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The US is slashing its staff in Cuba after diplomats reported brain injuries and hearing loss, perhaps from mysterious sonic weapons

by SOFREP News Team

  • Mysterious sonic weapons have been blamed for symptoms affecting American and Canadian diplomats in Cuba.
  • Victims reported hearing loss, mild traumatic brain injury, nervous-system damage, and balance issues.
  • Sound-based weapons exist, but experts aren’t sure whether any were used in this case.
  • Regardless, officials are slashing the US Embassy staff by 60% and warning Americans against visiting Cuba.

No one knows exactly what happened to the growing number of Americans and Canadians who returned from diplomatic missions in Cuba with mysterious and disturbing symptoms.

 

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  • Mysterious sonic weapons have been blamed for symptoms affecting American and Canadian diplomats in Cuba.
  • Victims reported hearing loss, mild traumatic brain injury, nervous-system damage, and balance issues.
  • Sound-based weapons exist, but experts aren’t sure whether any were used in this case.
  • Regardless, officials are slashing the US Embassy staff by 60% and warning Americans against visiting Cuba.

No one knows exactly what happened to the growing number of Americans and Canadians who returned from diplomatic missions in Cuba with mysterious and disturbing symptoms.

 

Read the whole story from Business Insider.

Featured image of U.S. Embassy in Havana courtesy of Wikimedia

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The SOFREP News Team is a collective of professional military journalists. Brandon Tyler Webb is the SOFREP News Team's Editor-in-Chief. Guy D. McCardle is the SOFREP News Team's Managing Editor. Brandon and Guy both manage the SOFREP News Team.

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