Today's Interesting Links

Here's a crop of today's interesting links:

Counter-Terrorism/Terrorist Groups:

• "Ommar Hammami Figures Out 'Joining Shabaab = Bad Idea' " (Selected Wisdom)

Syria:

• "No One is Happy With Assad's Big Speech" (The Atlantic Wire) 
• "Conversations: Yesterday I Defected from Assad's Army" (Syria Deeply)
• "Filmmaker Tells Syrian Rebels' Story" (CNN) 

Egypt:

• "Morsy Backs Syrian Calls for al-Assad to Face War Crimes Trial" (CNN)
• "Egypt's Morsi Remakes Cabinet, Increasing Islamist Presence" (Washington Post)
• "Bahais Cannot Enroll in Public School, Education Minister Says" (Egypt Independent)
• "In the North Sinai, Jihadis Stand Down the Egyptian Government" (The Daily Beast)

Libya:

• "Head of Libya's Parliament Survives Assassination Attempt" (Egypt Independent)

Israel:

• "Israel Plans to Build Syrian Border Fence" (NYT)
• "Senior IDF Officer: 3rd Intifada Has Already Begun" (Ynet)

Iraq:

• "Iraq: The 'Blood for Oil' Conspiracy is Dead" (Institute for Middle Eastern Democracy)