Yusef Kabira



Yusef Kabira is a minor antagonist of the 2008 James Bond film Quantum of Solace. He is a agent of Quantum serving under Mr. White until the events of the film.

He was portrayed by Simon Kassianides.

History
Following the death of Vesper Lynd, Bond was told by his superior M that Vesper has a boyfriend of French-Algerian descent named Yusef Kabira and that she was blackmailed into handing over the casino winnings to Quantum in exchange for Kabira's safety.

However, this wasn't the case it turns out that Kabira is actually working for Quantum who seduces high-ranking women with valuable connections, getting them to give up government assets as ransom for himself in fake kidnappings where he is supposedly held hostage. Following the deaths of Dominic Greene and General Medrano, Bond learns of Kabira's true occupation with Quantum and that he is currently targeting Canadian agent Corinne Veneau, even giving her the same kind of necklace he gave to Vesper.

Bond eventually manages to confront Yusef at his apartment before telling Corinne about Vesper and advising her to alert the Canadian Security Intelligence Service. Realizing now that he's done for, Kabira decides to accept his fate by asking Bond to kill him and get it over with. However, rather then killing Yusef, Bond instead spares him and leaves him to be arrested by the authorities for good.

However, Bond would later learn that Quantum was nothing more than a front run by Ernst Stavro Blofeld of SPECTRE, and that Kabira was nothing more than a middleman as part of Blofeld's plot to wreak psychological pain on Bond.