Uzbekistan incident raises suspicions of Russian involvement in Cuba attacks
Source: CBS News
A newly revealed incident reported by a USAID officer who is based at the American embassy in Uzbekistan is raising suspicions Russia may have been involved and could have had a hand in bizarre attacks targeting U.S. diplomats in Cuba, according to American sources.
In September, the officer and his wife reported, according to one source familiar with the incident, what may have been at least one acoustic attack similar to those experienced by the diplomats in Havana.
The first Cuba attacks began in November 2016, and the last report of an attack was in August 2017. Victims of the attacks in Cuba describe hearing a loud, high-pitched sound often described like a hiss of cicadas or crickets in unusual placesoften in their homes.
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The source says the two suffered similar effects and were flown out of Tashkent by the State Department to be evaluated. It is unclear what further diagnosis or care they have had following their departure from Uzbekistan
Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/uzbekistan-incident-raises-suspicions-of-russian-involvement-in-cuba-attacks/
Chemisse
(30,817 posts)And it had the desired effect - gave Trump an excuse to stop relations with Cuba.
TryLogic
(1,723 posts)Russia (Putin) just wants to do whatever damage wherever he can, then make statements that make him sound much more reasonable than people like Trump.
FakeNoose
(32,748 posts)...they're too chicken to admit it though.
mainer
(12,029 posts)The question is -- what sort of device is this? Engineers I've spoken to can't figure it out.
Botany
(70,581 posts)Russia is at war with America and they own the White House too.