Karim Bourti

Karim Bourti

Karim Bourti is a citizen of Algeria, and former citizen of France, who was convicted of an association with terrorism.cite news
url=http://edition.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/europe/02/19/alqaeda.undercover/index.html
title=Journalist penetrated Islamic extremist groups in Paris
author=Sheila MacVicar, Henry Schuster
publisher=CNN
date=February 19 2003
accessdate=2007-06-20
] A French court convicted Karim Bourti of on association with terrorism in 1998.Karim Bourti is notable for facing long-standing allegations of ties to terrorism.

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"Time" magazine called Karim Bourti: "...a self-described Paris-based recruiter for international jihad."cite news
url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,901030324-433226,00.html
title=Uncle Osama Wants You
date=Sunday, March 16, 2003
author=Bruce Crumley
publisher=Time (magazine)
accessdate=2007-06-20
] According to the article Karim Bourti was: "...a self-described Paris-based recruiter for international jihad.""Time" says he is the "main Paris operative for the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat.

French journalist Mohamed Sifaoui used his renewal of a childhood acquaintanceship with Bourti as his path to a three month undercover investigation into militant jihadism in France, entitled, "Mes Freres Assassins".cite news
url=http://dawn.com/2003/01/28/int6.htm
title=Algerian newsman claims infiltrating Al Qaeda
date=January 28, 2003
publisher=Dawn
accessdate=2007-06-20
] According to Sifaoui, Karim Bourti, and confederates, had planned to attack the 1998 World Football Cup.

Karim Bourti was interrogated about his ties to Richard C. Reid, "the shoe-bomber".cite news
url=http://www.pamelaferdinand.com/wp_0007.html
publisher=Washington Post
date=Friday, January 31, 2003
title=Would-Be Shoe Bomber Gets Life Term; Al Qaeda Member Shouts at Judge
author=Pamela Ferdinand
accessdate=2007-06-20
]

"MSNBC" reports that Karim Bourti said:cite news
publisher=MSNBC
url=http://sunday.ninemsn.com.au/sunday/cover_stories/article_1477.asp
title=The French connection
date=February 8, 2004
author=Sarah Ferguson
accessdate=2007-06-20
] quotation
*more "I never buy Coca-Cola because 10, 20 per cent goes to the army of pigs and apes and monkeys. Who are the armies of pigs and apes? The Jews. Allah has turned them into pigs and apes who love tyrants. They kill our brothers, but we will kill them, God willing. Very soon we will kill them."
*"To go on jihad is a favour bestowed by Allah, not just anyone can go. He chooses the martyrs amongst you, so it's a real honour."

Karim Bourti was charged with assault after beating a moderate Muslim cleric in an attempt to extort funds from him.

Pakistan's "Daily Times" reports that Karim Bourti was so influenced by his religious training in Pakistan that he wore Pakistani clothes upon his return to Europe.cite news
url=http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_18-7-2005_pg3_1
title=Is Pakistan still a launch-pad for terrorism?
date=Monday, July 18, 2005
publisher=Daily Times
accessdate=2007-06-20
]

The United States State Department reported that Karim Bourti had been stripped of French citizenship in 2006.cite web
url=http://www.state.gov/s/ct/rls/crt/2006/82732.htm
title=Country Reports on Terrorism
date=April 30, 2007
publisher=United States State Department
accessdate=2007-06-20
]

Proteges

Karim Bourti has claimed he recruited former Guantanamo captive Brahim Yadel and Hervé Djamel Loiseau, who was found frozen to death in the Afghan battleground of Tora Bora.

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