On the evening of 14 August, Al-Janoub TV (Harakat al-Jihad wal-Bina — official) quoted Haider al-Mousawi saying tribal sheikh Adnan al-Janabi's duty lies in the tribal diwan and not in military affairs. Nineteen minutes earlier, Watan TV (Badr Organization — affiliated) had carried Babylon Provincial Council chairman Asaad al-Musalmawi denouncing al-Janabi's statements about Jurf al-Nasr and saying the matter would go to the judiciary. The two lines come from separate faction media within the same hour; the underlying remarks by al-Janabi are not reproduced in the collected evidence, and neither item states his factional or political backing.
- Watan TVBadr Organization — affiliated14 Aug, 21:42
“We denounce and condemn the statements of the so-called Adnan al-Janabi regarding "Jurf al-Nasr" … "between us and him is the judiciary."”
ندين ونستنكر تصريحات المدعو عدنان الجنابي بخصوص "جـرف النصـر" .. "بيننا وبينه القضاء"
- Al-Janoub TVHarakat al-Jihad wal-Bina — official14 Aug, 22:00
“Adnan al-Janabi is a tribal sheikh; his duty is in the diwan, not in military contexts.”
عدنان الجنابي شيخ عشيرة واجبه بالديوان مو بالسياقات العسكرية
Jurf al-Nasr is contested ground in Babylon, and the Badr-carried statement moved the dispute from rhetoric to a stated intention to litigate — a faction-linked provincial official using state legal machinery against a named critic.