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You beat me to it Todd (big surprise)! I was on the road and it came to me that the act was what really mattered, not the order of whistles. However, to nitpick Mark's answer, in this case one of the whistles does cause the ball to be dead IMHO, because the injury occurred probably seconds before the whistle for the injury. The injury does not cause the stoppage, but rather the referee's decision that the injury is of such a severity that he should stop play. So this is one case where the whistle is the act which causes the stoppage.
Then the question would be did the foul come before the whistle for the injury. Only the person who saw the foul can assess that. I am assuming that the ref who whistled the injury was not looking at the ball but rather, an injured player. Therefore, the one with the foul call is the only one who can say which act came first. If he felt the foul needed to be called, he would have an easy answer.
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