'Sonic attack': Canadian diplomat in Cuba also suffered hearing damage
Source: The Guardian
Thursday 10 August 2017 21.33 EDT
At least one Canadian diplomat in Cuba has been treated for hearing loss following disclosures that a group of American diplomats in Havana suffered severe hearing loss that US officials believe was caused by an advanced sonic device.
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Canada helped broker talks between Cuba and the United States that led to restored diplomatic relations.
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State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said the US retaliated by expelling two Cuban diplomats from their embassy in Washington on 23 May. She did not say how many US diplomats were affected or confirm they had suffered hearing loss, saying only that they had a variety of physical symptoms.
The Cuban government said in a lengthy statement late on Wednesday that Cuba has never permitted, nor will permit, that Cuban territory be used for any action against accredited diplomatic officials or their families, with no exception.
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However, officials familiar with the probe said investigators were looking into the possibilities that the incidents were carried out by a third country such as Russia, possibly operating without the knowledge of Cubas formal chain of command..................................
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/11/sonic-attack-canadian-diplomat-in-cuba-also-suffered-hearing-damage
Nobody seems to know nothing.
Flaleftist
(3,473 posts)So who benefits the most from sabatoged relations with Cuba?
sandensea
(21,664 posts)jberryhill
(62,444 posts)Hassin Bin Sober
(26,337 posts)HelenWheels
(2,284 posts)Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)It just never ends. Stories about the use of Sonic Generators have been around for years. Seems to me the Russians were one of the Countries that made use of these devices quite frequently.
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)RF eavesdropping involves bombarding a structure with short radio waves, and using interferometry to extract audio from incidental interior metallic surfaces which vibrate from the sound. Essentially turning the building and its contents into a microphone.
riversedge
(70,299 posts)Chemisse
(30,817 posts)GoCubsGo
(32,088 posts)And, I'm sure Fat Bastard appreciates another distraction, as well as another opportunity to tar President Obama.
Crowman2009
(2,499 posts)Some of the sounds in the game are rather ear splitting. LOL
SkyDaddy7
(6,045 posts)Russia or some other country is trying to get TRUMP to do something STUPID!!