While the messages could be mere saber rattling, the Iranian-backed militias may be poised to act in solidarity with Hamas, the institute said in a report published Monday.
Titled “Coded Militia Language Aims to Signal Escalation,” the report said the “Iraqi ‘resistance’ is using language that previously presaged attacks on US targets, whether sincerely or as a supportive bluff amid the latest Hamas-Israel crisis.”
Sabereen News, a social media news bureau that caters to the Iraqi resistance, posted the messages. The site, which is believed to have close ties with the Quds Force of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard and Iraqi militias that identify with Iran's axis of resistance, posts messages in code to communicate developments in Iraq’s resistance movement.
The Washington Institute report highlighted a post from Oct. 13 that said: “I saw muallemi [my teacher/mentor] holding the book of Allah and reading its verses. I didn’t interrupt him because he seemed like he had something great to present. Before I left, he said, 'Wait until tomorrow and the freemen's eyes will be happy.' My teacher is a man who doesn’t lie.” READ MORE
