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⭕🇦🇪🇲🇦 REPORT: The United Arab Emirates has delayed the transfer of 30 Dassault Mirage 2000-9 jets to Morocco, opting to retain them at Al Dhafra Air Base amid rising regional tensions to maintain operational readiness. pic.twitter.com/f1z491m4Yp

— Defence Index (@Defence_Index) May 4, 2026

A car rammed into a crowd in Leipzig, Germany, injuring multiple people. pic.twitter.com/p2FTVMWLAE

— Open Source Intel (@Osint613) May 4, 2026

Fighter jets and a C-130 transport plane are seen flying low over the Jerusalem area a short while ago.

The reason for the flyby is not immediately clear. pic.twitter.com/csmJ6Un9Qm

— Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian (@manniefabian) May 4, 2026

⚡️Iran attacks the UAE

Middle East Tracker was among the first platforms to report this event.

Middle East Tracker — www(dot)middleastracker(dot)com — gives real-time updates:

• Strikes, air/naval activity, troop movements
• Auto-mapped OSINT from multiple sources
• Live… pic.twitter.com/ea6TOj8FBH

— War Monitor (@WarMonitors) May 4, 2026

IRAN STATE TV ‘FARS’ CLAIMS:

“Image attributed to one of the ships that was struck in the vicinity of the UAE” pic.twitter.com/vgdE0wYpM2

— Open Source Intel (@Osint613) May 4, 2026

UPDATE: 2 dead after car plows through crowd in Leipzig, Germany. pic.twitter.com/qGORpJAKKP

— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) May 4, 2026

China built a $20 billion oil refinery in Nigeria, and Europe is furious.

Nigeria, one of Africa's largest oil producers, had no refinery. For decades, it exported crude and imported gasoline at markup. China's Dangote Oil Refinery in Lagos changed that. Now Nigeria is exporting… pic.twitter.com/RREoGJpdJu

— DD Geopolitics (@DD_Geopolitics) May 4, 2026

WriiterNg:
⚡UAE’s Fujairah says fire erupts in petroleum industrial site following drone attack from Iran.

NEW - A "mouse plague" is underway across farms in parts of Australia. pic.twitter.com/tp8D3rHvB1

— Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) May 4, 2026

Appleyard:
The author really hits the nail on the head regarding how global power is shifting from the west to the east. What a time to be alive.

While most of us here, howbeit with good reasons, are quick to lambast China for its pacifism in the wake of US geopolitical criminality and suppressive military overtures aimed at stifling China's inevitable rise to global superpower status, we do not give Beijing enough credit on how it is also going about winning the economic war without firing a single bullet.

For a long time, the U.S. dollar has been the big boss because everyone had to use what the author rightfully termed "American plumbing" to move money for oil,China is now building its own pipes. They aren’t just buying oil; they are setting up systems like CIPS and the digital yuan so countries can trade without even touching a dollar.

Here is the catch: if you build your own road, you no go need pay toll for another person gate again, and that is exactly what China is doing to bypass U.S. control.

I said in a previous post that the Eldridge Colby's strategy of Denial that the current Trump administration is acting out in its crude form is myopic and lack foresight. What is the strategy? It is an "American first" security and economic strategy that seek to counter China in the Indo Pacific while ensuring that the US has no opposition and counter threat down the entire length of the Western hemisphere. Thus, Venezuela, Cuba, Greenland, and Iran etc, are pieces on the chessboard of that strategy. But there is one great folly that underlines this strategy. It is built on the assumption that the US military might and soft power deployed will prevail and will face very little to no resistance from the pieces on the chessboard and from the main target itself (China). It also failed to consider and adequately prepare for the side effects it will generate when acted upon. In fact, the Colby's strategy is atypical of all US and MAGA foreign policies driven by arrogance, audacity and pride that never consider its own decline and the inevitability in global strategic changes. Hence, the shocker when Iran resisted, and the financial drives currently in motion across the globe and in the Middle East are parts of the geopolitical tectonic shifts this strategy did not foresee. But, as usual, when arrogance and pride runs the show, pragmatic reason and logic takes the back seat, and that is exactly what is going on right now with the US in the wake of Iran and the ME. Like the arrogant fly, it will go down to the grave, but in this case, with the pieces and the target (God forbid).

This current financial arrangement is a massive threat to the dollar's dominance because the U.S. has used its currency as a weapon through sanctions, making other countries nervous. Now, places like Riyadh are quietly building parallel systems so they have a backup plan. China is winning this economic war by being patient and making sure the infrastructure is ready before they make a move. This is one thing a lot of us do not consider when attacking China.

Military might alone do not win economic wars. You need the proper and adequate financial infrastructure in place that will ensure control and autonomy, if you want to wade off the hegemon. China is doing a great job in that regard.

The way they are moving, with BRICS and SCO infrastructure in place attracting more attention every year, Beijing just dey wait for the right time to flip the switch while the U.S. is still focused on the old way of doing things.

By 2026 ending, we’re and would be looking at a world where China and the Gulf states are way more integrated, potentially moving billions of dollars away from American assets. China is also leading in green tech and the Belt and Road Initiative, which ties more countries to their economy through physical and digital "moats". It’s a slow-motion change, but it’s real. No one dey expect say Uncle Sam go fall in few years time, but once that new plumbing is fully installed, the dollar might find itself being the unnecessary system the author talks about.

Time is everyone's friend and foe. Let's wait for it.