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US embassy sick from sonic attacks in Cuba

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A sonic attack in Cuba has caused a mysterious illness for US intelligence operatives in Havana.

Symptoms include hearing loss, cognitive issues and some reports of brain damage.

The US embassy has now withdrawn over half of all their staff. But what happened?

 

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Tuesday, October 3 2017
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Featured in storyProfessor David McAlpine, Director of Hearing Research at Macquarie UniversityDr Lawrence English Dr Marivic Wyndham, Senior Lecturer of International Studies, University of Technology Sydney
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