Anybody happen to know where, from what home nation, Mohamad ElBaradei originally hails.
He’s from Cairo, Egypt.
This should put him at odds with Mubarak who has expressed worry about an Iranian nuclear ambitions.
Anyone who thinks ElBaradei is a dedicated non-partisian UN diplomat just isn't paying attention.
http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/2005/elbaradei-bio.html
Dr. Mohamed ElBaradei is the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), an intergovernmental organization that is part of the United Nations system. He was appointed to the office effective 1 December 1997, and reappointed to a third term in September 2005.
From 1984, Dr. ElBaradei was a senior staff member of the IAEA Secretariat, holding a number of high-level policy positions, including Agency’s Legal Adviser and subsequently Assistant Director General for External Relations.
Dr. ElBaradei was born in Cairo, Egypt, in 1942, son of the late Mostafa ElBaradei, a lawyer and former President of the Egyptian Bar Association. He gained a Bachelor’s degree in Law in 1962 at the University of Cairo, and a Doctorate in International Law at the New York University School of Law in 1974.
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In October 2005, Dr. ElBaradei and the IAEA were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for efforts “to prevent nuclear energy from being used for military purposes and to ensure that nuclear energy for peaceful purposes is used in the safest possible way.”
I mean if the stated goal of this man IS “to prevent nuclear energy from being used for military purposes”?
Egyptian born 06/17/1942