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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Tue Sep 21, 2021, 12:55 PM Sep 2021

U.S. intel officer on trip with CIA chief had Havana Syndrome symptoms

Washington — An intelligence officer traveling with CIA Director William Burns in India this month reported symptoms consistent with "Havana Syndrome" and sought immediate medical care, according to two people familiar with the matter. It is the second case known to have occurred during a senior U.S. official's travel overseas, and the latest of dozens of new incidents reported this year alone.

Last month, Vice President Kamala Harris's trip to Vietnam was temporarily delayed after her delegation was told that at least one American official in Hanoi had suffered symptoms associated with the neurological illness that first emerged years ago among U.S. personnel in Cuba.

The symptoms of Havana Syndrome, or "Anomalous Health Incidents," as the Biden administration refers to them, include headaches, nausea and vertigo. Some cases have resulted in a diagnosis of Traumatic Brain Injury. More than 200 American officials, including 100 intelligence officers, have reported suspected cases thus far.

It is unclear whether the officer who fell ill in India was targeted because of a link to the CIA director. Circumstances of the event are still being investigated. The incident was first reported by CNN.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/us-intel-officer-on-trip-with-cia-chief-had-havana-syndrome-symptoms/ar-AAOFfEU

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U.S. intel officer on trip with CIA chief had Havana Syndrome symptoms (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sep 2021 OP
Pretty clear that "Havana Syndrome" is just Voltaire2 Sep 2021 #1
Someone is making concerted effort to have this Havana Syndrome name stick Blues Heron Sep 2021 #2

Blues Heron

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2. Someone is making concerted effort to have this Havana Syndrome name stick
Tue Sep 21, 2021, 01:29 PM
Sep 2021

Most of these nausea/headache etc events occurred outside of Cuba. Seems like ginned up propaganda to me.

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