Unit 10,000, a KH-affiliated channel, published a statement attributed to Ayatollah Ali al-Akbar al-Haeri on 18 August at 10:52 GMT declaring strong support for a unified Iraq needing a strong state, and stating this does not conflict with the continuation of the Popular Mobilization Forces, which can serve the state "within the state's legal and constitutional frameworks and under its full supervision and coordination." The same text insists on preserving and not touching the capacities and capabilities acquired by fighters who confronted ISIS. The statement is a single relayed religious voice; the evidence does not identify it as a KH position, and no other tracked channel in the window carried it.
- Unit 10,000KH — affiliated18 Aug, 13:52
“We do not see this as conflicting with the continuation of the Popular Mobilization Forces; the PMF can be, with all its capacities and capabilities, in the service of the state and the Iraqi people... within the state's legal and constitutional frameworks and under its full supervision and coordination... the necessity of preserving the capacities and capabilities acquired by the fighters who too”
ولا نرى أنّ هذا يتعارض مع استمرار الحشد الشعبي؛ إذ يمكن أن يكون الحشد، بكلّ طاقاته وإمكاناته، في خدمة الدولة والشعب العراقي... ضمن الأطر القانونية والدستورية للدولة وتحت إشرافها وتنسيقها الكامل... ضرورة الحفاظ على الطاقات والقدرات التي اكتسبها المقاتلون الذين شاركوا في مواجهة داعش، وعدم المساس بها
A religiously framed condition that fighters' capabilities not be touched sets a substantive floor on any committee outcome, distinct from the procedural sovereignty argument the aligned political voices are making.