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Re:Al-Shabaab
You have reverted to the following extract regarding foreign involvement in Al-Shabaab:

Of the foreign members, Jonathan Evans, head of the British MI5, indicated in 2010 that around 100 British nationals of Pakistani, Bangladeshi and West African backgrounds had traveled to Somalia to train under the group, and that their presence there could inspire terrorist incidents in the UK.[57] Their travel costs were allegedly funded by sympathizers in Britain.[58]

This is incorrect because: (1) Evans is no longer head of MI5; (2) the speech that Evans gave - which was linked to in the text that you removed - made no mention of the numbers of British nationals or their ethnicity; that was a bit of hyperbole added by the reporter; (3) the numbers are, in any case, disputed, with The Sunday Times estimating the number at 50 and another report from The Daily Telegraph suggesting 60; (4) The citation [58] (which, incidentally, suggests the figure of 60) does not support the assertion that travel costs are 'allegedly funded'. It does, however, point out the criminal conviction (i.e. 'beyond reasonable doubt') of an Al-Shabaab financier.

The removal of the link to the actual speech seems particularly obtuse. 86.183.79.59  

Hi. Here's what you wrote:

Jonathan Evans, the former head of MI5, addressing a London security conference in 2010  , advised that a significant number of UK residents were training with al-Shabaab. It is only a matter of time before we see terrorism on our streets inspired by those who are today fighting alongside al-Shabaab. The actual number has been estimated at between 50  and 100  persons; there is also evidence of funding of the group by British citizens.

First, the italicization of what Evans stated back in 2010 (when, incidentally, Al-Shabaab was much stronger than it is now) is both undue and unencylopedic. A simple ""predicted that their presence there could inspire terrorist incidents in the UK"" will suffice.

In Evans' speech link, he indicates the following  ""The percentage of the priority plots and leads we see in the UK linked to Al Qaida in the tribal areas of Pakistan, where Al Qaida senior leadership is still based, has dropped from around 75% two or three years ago to around 50% now. This does not mean that the overall threat has reduced but that it has diversified. The reduction in cases linked to the Tribal areas of Pakistan is partly attributable to the pressure exerted on the Al Qaida leadership there. But the reduction is also partly a result of increased activity elsewhere. In Somalia, for example, there are a significant number of UK residents training in Al Shabaab camps to fight in the insurgency there."" In other words, the same multinational network of would-be Al-Qaida fighters that traveled to Pakistan were also starting to travel to other areas back in 2010, including the Al-Shabaab-controlled parts of Somalia. Also note that Evans specifically attributes this growth in Al-Shabaab to the fact that Somalia, like Afghanistan, at the time had ""no effective government"". It does no