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Website article:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c74gwdzywmeo

Title:
'US launches 'heavy' strikes on Iran after attempted attack on American troops'

(Emphasis added.)

Now, the 'attempted' in the title has the effect of making whatever the Iranians did seem a bit crappy and unsuccessful. So where does it come from?

It's found in the first paragraph of the article:

'The US military says it has completed a "heavy wave" of strikes against Iran in retaliation for Tuesday's attempted ballistic missile attacks on American forces.'

But that doesn't explain where it came from or what its status is likely to be. In fact, the third appearance makes everything clear:

'The latest wave of US strikes started at 20:00 ET on Wednesday (01:00 BST on Thursday) and lasted about an hour, with Centcom calling them a "powerful response to yesterday's attempted Iranian attacks on US forces based in the Middle East".'

So, the failure-word 'attempted' actually originates in A STATEMENT FROM THE US MILITARY, FFS -- immediately adopted as reality by the stenographer...

There is hardly a single thing I find the BBC putting out nowadays that isn't bent...

-- Sorry for posting a garbled version yesterday!

Mark D.

Saw that on ceefax yeaterday (I need the date and time check to reset the laptop clock each morning.)