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 mi indicated in that around 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 their travel costs were allegedly funded by sympathizers in britain this is incorrect because evans is no longer head of mi 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 the numbers are in any case disputed with the sunday times estimating the number at and another report from the daily telegraph suggesting the citation which incidentally suggests the figure of 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 hi here's what you wrote jonathan evans the former head of mi addressing a london security conference in 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 and persons there is also evidence of funding of the group by british citizens first the italicization of what evans stated back in 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 two or three years ago to around 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 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