقاومة كلهم عراقيين قاتلوا من اجل بلدهم ووقفوا على السواتر في البرد والحر ونحن لم نقوم بهذه المهمة هم قاموا بهذه المهمة لا قتال ولا مواجهة مع فصائل المقاومة
- Unit 10,000KH — affiliated/aligned media21 Aug, 23:05
“Ali al-Zaidi: The resistance factions are all Iraqis who fought for their country and stood on the berms in cold and heat; we did not perform this task, they did. No fighting and no confrontation with the resistance factions.”
علي الزيدي • فصائل المقاومة كلهم عراقيين قاتلوا من اجل بلدهم ووقفوا على السواتر في البرد والحر ونحن لم نقوم بهذه المهمة هم قاموا بهذه المهمة • لا قتال ولا مواجهة مع فصائل المقاومة
An explicit public denial that fighting with the resistance factions is on the table puts intra-Shia confrontation into the messaging space at the same moment the arms-control question is being argued.