Watan TV (Badr Organization — affiliated) posted this evening a one-line quote attributed to MP Saud al-Saadi stating that the Americans' conditions for al-Zaidi were "remove the zeros and we will give you ten billion dollars". Shabab al-Islam (Ashab al-Kahf — owned, non-official) posted the identical sentence roughly forty minutes later. The two postings share word-for-word wording, so they are one line travelling across two networks rather than two independent sourcings; the evidence contains no recording, no venue, no date for the underlying remark, and does not state al-Saadi's factional affiliation.
- Watan TVBadr Organization — affiliated21 Aug, 23:54
“MP Saud al-Saadi: the Americans' conditions for al-Zaidi — "delete the zeros and we'll give you ten billion dollars"!”
النائب سعود الساعدي : شروط الامريكان للزيدي "احذفوا الاصفار ننطيكم 10 مليار دولار"!
- Shabab al-IslamAshab al-Kahf — owned, non-official media22 Aug, 00:34
“MP Saud al-Saadi: the Americans' conditions for al-Zaidi — "delete the zeros and we'll give you ten billion dollars"!”
النائب سعود الساعدي : شروط الامريكان للزيدي "احذفوا الاصفار ننطيكم 10 مليار دولار"!
Currency redenomination and central-bank policy are the arena where factional media contest Iraqi economic decision-making without a shot fired, and a line that moves from Badr-affiliated to Ashab al-Kahf-linked distribution within the hour reaches two separate audiences from one sentence.