Reuters: U.S. probing if 'viral' attack sickened diplomats in Cuba - official
WASHINGTON/HAVANA (Reuters) - U.S. investigators are looking at a range of theories, including the possibility of a “viral” attack, to explain what may have sickened some American diplomats who were stationed in Havana, the State Department said on Tuesday.
U.S. experts have yet to determine who or what was behind the mysterious illnesses that began occurring in late 2016 and heightened tensions between the old Cold War foes. They have seen no evidence it was “an episode of mass hysteria” among the 24 affected U.S. personnel and family members, a senior State Department medical officer told a Senate hearing.
State Department officials testified that it was “incomprehensible” Cuba’s Communist government would not have been aware of what happened or who was responsible, though they stopped short of assigning direct blame to Havana.
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WNU Editor: U.S. investigators have so far failed in solving this case .... I doubt that starting a formal inquiry will "crack" the case.
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1 comment:
It's really an interesting case. What caused these brain injuries. Sonic waves have been ruled out by some (as there has never been an incident where sonic waves produced these kind of brain injuries). But it really looks like they were targeted. By who? Who benefits from this and who would be willing to risk a major international incident if getting caught.. now that's difficult to answer. I can think of a few typical candidates who would do that - especially North Korea -- but who would risk getting caught as well, for such minor(?) annoyances caused, that's really weird.
Maybe it was a natural freak phenomenon. Hope they find out, would love to hear what/who caused it and for what reason
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