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First observedNew17 Aug, 18:53 BAGHDAD

KH channels publish purported Muhandis note barring missile storage in Iraq

WHAT HAPPENED

On 17 August, Sabereen News and Unit 10,000 — both KH-affiliated — posted near-identical captions presenting a handwritten document attributed to Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis as published for the first time, responding to an Iraqi official's televised comments about strategic weapons in Iraq with the rhetorical line "Can you not commit a greater folly than this?" Visual review of the image shows red handwriting with the two lines refusing missile storage in Iraq and refusing Israeli strikes on Iraq, plus a signature, an emblem and a redacted section; the handwriting, authorship and date cannot be established from what was published, and the official is not named.

WHO CARRIED IT · EVERY MESSAGE, LINKED
  1. Sabereen NewsKH — affiliated17 Aug, 18:47

    “Published for the first time | A document in the handwriting of the martyr Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, in response to an Iraqi official's television statements regarding strategic weapons in Iraq: "Can you not commit a greater folly than this?"”

    تُنشر لأول مرة | وثيقة بخط الشهيد أبو مهدي المهندس.. ردّاً على تصريحات مسؤول عراقي عبر التلفزيون بخصوص السلاح الاستراتيجي في العراق: "ألا تستطيع أن تقوم بحماقة أكثر من هذا الموضوع؟"

  2. Unit 10,000KH — affiliated17 Aug, 18:53

    “We do not allow anyone to store missiles in Iraq, and we do not allow Israel to strike Iraq.”

    لا نسمح لأحد بخزن الصواريخ في العراق ولا نسمح لإسرائيل بضرب العراق

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

KH-affiliated media is arguing about who may keep strategic weapons on Iraqi soil using the authority of a dead commander rather than a current leadership statement, which places the dispute inside Iraqi state arms policy rather than in the attack-claim space.

THE MESSAGE IN FULL · THE DESK’S OWN COPY
View the original message (Arabic)🔴 تُنشر لأول مرة |✍ وثيقة بخط الشهيد أبو مهدي المهندس.. ردّاً على تصريحات مسؤول عراقي عبر التلفزيون بخصوص السلاح الاستراتيجي في العراق: "ألا تستطيع أن تقوم بحماقة أكثر من هذا الموضوع؟"
Kept as posted — a channel can delete a message; this copy stays.