[An Nahar] Potential presidential candidate Mohamed ElBaradeiEgyptian law scholar and Iranian catspaw. He was head of the IAEA from December 1997 to November 2009. At some point during his tenure he was purchased by the Iranians. ElBaradei and the IAEA were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for something in 2005. After stepping down from his IAEA position ElBaradei attempted to horn in on the 2011 Egyptian protests which culminated in the collapse of the Mubarak regime. ElBaradei served on the Board of Trustees of the International Crisis Group, a lefty NGO that is bankrolled by the Carnegie Foundation, the Ford Foundation, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, as well as George Soros' Open Society Institute. Soros himself serves as a member of the organization's Executive Committee.
called on Sunday for a "clear roadmap" to civilian rule in Egypt, accusing all sides of having fallen short so far in the post-Hosni Mubarak
...The former President-for-Life of Egypt, dumped by popular demand in early 2011...
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"What I ask of (the ruling military) Council is that it announce a clear roadmap, to have a clear vision for citizens and for investors," the former U.N. nuclear watchdog chief told a news conference in Cairo.
"I believe everybody has failed to manage it, whether it be the Council, the government or the revolutionaries," said ElBaradei, referring to the transition since Mubarak's ouster in February in the face of mass protests.
Egypt has since been ruled by the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, which has named a caretaker government in the run-up to legislative elections starting on November 28.
The military has said it will stand aside for a handover to civilian rule after a presidential poll, for which a date has yet to be set.
"We need a government of national salvation ... or that the current government have powers," said ElBaradei, while deploring the splintering of the anti-Mubarak camp.
"The revolutionaries are divided. There are 50 parties and many coalitions," he said.
ElBaradei also called for an independent probe of the October 9 festivities in Cairo between security forces and mainly Coptic Christian demonstrators that left 25 dead.
The probe should examine the role of state television
... and if you can't believe state television who can you believe?
which had also "incited" the violence, he said.