Blog — Nafeez Ahmed

But, but, bin Laden died in 2001, didn't he??!

But, but, bin Laden died in 2001, didn't he??!

Last month, I broke an exclusive in-depth investigation into the real story behind the bin Laden raid, based entirely on open sources available in the public record, including some pioneering journalistic investigations by others, official records, and declassified documents.

My piece concluded that both the official history of the bin Laden raid and events leading up to it, as well as the alternative story put out by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Seymour Hersh, were flawed.

Nafeez AhmedJuly 15, 2015Abbottabad, CIA, France, Osama bin Laden, Saudi Arabia, Seymour Hersh, death, died, intelligence, isi, kidney failure, nafeez ahmed, pakistan, raid, typhoid Comments

INSURGE exclusive on risk of civilisation collapse by 2040 goes viral, global

INSURGE exclusive on risk of civilisation collapse by 2040 goes viral, global

On 19th June, INSURGEintelligence ran an exclusive story on a new scientific model supported by a UK government Task Force, which shows that on a business-as-usual trajectory, industrial civilisation as we know it is likely to collapse within three decades, due to a global food crisis triggered by climate change and energy depletion. The story made the front-page of The Independent website, and credited Insurge Intelligence with breaking it.

Nafeez AhmedJuly 7, 2015anglia ruskin university, civilisation, climate change, collapse, food crisis, foreign office, insurge, media, model, news Comments

Reporting breakthrough: INSURGE's Pentagon-ISIS exclusive makes national headlines in Germany

Nafeez AhmedMay 28, 2015Germany, Islamic state, Pentagon, crowdfunding, insurge, isis, journalism, media Comments

Scientific responsibility in counting the war dead - a response to Washington Post and HRDAG

Nafeez AhmedMay 14, 2015Andrew Gelman, IBC, Michael Spagat, Patrick Ball, body count, civilians, conflict, death toll, iraq body count, iraq war, statistics, war Comments

How NATO deliberately destroyed Libya's water infrastructure

Nafeez AhmedMay 13, 2015NATO, civilians, death, genocide, libya, propaganda, stratfor, war, water Comment

When Google met the Pentagon....

Nafeez AhmedJanuary 26, 2015CIA, NSA, Pentagon, afghanistan, blackout, deception, google, highlands forum, information war, iraq, irregular war, media, propaganda, surveillance Comments

Who is responsible for the Pakistan school massacre?

Nafeez AhmedDecember 19, 2014CIA, NATO, TTP, Taliban, deep politics, drone strikes, intelligence, isi, massacre, pakistan, school Comments

Senate report being used to whitewash Obama’s rehabilitation of torture

Nafeez AhmedDecember 11, 20149/11 Commission, Alfred McCoy, CIA, fake plots, interrogation, oil, propaganda, rendition, ricin, senate intelligence committee, senate report, torture, war Comments

EXCLUSIVE - Whistleblowers: IRS officials behind 'fraudulent' multi-billion dollar corporate tax giveaways

Nafeez AhmedNovember 4, 2014IRS, Jane Kim, Treasury, corporate, corruption, energy, giveaway, revolving door, tax, whistleblowerComment

Behind ISIS - the "Islamic State"

Nafeez AhmedOctober 23, 2014Islamic state, Middle East, Pentagon, ceasefire, civil liberties, counterpunch, invasion, iraq, is, isil, isis, medium, minerva, occupation, surveillance reform, syria, truth out, warComment

Are you an activist? Your tweets could kill you. I'm not joking

Nafeez AhmedOctober 23, 2014#crisisofcivilization, Arizona State University, CIA, NSA, Pentagon, Snowden, algorithms, civil disturbances, civil unrest, data-mining, drones, emergencies, kill list, minerva, political dissent, surveillance Comments

Read the opening of ZERO POINT, a near future science fiction thriller

Nafeez AhmedAugust 16, 2014civil unrest, crisis of civilization, ferguson, michael brown shooting, nafeez ahmed, novel, occupy, police state, political, riots, science fiction, thriller, zero pointComment

BREAKING: Security Expert & Guardian Journalist’s New Book Predicted Iraq Crisis. Author Now Warns of Intervention’s Bold Threat to Homeland Security

Nafeez AhmedAugust 16, 2014action, book, civil unrest, crisis, entertainment, fun, gaza, iraq, mass surveillance, nafeez ahmed, near future, novel, occupy, science fiction, thriller, zero point Comments

EVENT: CRISIS AS OPPORTUNITY - ZERO POINT BOOK LAUNCH

Nafeez AhmedAugust 9, 2014book launch, change, climate change, crisis of civilization, daniel pinchbeck, future, guardian, iraq war, isis, nafeez ahmed, planetary culture, science fiction, thriller, transition, zero point Comment

Mass surveillance, political dissent, and the coming open source revolution

Nafeez AhmedJune 25, 2014CIA, Ministry of Defence, MoD, NSA, Pentagon, activism, challenges dissent, climate, dod, economy, energy, globalisation, inequality, racism, resource, risks, security studies, surveillance, terrorism, uncertainty Comment

Who the hell are the Henry Jackson Society?

Nafeez AhmedMay 30, 2014Middle East, capitalism, democracy, fossil fuels, free market, gas, hegemony, henry jackson society, imperialism, iraq war, neoconservative, oil, racism, xenophobia Comments

ZERO POINT Official Trailer and Website Launched!

Nafeez AhmedMay 30, 2014black ops, book, crisis of civilization, intrique, movie, nafeez ahmed, near future, novel, science fiction, short film, thriller, trailer, zero point Comment

Zero Point

Nafeez AhmedMay 23, 2014CIA, DIA, MI5, action, apocalypse, black budget, black ops, curiosity quills, foreign policy, intelligence, iraq war, mi6, nafeez ahmed, novel, political science fiction, quantum, thriller, zero point Comments

The "Nasa collapse study" controversy: some thoughts

Nafeez AhmedMarch 26, 20149/11, NASA, civilisation, civilization, collapse, conspiracies, crisis of civilization, handy, journalism, keith kloor, model, robert wilson, scholarship, study Comments

The Triple Crunch - Facing Our Climate, Food, and Energy Challenges

Nafeez AhmedDecember 24, 2013climate change, crisis of civilization, economy, energy, food crisis, guardian, keith kloor, peak oil, recession, triple crunch, water scarcity Comments