Open Source Intel
2 U.S. Army soldiers went missing around 9 PM on May 2 in southern Morocco near the Cap Draa training area by Tan Tan during the African Lion 2026.

• The incident happened off duty during a recreational hike near coastal cliffs.

• One soldier fell into the Atlantic. A second jumped in to rescue him.

• A third attempted to help using a belt chain, then entered the water but made it back to shore safely.

• The 2 who went into the water remain missing.

• Officials say no foul play is suspected. Strong currents and waves are believed to be the cause.

•. A large multinational search involving U.S. and Moroccan forces with aircraft, drones, ships, and divers is ongoing as of May 5.
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Open Source Intel
Netanyahu has asked the court to postpone his testimony from 1:30 PM to 4:00 PM due to an urgent security-diplomatic schedule. https://twitter.com/Osint613/status/2051583860333306338/photo/1
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Open Source Intel
IDF: Hezbollah operatives launched an anti-tank guided missile at Israeli forces in southern Lebanon. No injuries were caused. The IDF struck the launch site shortly after. https://twitter.com/Osint613/status/2051585477816332712/video/1
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Open Source Intel
Aaron Rose Philip, an Antiguan American model and activist signed to a major agency, arrived at the Met Gala. She uses a wheelchair due to quadriplegic cerebral palsy and identifies as a Black transgender woman. https://twitter.com/Osint613/status/2051587702110261339/video/1
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Open Source Intel
Operations under “Epic Fury” are ongoing, currently in a temporary pause.

Press conference in 3 hours. https://twitter.com/Osint613/status/2051588150460322023/photo/1
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Faytuks News
There might have been strikes in southern Iran earlier today. Unclear to what extent and who was behind it.

Will update.

What I have regarding the strikes on southern Iran earlier today:

1. Shib Deraz port was hit earlier today.
2. 3 explosions in Bandar Abbas at 0049Z (Was heard in Qeshm Island as well)

Hormozgan Province, #Iran - Shin
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WarTranslated
The Ukrainian Defense Forces struck JSC "VNIIR-Progress" in Cheboksary, Chuvash Republic. This research institute and production facility manufactures relay protection systems, automation, and low-voltage equipment. Located over 1,000 km from the Ukrainian state border, the plant is a key supplier of navigation components for the Russian Navy, Air Force, and armored vehicles.
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Open Source Intel
RT @Osint613: French President Macron: "We are respected by the Iranian people and we give them confidence. We are not against the Iranian people, but we are not at war with them either." https://twitter.com/Osint613/status/2051243023959220332/video/1
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Visioner
🇰🇷🇮🇷 BIG | South Korea is considering joining Operation "Freedom"

After yesterday's attack on a South Korean ship, the President's office in Seoul is examining the possibility of approving military participation in Operation "Freedom" led by Trump.

Video is made Grok AI https://twitter.com/visionergeo/status/2051592383716839694/video/1
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Open Source Intel
UK PM Keir Starmer:

“The UK condemns the drone and missile strikes targeting the United Arab Emirates.

As I set out during my visit to the region last month, stability in the Gulf directly affects the UK.

We stand in solidarity with the UAE and will continue to support the defence of our partners in the Gulf.”
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Open Source Intel
U.S. Air Force tanker, a KC 46A, has declared an emergency by transmitting code 7700 over the Persian Gulf a few minutes ago.

This is the second USAF refueling tanker operating over the Persian gulf declaring a general emergency. https://twitter.com/Osint613/status/2051593419613524052/photo/1
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Open Source Intel
Trump on Zelensky:

"He's a tricky guy. They are losing territory, but it's at a big cost to Russia and to them. I like Zelensky. I've always sort of gotten along with him, other than the one moment in the White House, which I thought was a little aggressive on his behalf." https://twitter.com/Osint613/status/2051595503859650801/video/1
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Nuno Felix
RT @citrinowicz: The Myth of the “Imminent Iranian Bomb”

The most persistent justification for the current campaign against Iran is also the most misleading: the claim that Iran was on the verge of acquiring a nuclear weapon and had to be stopped.

