BRITISH LINKS TO TERRORIST GROUP AL-SHABAB REVEALED.

The names of almost 50 people from Britain who have links to al-Shabab and related organizations have been established by the BBC The names compiled by the BBC are based on a combination of sources, including public records from courts in the UK and abroad, and further first-hand research and accounts. It is not a complete list of people from the UK who are suspected of having gone to fight because it is impossible to establish or estimate with any certainty how many Westerners have taken up arms in Somalia. The research found that security chiefs believe at least 32 of the identifiable individuals went to fight. A further seven were named in British court cases as having attempted to enter Somalia, but their plans were discovered and disrupted. Others have been accused or convicted of raising money for al-Shabab, or facilitating the travel of others. Seven people on the list returned to the UK but the fate of most of the others is completely unknown. Lawyers for the family of one British recruit known to have died in Somalia are investigating whether he was killed in a raid involving western military. Al-Shabab is fighting to impose a brutal version of Islamic law on the country and the group is linked to al-Qaeda.