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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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[–] protist@lemmy.world 19 points 8 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

[–] danc4498@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months ago

Definitely intentional.

[–] carl_marks_1312@lemmy.ml 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 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...

[–] reksas@sopuli.xyz 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 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.

[–] zaphod@sopuli.xyz 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 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.