This narrative collapses under scrutiny.

For years, U.S. and allied intelligence assessments have been consistent on one key point: Iran’s nuclear program, while advanced, is not equivalent to an active decision to build a bomb. The critical threshold has always been political, not technical. Tehran would first have to make a deliberate choice to weaponize, a decision that, by all credible accounts, had not been made prior to the conflict.

Yet this distinction has been blurred, if not erased, in public discourse. The hypothetical, “Iran could have built a bomb”, has been repackaged as an imminent threat. It is a subtle but consequential shift, one that transforms uncertainty into urgency and speculation into justification.

More troubling is what this framing obscures.

The nuclear issue was never the sole, or even primary, driver of the campaign. It functioned as a convenient rationale for a broader strategic objective: reshaping the Iranian regime itself. By centering the narrative on nuclear urgency, policymakers have sidestepped a more honest debate about aims, risks, and long-term consequences.

And those consequences are already coming into view.

If the goal was to eliminate Iran’s nuclear potential, the evidence so far suggests the opposite outcome. This war has underscored a hard truth: there is no clean military solution to the Iranian nuclear challenge. Airstrikes and coercion can delay, disrupt, and degrade — but they cannot erase knowledge, dismantle intent, or resolve the underlying strategic calculus.

In fact, they may accelerate it.

By raising the perceived threat to the regime, the conflict increases the incentive for Tehran to reconsider its nuclear posture. What was once a conditional and deferred decision meaning “if we choose to”, may become a more urgent strategic imperative. In trying to prevent a nuclear Iran through force, we may be creating the conditions that make it more likely.

This is the paradox at the heart of the current approach: the nuclear threat has been inflated to justify the war, and the war itself may ensure that the threat becomes real.

Absent a credible diplomatic framework, this cycle will only deepen. The question is no longer whether Iran could pursue a bomb. It is whether our own actions are pushing it closer to deciding that it should.

#iran

What “nuclear arsenal”? Come on, @nytimes this is a misleading headline to say the least.

Iran has no “nuclear arsenal.” According to U.S. intelligence, Iran wasn’t weaponizing and was at least 9-12 months away from getting a bomb. https://twitter.com/RKelanic/status/2051463833751863632/photo/1 - Rosemary Kelanic
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Open Source Intel
President Trump on arming the Iranian people:

“The Iranian people have to have guns and I think they’re getting some guns.

As soon as they have guns, they’ll fight like as good as anybody there is.” https://twitter.com/Osint613/status/2051596191406735736/video/1
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Open Source Intel
Iranian Report: Iranian President Pezeshkian was furious with IRGC Commander Ahmad Vahidi over the attacks in the Strait of Hormuz, UAE, and Oman, which were carried out without the government's knowledge. Pezeshkian called for an urgent meeting with Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei to stop the escalation, calling the attacks "madness" and "total irresponsibility" that could lead to irreversible consequences.

- Iran International.
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Open Source Intel
Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi is traveling to Beijing today to meet Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi. https://twitter.com/Osint613/status/2051597176459972867/photo/1
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Open Source Intel
Trump on Iran:

"When I first did this, I thought maybe the market would go down 20% or 25%, and I was okay with that because I knew it would come back up. And I thought oil could hit $200, $250. Well, oil's at $100, $102." https://twitter.com/Osint613/status/2051599810742890798/video/1
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Open Source Intel
Fox News, quoting U.S. officials: "We are closer to resuming large-scale fighting in Iran than we were 24 hours ago."
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Open Source Intel
Trump:

"I think it's better to get along with China than it is to fight with China. And they feel the same thing. And don't kid yourself, they watch what happened in Venezuela. They watch what happened in Iran, because militarily Iran is essentially over." https://twitter.com/Osint613/status/2051600908153188527/video/1
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Open Source Intel
Trump: "I think the Pope is endangering a lot of Catholics and a lot of people. He thinks it's just fine for Iran to have a nuclear weapon." https://twitter.com/Osint613/status/2051601335938674805/video/1
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