The United States is reported to be escalating its largely secret war against al-Qaida in the turbulent Horn of Africa state of Somalia amid signs the al-Shabaab Islamist network remains a danger despite recent setbacks.
The insurgents, who suffered a series of military defeats in 2011-12 in their battle against a shaky Western-backed transitional federal government installed in late 2006, have been written off several times before and regrouped -- just as they appear to be doing now.
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