On the night of 1 August, Unit 10,000 (KH — affiliated) posted a one-line flash reporting an aerial clash in Erbil province, northern Iraq. Fifty-three seconds later Al-Ghadeer TV (Badr Organization — official) posted the same report in the plural, aerial clashes in Erbil, northern Iraq. Neither post identified aircraft, participants, targets or cause, and no outside coverage of the incident appears in the collected material.
- Unit 10,000KH — affiliated02 Aug, 01:32
“An aerial clash in Erbil province, northern Iraq”
اشتباك جوي في محافظة اربيل شمال العراق
- Al-Ghadeer TVBadr Organization — official02 Aug, 01:33
“Aerial clashes in Erbil, northern Iraq”
اشتباكات جوية في اربيل شمال العراق
Two separate networks put out matching one-line reports of air activity over Erbil within a minute, which establishes that both were watching the same feed; it does not establish who was flying or firing.