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      Mysterious health incidents rise to 130, US officials confirm

      Beth Mole · news.movim.eu / ArsTechnica · Friday, 14 May, 2021 - 18:17

    1950s cars driving past a Brutalist, multistory concrete building is peak Cuba.

    Enlarge / Picture of the US embassy in Havana, taken on September 29, 2017, after the United States announced it was withdrawing more than half its personnel in response to mysterious "health attacks" targeting its diplomatic staff. (credit: Getty | AFP )

    Reports of mysterious health incidents that have led to brain injuries and caused a range of symptoms among government personnel continue to stream in. One of the latest cases occurred just within the last few weeks, and the total number of US personnel affected is now over 130, according to reports.

    The New York Times reported earlier this week that at least three CIA officers have suffered serious health effects from enigmatic episodes that occurred overseas since last December, one of them within the last few weeks. All three of the CIA officers required outpatient treatment at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center or other medical facilities, the Times noted.

    Officials told the Times that the number of cases is now topping 130, up from the previously reported 60 cases, which were mainly among diplomats and their families stationed in Cuba and Guangzhou, China.

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      Covert microwave weapon “most plausible” cause of Cuba “health attacks”

      Beth Mole · news.movim.eu / ArsTechnica · Thursday, 10 December, 2020 - 11:45

    1950s cars driving past a Brutalist, multistory concrete building is peak Cuba.

    Enlarge / Picture of the US embassy in Havana, taken on September 29, 2017, after the United States announced it was withdrawing more than half its personnel in response to mysterious health attacks targeting its diplomatic staff. (credit: Getty | AFP )

    In late 2016, US diplomats in Cuba began reporting bizarre and alarming episodes in their homes and hotel rooms. They spoke of irritating or piercing noises—buzzes, squeals, or clicks—that seemed to come from a particular direction but weren’t always dampened when they clasped their hands to their ears. Some described feeling pressure and vibrations, too.

    With the disturbances came a constellation of debilitating symptoms: dizziness, nausea, headaches, balance problems, ringing in their ears, visual disturbances, nosebleeds, difficulty concentrating and recalling words, hearing loss, and speech problems.

    Since the first 2016 reports, the mysterious episodes seemed to afflict more than 50 US diplomats and their families; more than 40 in Havana and at least a dozen more at the US Consulate in Guangzhou, China. Some CIA officers working in Russia have also reported similar cases.

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