- Karim Bourti
Karim Bourti is a citizen of
Algeria , and former citizen ofFrance , 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.__TOC__
"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 theSalafist 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]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 andHervé Djamel Loiseau , who was found frozen to death in the Afghan battleground ofTora Bora .References
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