Hashd “anti-Baath” raids lead to pro-Tishreen backlash
On September 8, the Popular Mobilisation Commission (PMC) issued a statement claiming that it had thwarted a Baath Party plot to disrupt the Arbaeen commemorations in Karbala and attempts to carry out future attacks across southern Iraq. The PMC said that its forces had conducted midnight raids to arrest alleged Baath Party members in the provinces of K…