Within a minute of each other at midday on 18 August, Sabereen News and Unit 10,000, both KH-affiliated, reported an arrest warrant against Muhannad al-Anzi, chairman of the Babil provincial council's security committee, and attributed it to his positions rather than to any legal cause. Sabereen asked whether Iraq had returned to the era of the Baath and the policy of silencing voices; Unit 10,000 added the line that the honourable man fights and the terrorist is rewarded. The legal basis of the warrant is not stated in any supplied item, which is what holds this at preponderance.
- Sabereen NewsKH — affiliated18 Aug, 15:08
“Have we returned to the era of the Baath and the policy of silencing voices? Because of his national positions, an arrest warrant has been issued against the chairman of the Babil provincial council security committee, Muhannad al-Anzi.”
هل رجعنا إلى زمن البعث وسياسة تكميم الأفواه. بسبب مواقفه الوطنية، امر قبض بحق السيد رئيس اللجنة الامنية لمجلس محافظة بابل مهند العنزي
- Unit 10,000KH — affiliated18 Aug, 15:09
“For his peaceful national discourse and his rejection of terrorism's return, an arrest warrant has been issued against the chairman of the Babil provincial council security committee, Muhannad al-Anzi. The honourable man is fought and the terrorist is rewarded.”
لخطابه الوطني السلمي ورفضه عودة الارهاب .. امر قبض بحق السيد رئيس اللجنة الامنية لمجلس محافظة بابل مهند العنزي. الشريف يحارب والارهابي يكافئ
A provincial security committee chairmanship is a security-institution post, and KH-affiliated media is contesting the use of Iraqi judicial machinery against its holder in public before the case is described anywhere.