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måndag, januari 31, 2011

The Right Man at the Right Time?

"--- If there is an opponent to President Mubarak, it is Mohammed ElBaradei, 68. Ironically, he too is a product of the Egyptian elite, born as the son of an influential and affluent family of lawyers, raised in Cairo and educated to work in the diplomatic service. As head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna, he received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2005, and he was subsequently awarded the Greatest Nile Collar, the highest Egyptian civilian decoration.
ElBaradei, a shy intellectual, golf player and opera lover, is everything but a revolutionary or tribune of the people, and he wields no official position of power in Egypt. And yet he could be the right man at the right time. He is relatively uninhibited, holding open discussions with the Muslim Brotherhood and, despite all differences, calling the Islamists "a legitimate movement." Moreover, he is not tainted by the suspicion of being an agent of the West or a corrupt recipient of US funds. In fact, as head of the IAEA ElBaradei quarreled openly with the Bush administration, and his phone was even tapped by the CIA.---"

>>  ("Nile Insurgency Creates Uncertain Future for Egypt")  >>  http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,742458,00.html

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