Karim Bourti is a citizen of

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, and former citizen of

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, 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."'' 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 The Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat ( ar, الجماعة السلفية للدعوة والقتال), known by the French acronym GSPC ('), was an Algerian terrorist faction in the Algerian Civil War founded in 1998 by Hassan Hattab, a ...

. French journalist

Mohamed Sifaoui Mohamed Sifaoui (in Arabic محمد سيفاوي) (born 4 July 1967) is an Algerian-French journalist and writer who claimed that he managed to infiltrate al-Qaeda. He wrote a book about the experience, ''Mes "frères" assassins. Comment j'ai inf ...

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. Karim Bourti was interrogated about his ties to Richard C. Reid, "the shoe-bomber". ''

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'' 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

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reported that Karim Bourti had been stripped of French citizenship in 2006.

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Karim Bourti has claimed he recruited former

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Brahim Yadel Brahim Yadel (born March 17, 1971) is a citizen of France who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba. His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 371. Born in Aubervilliers, France, the Dep ...

and

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, who was found frozen to death in the

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battleground of

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