Karim Bourti

Karim Bourti is a citizen of Algeria, and former citizen of France, who was convicted of an association with terrorism. A French court convicted Karim Bourti of association with terrorism in 1998. Karim Bourti is notable for facing long-standing allegations of ties to terrorism.

Time magazine called Karim Bourti: "...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". According to Sifaoui, Karim Bourti, and confederates, had planned to attack the 1998 World Football Cup.

MSNBC reports that Karim Bourti said:

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.

The United States State Department reported that Karim Bourti had been stripped of French citizenship in 2006.

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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.