Independent journalist, researcher and comms adviser + PhD(c) @uniwestminster namirreports(at)protonmail(dot)com
London, UK
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Namir Shabibi retweeted
For the past 9 months we have been trying to design a project to visualise how AI is upending war.
A partnership between AI experts, conflict specialists, and storytellers, "Anatomy of an AI Kill Chain" is finally out today
ai-killchain.airwars.org
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🚨 Excl: US military says it has "no way of knowing" if a deadly 2024 airstrike used AI targeting, after an investigation proved it did.
Raises urgent fears US cannot account for use of AI in Iran strikes.
Why does this matter?🧵
W/@nshabibi & @airwars
independent.co.uk/news/world…
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On page 2, two independent investigative journalists from the UK, Namir Shabibi & Claire Lauterbach, offer five tips you should know about phone surveillance in Kenya.
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A must read - very informative piece by @nshabibi and C Lauterbach on things to know about phone surveillance, including how one can be tracked to within 5 metres.
... and how the Kenyan police routinely access people's sensitive data without a warrant.
nation.africa/kenya/blogs-op…
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A new podcast by @nshabibi reveals fresh details about the secret CIA war in Kenya. It confirms that the CIA has been working with the GSU Recce Company since the 1980s and that the agency’s creation of the Rapid Response Team (RRT), a paramilitary unit, in 2004 was part of a broader global strategy involving proxy forces. Listen to the full episode here: xitter.cf/unredacted_uk/status/1…
If you missed the groundbreaking 2020 investigation that first exposed the secret CIA war in Kenya, catch up here: declassifieduk.org/revealed-…
ALT “Team 18”: the first crop of recruits undergoing their CIA-sponsored training in Rendition Operations at a US training facility in 2004. Their American paramilitary trainers called themselves Mr. Bad, Robin and Nick.
NEW: podcast episode from Unredacted's @nshabibi and Claire Lauterbach, who set out to find those responsible for an extrajudicial killing by a paramilitary squad in Kenya. Listen here now 👇
open.spotify.com/episode/4WD…
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NEW: podcast episode from Unredacted's @nshabibi and Claire Lauterbach, who set out to find those responsible for an extrajudicial killing by a paramilitary squad in Kenya. Listen here now 👇
open.spotify.com/episode/4WD…
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👉NEW -- Victims of CIA Kenyan hit squad win compensation after our exposé
by @nshabibi
Investigations by Declassified and Muslims for Human Rights secure compensation for the family of a Kenyan man who was “unlawfully killed” by a CIA-backed team.
declassifieduk.org/victims-o…
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In 2012, security officers fatally shot Omar Faraj at his Mombasa residence during the night. An investigation conducted by a British investigative journalist, @nshabibi, uncovered that Faraj was, in reality, slain by a paramilitary commando team created, trained, equipped, and guided by the CIA under the guise of 'counterterrorism' operations.
In 2021, @MUHURIkenya pursued legal action over the unlawful killing. The verdict has been delivered: "the killing was unwarranted... unjustifiable and unlawful."
This marks a significant victory for the Faraj family. While the ruling cannot undo their loss, it underscores a crucial point: the wrongful death of an innocent individual cannot occur without consequences.
Credit is due to @MUHURIkenya for spearheading this legal pursuit, and to @nshabibi for revealing CIA and MI6’s covert war in Kenya.
Read MUHURI’s press statement here: khrc.or.ke/press-release/hig…
Read @nshabibi’s investigation here: declassifieduk.org/revealed-…
ALT “Team 18”: the first crop of RRT recruits undergoing their CIA-sponsored training in Rendition Operations at a US training facility in 2004. Their American paramilitary trainers called themselves Mr. Bad, Robin and Nick. (Credit: Namir Shabibi)
ALT Rahma Ali holds a photo of her slain husband, Omar Faraj, taken on their wedding night. (Credit: Namir Shabibi)
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🚨📢Today, we are launching Unredacted, a new research unit that investigates and documents secretive UK state and corporate practices in the context of national security.
Read more about Unredacted’s work here: unredacted.uk/
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👉NEW -- Leaked Documents Show Pro-Israel Bias at Major Newswire
by Claire Lauterbach & @nshabibi
Declassified has obtained Agence France-Presse (AFP) guidelines which instruct journalists to accommodate Israeli government sensitivities
declassifieduk.org/leaked-do…
In 2012, British-Somali, Mahdi Hashi was disappeared in Djibouti, and faced interrogation in secret detention by a 'dirty team' from the US, before being rendered to New York.
All after his UK citizenship was stripped.
We investigated and found MI6 involvement - throughout:
- MI6 provided the CIA with a dossier on Hashi
- It knew exactly where Hashi was being detained, and waited 3 km away for "raw" debriefs
- 'No coincidence' his citizenship was stripped before enforced disappearance
- Hashi alleges threats of torture were used against him
The UK Home Office would not comment on the specifics of our findings, while the Foreign Office simply ignored them.
Read our investigation here 👇
w/ @chlauterbach @declassifiedUK
declassifieduk.org/mi6-consp…
We analysed 105 front pages from five major western news outlets and found routine and clinical dehumanisation of Palestinians, with one Israeli pundit even getting away with genocidal commentary live on the BBC
With @chlauterbach & @declassifiedUK
declassifieduk.org/analysis-…
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Revealed: MI6 ‘misled’ two inquiries into arrest of Lee Rigby’s killer -
This is the third part of an investigation into the American and British secret war in Kenya by @nshabibi and @declassifiedUK.
dailymaverick.co.za/article/…
@KhelefKhalifa @Maina_Kiai
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In case you missed it -- Three intelligence officers tell Declassified that MI6 tracked and arranged the arrest of Michael Adebolajo, Lee Rigby's eventual killer, in Kenya, contradicting its testimony to two intelligence oversight reviews. By @nshabibi
dailymaverick.co.za/article/…
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Fascinating report on Kenyan paramilitary unit RRT that apparently serves, in part, as a CTPT-style surrogate unit for the CIA: “it puts a unit under our control for when we have targets that we feel need to go down,” a former CIA official told @nshabibi dailymaverick.co.za/article/…
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Kenyan paper The Star carries Declassified UK's world exclusive on the CIA and MI6's secret war in the country on its frontpage today.
Kenyan police spokesman calls Declassified's report "malicious and serving certain interests".
Make up your own mind👇
dailymaverick.co.za/article/…
This morning's @TheStarKenya covers my investigation for @declassifiedUK, which uncovers a CIA-backed and MI6 assisted covert paramilitary anti-terror team
With insider testimony, the story details the team's successes, but also its mistakes
ICYMI dailymaverick.co.za/article/…
Part 2 tells the history of CIA and MI6 interventions in Kenyan counter-terrorism post-9/11, and explains their motivation to set up and support a secretive anti-terror team.
Read it here:
dailymaverick.co.za/article/…
