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New 'sonic' attack reported in Cuba, 19 Americans now affected

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New 'sonic' attack reported in Cuba, 19 Americans now affected


By CONOR FINNEGAN Sep 1, 2017

Nineteen Americans are suffering from a range of symptoms, including mild traumatic brain injury and hearing loss, related to mysterious "sonic harassment" attacks in Cuba -- with a new incident reported just last month. Previously, U.S. officials said the incidents started in December 2016 and ended this past spring. But State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert revealed Friday that a new incident occurred in August and is now part of the ongoing investigation. "We can’t rule out new cases as medical professionals continue to evaluate members of the embassy community," warned Nauert, who has described the situation as "unprecedented." The U.S. government, including the FBI, continue to investigate who and what are behind the incidents, but with no firm answers so far. The American Foreign Service Association said Friday that its representatives met this week in Washington, D.C., with Foreign Service Officers posted at the U.S. embassy in Havana who have faced diagnoses including mild traumatic brain injury and permanent hearing loss, but also loss of balance, severe headaches, cognitive disruption and brain swelling.

Sources have told ABC News that some U.S. officials were exposed to a sonic device in Havana that caused serious health problems and physical symptoms. Sound waves above and below the range of human hearing could potentially cause permanent damage, medical experts have told ABC News. No device or piece of equipment has been discovered yet, according to Nauert. Some of the affected Americans are still experiencing symptoms "because the symptoms are experienced at different times, because the symptoms are different in various people," according to a State Department official. The Cuban government, which denies any involvement, is said to be cooperating with the ongoing U.S. investigation, but the two governments are not working together on the matter. "What has happened there is of great concern to the U.S. government," Nauert has said, defending the U.S.'s response. "Let me just reassure you that this is a matter that we take very seriously.... It is a huge priority for us and we're trying to get them all the care that they need." There have been no reports of other embassies experiencing this, a senior State Department official said.

19 Americans and 1 Canadian working at the US embassy in Havana have been affected. US diplomats are being attacked surreptitiously and it is feared some of the sonic-damage may be permanent.
 
Its sound.

Words are just sounds.

Isn't it free speech?

Especially if someone paid for it?

Sonic attacks are fighting words. Look it up.


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Sonic attacks are weaponized sounds. It's was such a nice gesture to attempt to normalize relations with a communist dictatorship.

Sounds like Raul doesn't have a solid grip on his intelligence agencies, and they are working on a coup of their own. They obviously want the US to halt all travel to Cuba until this is sorted out, while they take Raul down and seize power.

That's my read anyway.
 
Its sound.

Words are just sounds.

Isn't it free speech?

Especially if someone paid for it?

That has to be one of the worst attempts at logic I have seen in a while.
 
Its sound.

Words are just sounds.

Isn't it free speech?

Especially if someone paid for it?

Just because words are sounds does not mean that all sounds are words. Speech = words. Sounds =/= words. Seriously, this is one of the weirdest arguments I've ever seen. The fact that I have to explain it alone is stupifying.
 
I can't find "fighting words" in the constitution.

You can't find machine gun or civil rights either, but somehow we've been able to adapt. Broaden your reading horizons.
 
The cause is unexplained, so the magical sonic device is speculation at best, and fake news at worst.

Didn't the Mythbusters do a brown note experiment (without ear defenders)?
 
The cause is unexplained, so the magical sonic device is speculation at best, and fake news at worst.

Didn't the Mythbusters do a brown note experiment (without ear defenders)?

Actually sonic devices that can be used against people are not "magical". They're real and even in use. Look up LRAD G20 summit Pittsburgh 2009. Police used it against protestors. There are many frequencies which the normal human cannot hear but can feel and they can also damage ear drums which also causes disorientation, nausea and other symptoms. There are other devices for sale even that you can buy for about 500 bucks. Not as effective as what the military has but still effective enough for personal defense use.
 
LRAD is noise at beyond the pain threshold of 130 decibels. The diplomats would have noticed being bombarded with noise.
 
Its sound.

Words are just sounds.

Isn't it free speech?

Especially if someone paid for it?

Humans can't live without water. That means waterboarding isn't torture.
 
New 'sonic' attack reported in Cuba, 19 Americans now affected




19 Americans and 1 Canadian working at the US embassy in Havana have been affected. US diplomats are being attacked surreptitiously and it is feared some of the sonic-damage may be permanent.

This is a serious act of aggression on Cuba's part if this is in fact a Govt-sanctioned attack.

Although, i don't know what the motive would be. To pick fight with the US? That'd be pretty damn stupid....especially with Trump as our President.
 
Actually sonic devices that can be used against people are not "magical". They're real and even in use. Look up LRAD G20 summit Pittsburgh 2009. Police used it against protestors. There are many frequencies which the normal human cannot hear but can feel and they can also damage ear drums which also causes disorientation, nausea and other symptoms. There are other devices for sale even that you can buy for about 500 bucks. Not as effective as what the military has but still effective enough for personal defense use.

The Israelis have a truck-mounted LRAD system for crowd-control which causes extreme nausea...

'The Scream': Israel Blasts Protesters With Sonic Gun
 
Another tidbit that adds to the mystery ... the incidents occurred at the diplomats’ homes in Havana—they did not happen at the U.S. Embassy.
 
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