For now, links to reports from Reuters and the Associated Press, and to a commentary from Real Scott Ritter; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials. (Scroll down for today’s UKRAINE and ALL OF IT so far, and for IRAN 5-12-26.) — MCM

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FROM MAY 12  Saudi Arabia launched covert attacks on Iran as regional war widened, sources say, by Timour Azhari and Parisa Hafezi | Reuters  RIYADH / DUBAI — Saudi Arabia launched numerous, unpublicized strikes on Iran in retaliation for attacks carried out in the kingdom during the Middle East war, two Western officials briefed on the matter and two Iranian officials said. READ MORE . . .

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FROM MAY 12  Trump and Hegseth claim ‘control’ over Iran and the Strait of Hormuz as ceasefire talks are stalled, by Jon Gambrell and Melanie Lidman | AP  DUBAI — “We have Iran very much under control,” U.S. President Donald Trump said on his way to China. “We’re either going to make a deal or they’re going to be decimated. One way or the other, we win.” READ MORE . . . Click HERE for same AP report in Spanish; and HERE for others.

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FROM MAY 12  Mushroom clouds, by Scott Ritter | Real Scott Ritter  The former U.S. Marine Corps intelligence officer and former UN weapons inspector talks about Iran’s nuclear ambitions, actual and otherwise. “The U.S.,” he says, “has a tendency to create risks where they don’t exist to justify wars that shouldn’t be fought.” Click HERE for video of monologue.

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TO BE CONTINUED