'Sonic attack': Canadian diplomat in Cuba also suffered hearing damage

[riversedge]

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 Cuba’s formal chain of command..................................

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/11/sonic-attack-canadian-diplomat-in-cuba-also-suffered-hearing-damage

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Nobody seems to know nothing.

[Flaleftist]

1. Interesting

So who benefits the most from sabatoged relations with Cuba?

[sandensea]

3. A good distraction is worth its weight in gold.

[jberryhill]

2. Advanced Cuban Sonic Device....

[Hassin Bin Sober]

6. Lol.

[HelenWheels]

11. Love Desi. Thanks for the post.

[Wellstone ruled]

4. Another shot at Obama.

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]

5. Incidentally, this is what's happening

http://journals.lww.com/epidem/fulltext/2007/09001/Hearing_Loss_in_Persons_Occupationally_Exposed_to.30.aspx

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]

7. I had assumed it was some form of evesdropping. Thanks.

[Chemisse]

10. That makes more sense than some random attack. n/t

[GoCubsGo]

8. I would not be at all surprised if this was more Russian meddling.

And, I'm sure Fat Bastard appreciates another distraction, as well as another opportunity to tar President Obama.

[Crowman2009]

9. You have to turn the volume down when your playing "Sonic The Hedgehog".

Some of the sounds in the game are rather ear splitting. LOL

[SkyDaddy7]

12. Sounds to me like...

Russia or some other country is trying to get TRUMP to do something STUPID!!