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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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[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 102 points 1 year ago (6 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!

[–] protist@lemmy.world 56 points 1 year 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.

[–] danc4498@lemmy.world 37 points 1 year 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

[–] protist@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year 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

[–] danc4498@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Definitely intentional.

[–] carl_marks_1312@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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...

[–] reksas@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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.

[–] zaphod@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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.

[–] Alsephina@lemmy.ml 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Yeah, I had the exact same thought..

[–] HumanPenguin@feddit.uk 12 points 1 year ago

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.

[–] NoIWontPickAName@kbin.earth 11 points 1 year ago

I think it’s more about reassurance that they are not targeting civilians.

That’s how I read it anyway

[–] eardon@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 year ago

"Only we're allowed to kill civilians indiscriminately." -zionists and their supporters

[–] coffeebiscuit@lemmy.world -2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

~~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.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

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

Yeah it's elsewhere in the article:

[–] coffeebiscuit@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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.

[–] ShellMonkey@lemmy.socdojo.com 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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?

[–] PanArab@lemmy.ml 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Israel can't keep getting away with it

[–] eardon@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago

Don't worry. They won't.

We'll fight them as long as they're there.

[–] istanbullu@lemmy.ml 13 points 1 year ago

israel is trying to start a iran/us war.

[–] imnotfromkaliningrad@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 year ago

why do almost none of the imperial subjects question what tf the us has to do in syria? its just incredible how normalized casual imperialism is in the west.

[–] huf@hexbear.net 8 points 1 year ago

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

wow.

[–] eardon@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

Good. Fight back against those who keep you down.

[–] bradorsomething@ttrpg.network 1 points 1 year ago

I don’t think I’ve seen a true state-military attack by Iran outside of seizing ships… I wonder what a Shehed strike would mean geopolitically if it was directly from Iran.