What Happened?

  • U.S. officials and diplomats in various countries have reported experiencing unexplained symptoms like headaches, nausea, dizziness, and inner ear damage, known as “Anomalous Health Incidents” or “Havana Syndrome.”
  • Over 1,000 people in the U.S. and elsewhere are thought to be affected.
  • The Pentagon has established a registry for employees or dependents to report such incidents.

What the Conservative Media is Saying:

  • New evidence suggests that hundreds of U.S. government employees suffering from Havana Syndrome may have been attacked by Russia with a directed energy weapon. [foxnews.com]
  • Investigations linked the symptoms to attacks by Russia’s GRU military intelligence Unit 29155, implicated in the Skripal poisoning and awarded for developing “non-lethal acoustic weapons.” [usatoday.com]
  • A high-speed chase in Florida in June 2020 may be linked to the mysterious phenomenon, where officers found a device and a Russian passport inside the suspect’s car. [foxnews.com, nypost.com]
  • Retired Lt Col Greg Edgreen believed Russia was responsible from the start, citing a consistent Russia nexus. [foxnews.com]

What the Center Media is Saying:

  • A senior Defense Department official attending the 2023 NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, experienced symptoms similar to Havana syndrome. [apnews.com]
  • The investigation links some Havana syndrome cases to covert Russian intelligence activity, with suspicions of a directed energy or acoustic weapon being used by Russia’s GRU unit. [newsweek.com]
  • However, a five-year NIH study found no brain injuries or degeneration among affected individuals. [apnews.com, newsweek.com]
  • Mitchell Valdés-Sosa suggested many cases consisted of ordinary illnesses erroneously blamed on the supposed phenomenon due to public attention. [apnews.com]

What the Liberal Media is Saying:

  • A recent investigation suggests that Russia’s military intelligence unit, Unit 29155 of the GRU, is likely responsible for the Havana syndrome, contradicting previous U.S. conclusions. [washingtonpost.com, theguardian.com, businessinsider.com]
  • The investigation obtained records, metadata, flight records, Russian intelligence documents, and personal testimony linking dozens of Havana Syndrome cases back to Unit 29155’s operatives. [businessinsider.com]
  • Russia dismissed the report as “baseless,” while the U.S. has deployed medical and scientific experts to study the alleged attacks. [theguardian.com]

Sources:

  • USA Today
  • Fox News
  • New York Post
  • AP News
  • Newsweek
  • The Washington Post
  • The Guardian
  • Business Insider

Links:

  • https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2024/04/01/havana-syndrome-brain-injury-attacks-russia/73169833007/
  • https://www.foxnews.com/us/pentagon-confirms-defense-official-havana-syndrome-symptoms-nato-summit
  • https://nypost.com/2024/04/01/us-news/florida-car-chase-in-2020-may-be-linked-to-mysterious-havana-syndrome/
  • https://apnews.com/article/havana-syndrome-russia-cuba-vilnius-4839ec0e3ce0db76670832235d602a16
  • https://www.newsweek.com/fbi-agent-hit-havana-syndrome-after-russian-spy-suspect-probe-report-1885928
  • https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/04/01/investigate-havana-syndrome-russia/
  • https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/01/havana-syndrome-linked-to-russian-unit-media-investigation-suggests
  • https://www.businessinsider.com/havana-syndrome-linked-to-russia-assassination-unit-investigation-2024-4