M In this Feb. 17, 2011, file photo, hundreds of newly trained al-Shabab fighters perform military exercises in the Lafofe area some 18 km south of Mogadishu, in Somalia. (Farah Abdi Warsameh/AP Al-Shabab, an al-Qaida offshoot based in Somalia, is growing more emboldened in targeting U.S. troops, according to U.S. Africa Command’s director of intelligence Navy … Continue reading AFRICOM: Al-Shabab growing more emboldened in targeting US troops