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July 17th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
One man died and several others were injured in Dubai when US sailors used a
heavy machine gun to fire on the power boat as its approached in the crowded
Jebel Ali port. Local officials later searched the boat and confirmed the
death.
President Barack Obama meanwhile has dispatched a bevy of senior officials on
an anxiety-soothing mission to the Jewish state.
Hillary Clinton, the US secretary of state, arrived in Jerusalem as the White
House confirmed that Tom Donilon, the national security adviser, had made a
secret visit of his own over the weekend.
Mrs Clinton has not been to Israel in two years, having previously stated that
she would not visit until there was progress to report on the Middle East
peace process.
With no signs of a breakthrough, State Department officials claimed that the
purpose of her trip was to “exchange impressions” about the impact
of the Arab Spring on the Middle East.
With Mr Panetta due to arrive in Israel later this week, there was little
doubt that Iran was at the centre of a multi-pronged US diplomatic exercise.
Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, launched a series of scathing
attacks on international efforts to re-engage with Iran over the negotiating
table.
With the talks failing to yield even minor concessions from Iran, the United
States fears that Israel could make good its threat to launch unilateral
military action against Tehran’s nuclear facilities.
Mrs Clinton was expected to brief Mr Netanyahu on new sanctions announced by
the United States last week targeting the Iranian national oil tanker
company.
By preventing Iranian tankers from docking in most international ports, the
measures could lead to as much as a 60 per cent drop in sales of Iranian
oil, US officials say.
Mrs Clinton told Shimon Peres, the Israeli president, that the Obama
administration remained “committed to building and maintaining a wide
coalition to deny Iran the ability to acquire nuclear weapons.”
Mr Peres, who advocates diplomacy over military force, praised Western efforts
to step up the pressure on Iran.
“The measures you have taken are beginning to have their impact and they
are the right start,” he said.
But Mrs Clinton is likely to have received a cooler reception from Mr
Netanyahu and Ehud Barak, the Israeli defence minister, at a dinner last
night. Meanwhile, Iran’s vice president, Hassan Mousavi, accused the West of
causing a drought that has added to the increasing hardships felt in the
country as a result of sanctions.
“I am suspicious about the drought in the southern part of the country,”
he told the new head of Iran’s meteorological department.
“The world arrogance and colonists are influencing Iran’s climate
conditions using technology. The drought is an acute issue and soft war is
completely evident.”
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