The head of the Popular Mobilization Commission, Faleh Al-Fayyad, spoke about the conditions of arming the crowd, as well as the fact that the latter does not touch any real threat at the moment, in conjunction with what is happening in Syria.
This came in his speech during the launch of the central memorial forum on the anniversary of the killing of the leaders of victory in Diyala, where he said that the goal of defending the homeland is to defend religion, sanctities and people and prevent injustice, as “the crowd defended the homeland and was pioneers in spreading the spirit of victory and jihad.”
Al-Fayyad added: “We do not care who is suspicious and doubt, and we are under the command of joint operations and the general command of the armed forces,” noting: “We are fully prepared to face any danger and we are not currently facing any real threat.”
Al-Fayyad said that the crowd was built under fire away from the classical cadres, noting that “the readiness for sacrifice is the secret of the strength of the popular mobilization.”
Al-Fayyad considered that “the conditions of arming the popular crowd are very difficult and now we have creative manufacturing lines with the Military Industrialization Authority.”
Al-Fayyad explained: “We are working to possess a weapon that enables us to defend the homeland and not fight battles in other countries,” as “the popular crowd is more than a quarter of a million fighters.”
Al-Fayyad claimed that “all the Iraqi people feel that the Popular Mobilization is their crowd.”