Iran tells US to step aside as it readies response to Israel over Syria strike
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A US media report says Washington is on high alert over possible retaliation against Israeli or American targets in the region.

In a written message to Washington, Iran “warned the US not to get dragged into Netanyahu’s trap”, Mohammad Jamshidi, the Iranian president’s deputy chief of staff for political affairs, wrote on X, referring to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The US should “step aside so that you don’t get hit”.

“In response, the US asked Iran not to hit American targets,” Jamshidi said. ⠀

NBC, citing two unnamed United States officials, said US President Joe Biden’s administration is concerned any attack could be inside Israel, specifically against “military or intelligence targets, rather than civilians”.

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  • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world
    1164·
    8 个月前

    Joe Biden’s administration is concerned any attack could be inside Israel, specifically against “military or intelligence targets, rather than civilians”.

    They’re worried that Iran might attack a legitimate target rather than responding to state terrorism with more state terrorism?

    Either this is a misquote or that’s really fucked up!

    • protist@lemmy.world
      56·
      8 个月前

      You’ll notice only the last seven words are actually a quote. Almost certainly this is a mashup of expressing concern that Iran will attack Israel and a statement that US intelligence thinks Iran would choose military targets.

      • danc4498@lemmy.worldEnglish
        37·
        8 个月前

        WASHINGTON — Biden administration officials are concerned that Iran may be planning to hit targets inside Israel in retaliation for the Israeli airstrikes in Syria this week that killed several senior Iranian officials, according to two U.S. officials.

        The officials said any retaliation inside Israel is expected to focus on military or intelligence targets, rather than civilians. They also said the administration has begun considering options for how to respond to various possible retaliatory moves by Iran.

        https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna146627

        • protist@lemmy.world
          245·
          8 个月前

          Thanks for the original source. One wonders what the South China Morning Post’s angle might be to incorrectly phrase it like they did

          • carl_marks[use name]
            53·
            8 个月前

            How did they incorrectly phrase it?

            Biden administration officials are concerned […]

            The officials said any retaliation inside Israel is expected to focus on military or intelligence targets, rather than civilians.

            NBC

            Joe Biden’s administration is concerned any attack could be inside Israel, specifically against “military or intelligence targets, rather than civilians”.

            SCMP

            The meaning is the same…

            • zaphod@sopuli.xyz
              43·
              8 个月前

              The SCMP version reads like they wouldn’t care if civilians were the target. The NBC version just states what they expect to be the target, the concerns are about Iran getting directly involved.

            • reksas@sopuli.xyz
              32·
              8 个月前

              Meaning might be same, but what it makes people think about is what matters. Ultimately “truth” will be what people think it is and not how things actually are.

    • AlsephinaOPEnglish
      317·
      8 个月前

      Much harder to spread israeli propaganda if attacks don’t target civilians I suppose.

    • HumanPenguin@feddit.ukEnglish
      141·
      8 个月前

      citing two unnamed United States officials.

      Seems unlikely to be very accurate wording. As its at best 3rd party interpretation. At worst rephrased to incite anger amongst readers.

      Concerned or worry are hardly provable definitions and clearly not actual quotes from the president given the context of the paragraph.

    • eardon@lemmy.ca
      101·
      8 个月前

      “Only we’re allowed to kill civilians indiscriminately.” -zionists and their supporters

    • coffeebiscuit@lemmy.world
      35·
      8 个月前

      Now it says: In response, the US asked Iran not to hit American targets,” Jamshidi said.

      What you’ve quoted currently isn’t in the article.

      Edit: full article was blocked by adblocker.

        • coffeebiscuit@lemmy.world
          5·
          8 个月前

          Weird. I only see that in the archived link. This is what I see when I go to the direct link.

          That’s all…? Is it paywalled ore something?

          Found the culprit. Full article tracker/button was blocked by AdGuard.

        • Monkey With A Shell@lemmy.socdojo.com
          3·
          8 个月前

          Quick guess could = should, easy auto correct tweak but makes things make a bit more sense, at least if you cleanup up the surrounding a bit. AI written gibberish?