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.
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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”.
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!
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.
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.
Biden administration officials are concerned [...]
The officials said any retaliation inside Israel is expected to focus on military or intelligence targets, rather than civilians.
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Joe Biden’s administration is concerned any attack could be inside Israel, specifically against “military or intelligence targets, rather than civilians”.
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.
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.
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?