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Daily Brief: Morning — August 5, 2026
The Piaz Morning Brief for Wednesday, August 5, 2026. 7 stories, independent analysis, no ads and no lobby money. Overnight, powerful Iraqi Resistance groups publicly refused to disarm, setting up a confrontation with the government ahead of a September thirty deadline. This was buried in a Friday evening document dump: The Iraqi Prime Minister's attempt to disarm powerful Shia armed groups has been met with categorical rejection. In this brief: 1. Iraqi PM Faces Impasse as Resistance Groups Reject Disarmament Ultimatum (Al Jazeera - Middle East) 2. China Implements Sanctions and Drone Export…
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