Unit 10,000, affiliated with Kataib Hezbollah, posted on the morning of 7 August that Barzani-linked Asayish had arrested journalist Azad Mukhtar over a report on the fuel crisis in Duhok. Six minutes later the same channel published a commentary accusing Masoud Barzani and Khamis al-Khanjar of loosing "mercenaries" against everything Iraqi, Shia and southern while mouths are gagged in the north, calling it "exposed double standards". No other channel in the collected window carried either item, and no outside reporting of the arrest is in the collected evidence.
- Unit 10,000KH — affiliated/aligned media07 Aug, 11:47
“Northern Iraq — the party's Asayish arrests journalist Azad Mukhtar over a press report on the fuel crisis in Duhok.”
الشمال العراقي — اسايش البارتي تعتقل الصحفي ازاد مختار بسبب تقرير صحفي عن أزمة الوقود في دهوك
- Unit 10,000KH — affiliated/aligned media07 Aug, 11:53
“The 'jagged' Masoud unleashes his mercenaries and Khamis al-Khanjar's mercenaries to target everything Iraqi, Shia and southern, while in the north mouths are gagged and whoever demands the simplest rights is suppressed. This is not freedom nor democracy; it is exposed double standards.”
القجقجي مسعود يطلق العنان لمرتزقته ومرتزقة خميس الخنجر لاستهداف كل ما هو عراقي وشيعي وجنوبي، بينما في الشمال تُكمم الأفواه ويُقمع من يطالب بأبسط الحقوق. هذه ليست حرية ولا ديمقراطية؛ إنها ازدواجية مكشوفة
A press-freedom incident in Duhok is being carried by a Kataib Hezbollah-affiliated channel as the evidentiary hook for a sectarian and territorial grievance against Masoud Barzani and Khamis al-Khanjar, and no other tracked faction outlet is running that line in this window.