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Iran tells US to ‘step aside’ as it readies response to Israel over Syria strike (www.scmp.com)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 112 points 7 months ago (16 children)

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!

[–] [email protected] 56 points 7 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 7 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 19 points 7 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

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...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

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.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago

Definitely intentional.

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