US expels 2 Cuban diplomats after incidents in Cuba
Source: AP
By MATTHEW LEE and MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN
37 minutes ago
WASHINGTON (AP) — The two-year-old U.S. diplomatic relationship with Cuba was roiled Wednesday by what U.S. officials believe was a string of bizarre attacks on a group of American diplomats in Havana with a covert sonic weapon that left the victims with severe hearing loss.
In the fall of 2016, a series of U.S. diplomats began suffering unexplained losses of hearing, according to officials with knowledge of the investigation into the case. Several of the diplomats were recent arrivals at the embassy, which reopened in 2015 as part of former President Barack Obama’s reestablishment of diplomatic relations with Cuba....................
Some of the diplomats’ symptoms were so severe that they were forced to cancel their tours early and return to the United States, officials said. After months of investigation, U.S. officials concluded that the diplomats had been attacked with an advanced sonic weapon that operated outside the range of audible sound and had been deployed either inside or outside their residences.
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However, officials familiar with the probe said that investigators were looking into the possibilities that the attack was carried out by a third country such as Russia, possibly operating without the knowledge of the Cuban chain of command that would normally have to approve such a highly sensitive operation........................
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Shane Savitsky 47 mins ago
"Incidents" in Cuba lead to hearing loss for U.S. diplomats
Ramon Espinosa / AP
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on this issue--but that is not the way it works anymore. 
