American report: Abu Fadak seeks to divide the "mobilization of thresholds"

[size=52]American report: Abu Fadak seeks to divide the "mobilization of thresholds"[/size]

[size=45]The American “Washington Institute for Near East Policy” considered that the Chief of Staff of the Popular Mobilization Forces, Abu Fadak al-Muhammadawi, seeks to consolidate his authority and ensure that all the brigades of the Popular Mobilization are subject to his authority, even those affiliated with the al-Ataba Movement.[/size]
[size=45]The "Washington Institute" indicated in a report translated by Shafak News Agency; Abu Fadak's recent moves are aimed at sowing divisions between major militias that do not respond to the so-called "resistance."[/size]
[size=45]The report indicated that the Sabreen News account, and a number of other accounts affiliated with the "resistance" on social media, posted a video on January 10, showing fighters massing in an empty square in the city of Karbala, queuing to receive some materials, adding that The scenes identify the fighters as members of the Al-Abbas Combat Division, a unit loyal to the supreme Shiite cleric, Ali al-Sistani.[/size]
[size=45]He pointed out that this force constitutes the "26th Brigade" of the "Popular Mobilization Forces." And the publication of “Sabreen” was quoted as saying, “The group (C) of the Mujahideen who demanded their rights usurped by Maitham Al-Zaidi, Brigade (26) of the Popular Mobilization Authority joined, and continued their strike until their demands to dismiss Al-Zaidi are implemented.”[/size]
[size=45]The report continued; The video shows the fighters in this splinter unit listening to the statements of Abu Ali Al-Ashtar, the former intelligence chief for the (26th) Brigade who made a challenge against the commander of the “Abbas Combat Division” Maitham Al-Zaidi on December 13, 2021, where Al-Ashtar accused Maitham Al-Zaidi of theft Fighter salaries. Al-Zaidi denied these accusations and stated that all accounts are transparent.[/size]
[size=45]The report of the American Institute considered that the video of “Sabreen” resembled an attempt to dismantle the “Atabat”, that is, the four “Atabat Mobilization Units” that have long refused to obey the orders of the Iranian-backed “resistance” militias that dominate the “Popular Mobilization Forces.”[/size]
[size=45]The report concluded by saying that "by targeting these units, the leader of the Hezbollah Brigades, Abu Fadak al-Muhammadawi, seeks to consolidate his authority and ensure that all brigades of the Popular Mobilization Forces are subject to him."[/size]
[size=45]The report indicated that on the day the strike began, Al-Ashtar addressed the Popular Mobilization Committee and its chief of staff Abu Fadak, in a video clip that was widely circulated on the social media of the “resistance”, in which he demanded the dismissal of Al-Zaidi.[/size]
[size=45]He pointed out that “this is an old strategy used by Iranian-backed militias previously to undermine any brigade affiliated with the non-pro-Iranian Popular Mobilization Forces,” explaining that in 2016, Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, Abu Fadak’s predecessor, supported an insurgency within another brigade of the “Unity Unit.” Al-Atbat,” is the “Imam Ali Combat Team,” in a move that prompted the General Secretary of the brigade to demand the dismissal of the engineer.[/size]
[size=45]He added that the engineer had been keen to cut the salaries of any of the brigade members who refused to defect, prompting the unit commander, Abbas Abu Tabikh, to accuse him of “the usurpation of power.”[/size]
[size=45]The report concluded by noting that in the strike, the militias of Abu Fadak and the “resistance” supported the likes of “Hezbollah Brigades” and “Asa’ib Ahl al-Haq”, the splinter faction of the Atabat Mobilization Forces, and that the square in which the dissidents continue their protest was designated and protected by the Popular Mobilization Forces .[/size]
[size=45]He added that the strike did not gain momentum in the main Iraqi media, adding that despite this, the "resistance" accounts on social media are extensively reporting on this issue as a way to support dissident unity and encourage more defections.[/size]
[size=45]Translation: Shafak News Agency[/size]
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