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Internal Iraqi affairsNew05 Aug, 22:36 BAGHDAD

Badr outlet advances PMF weapons as the state's protector

Watan TV (Badr Organization — affiliated) aired commentator Shloushi asking whether "the people's weapon is what protects the state", as AAH's channel simultaneously argued all factions must submit to state monopoly of arms

WHAT HAPPENED

On 5 August 2026 at 19:36, Watan TV (Badr Organization — affiliated media) posted a clip from the programme "Kalimat al-Fasl with Saad al-Aoufi" carrying Shloushi's formulation that the people's weapon is what protects the state. It appeared roughly forty minutes after Al-Ahad TV (AAH — official owned media) aired Ahmed Adnan saying everyone must submit to the decision confining weapons to the state. This rests on a single short clip; the speaker's fuller argument is not in the supplied evidence.

WHO CARRIED IT
  1. Al-Ahad TVAAH — official owned media05 Aug, 21:57

    “Confining weapons is an Iraqi decision and is not linked to any position — everyone must submit to the decision to confine weapons to the state.”

    حصر السلاح قرار عراقي ولا يرتبط بأي موقف — يجب خضوع الجميع لقرار حصر السلاح بيد الدولة

  2. Watan TVBadr Organization — affiliated05 Aug, 22:36

    “Shloushi: the people's weapon is what protects the state!?”

    شلوشي: ســ،،لاح الشعبا هو من يحمي الدولة!؟

Their words, in the order they posted. Translation by the desk; published as evidence, not endorsement.
WHY IT MATTERS

The weapons-control file is the live pressure point in Iraqi politics this window, and the two networks are supplying their audiences with opposite premises about whether the armed formations are the object of state authority or its guarantor.

EVIDENCE · INTERCEPTED CHANNEL MESSAGE
View the original message (Arabic)شلوشي: ســ،،لاح الشعبا هو من يحمي الدولة!؟ #كلمة_الفصل_مع_سعد_العوفي #قناة_وطن_WTV
Published as evidence, not endorsement