Machtwechsel: ElBaradei wird Regierungschef in Ägypten

SPIEGEL ONLINE: Ein Friedensnobelpreisträger soll Ägypten aus der Krise führen. Mohamed ElBaradei ist zum neuen Regierungschef ernannt worden. Noch am Abend soll er offiziell vereidigt werden.

Kairo - Mohamed ElBaradei wird neuer Regierungschef in Ägypten. Er werde noch am Abend vereidigt. Das verlautete am Samstag sowohl aus Armeekreisen als auch Tamarod-Bewegung, der Gegner des entmachteten Präsidenten Mohammed Mursi.

Übergangspräsident Adli Mansur bestellte ElBaradei in den Präsidentenpalast. ElBaradei erhielt 2005 als Chef der Internationalen Atomenergieorganisation den Friedensnobelpreis. » | fab/AFP/Reuters | Samstag, 06. Juli 2013

L'opposant ElBaradei craint pour sa vie après une fatwa

TRIBUNE DE GENÈVE: L'opposant libéral égyptien Mohamed ElBaradei, prix Nobel de la paix, a été menacé de mort par un prédicateur salafiste pour avoir appelé à manifester contre le président Mohamed Morsi.

Face au silence des autorités, il dénonce la faiblesse de l'Etat.

L'ancien directeur général de l'Agence internationale de l'énergie atomique (AIEA) a fait part de son inquiétude au lendemain de l'assassinat du dirigeant de l'opposition laïque tunisienne Chokri Belaïd.

Dans un extrait de la chaîne religieuse Al-Hafez diffusé sur Internet, le prédicateur salafiste radical Mahmoud Chaabane estime que les chefs du Front de salut national (FSN), la principale coalition d'opposition, seraient condamnés à mort si la «charia» était appliquée. » | ats/Newsnet | jeudi 07 février 2013

Mohamed ElBaradei Hits Out at West's Support for Repressive Regimes
THE GUARDIAN: Exclusive: Ex-nuclear chief says west must rethink Middle East policy as speculation grows he may run for office in Egypt

Western governments risk creating a new generation of Islamist extremists if they continue to support repressive regimes in the Middle East, the former head of the UN nuclear watchdog, Mohamed ElBaradei, has told the Guardian.

In his first English-language interview since returning to Cairo in February, the Nobel peace prize-winner said the strategy of supporting authoritarian rulers in an effort to combat the threat of Islamic extremism had been a failure, with potentially disastrous consequences.

"There is a need for re-evaluation … the idea that the only alternative to authoritarian regimes is [Osama] Bin Laden and co is a fake one, yet continuation of current policies will make that prophecy come true," he said. "I see increasing radicalisation in this area of the world, and I understand the reason. People feel repressed by their own governments, they feel unfairly treated by the outside world, they wake up in the morning and who do they see – they see people being shot and killed, all Muslims from Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia, Sudan, Darfur."

ElBaradei said he felt vindicated in his cautious approach while head of the International Atomic Energy Authority. He revealed that all his reports in the runup to the Iraq war were designed to be "immune from being abused" by governments. "I would hope that the lessons of Iraq, both in London and in the US, have started to sink in," he said.

"Sure, there are dictators, but are you ready every time you want to get rid of a dictator to sacrifice a million innocent civilians? All the indications coming out of [the Chilcot inquiry] are that Iraq was not really about weapons of mass destruction but rather about regime change, and I keep asking the same question – where do you find this regime change in international law? And if it is a violation of international law, who is accountable for that?"

ElBaradei, who has emerged as a potential challenger to the three-decade rule of Egypt's president, Hosni Mubarak, said western governments must withdraw the unstinting support for autocrats who were seen to be a bulwark against extremism. >>> Jack Shenker in Cairo | Wednesday, March 31, 2010

El-Baradei, le sauveur de l'Egypte?
L’EXPRESS.fr: L'ancien patron de l'AIEA, lauréat du prix Nobel de la Paix, part en guerre contre le régime de Hosni Moubarak. Au nom de la démocratie.

On pourrait en faire un film, l'histoire d'une métamorphose d'un grand commis de l'Etat en opposant farouche. Celle d'un homme dont la prudence était, pour ses détracteurs, synonyme de faiblesse, transfiguré en "sauveur de la nation". Le scénario, en cours d'écriture, s'annonce plein de rebondissements. Le "happy end" n'est pas garanti. Mais quatre mois après avoir quitté la direction de l'Agence internationale de l'énergie atomique (AIEA), Mohamed El-Baradei vient de décrocher, à 67 ans, le rôle de sa vie. Peut-être le plus difficile.

Après avoir croisé le fer avec l'administration de George W. Bush au sujet des armes de destruction massives introuvables en Irak, ce diplomate de carrière s'est lancé dans un nouveau combat: instaurer "la démocratie et la justice sociale" en Egypte. Fort de son prestige international - qui lui vaut du respect dans son pays, à défaut d'une vraie popularité - Mohamed El-Baradei entend peser de tout son poids en faveur des réformes politiques. Sans trop savoir, semble-t-il, jusqu'où cette quête va le mener. Peut-être à la présidentielle de 2011, où il n'exclut pas d'être candidat si la constitution est modifiée. Celle-ci interdit de facto à des personnalités indépendantes de se présenter, sans l'aval du parti au pouvoir. >>> Par Tangi Salaün | Jeudi 25 Mars 2010

North Korea Is Fully Fledged Nuclear Power, Experts Agree
This image, made available for the first time on Tuesday April 7, shows the launch of a missile in Musudan-ri, North Korea. Experts say the country is a nuclear power. Photo courtesy of TimesOnline
TIMESONLINE: North Korea has become a fully fledged nuclear power, with the capacity to wipe out cities in Japan and South Korea.

The uncomfortable truth has been confirmed by a number of experts, from the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency to the US Defence Secretary. According to intelligence briefings shown to academic experts, North Korea has successfully miniaturised nuclear warheads that could be launched on medium-range missiles.

This puts it ahead of Iran in the race for nuclear attack capability, and significantly alters the balance of power between North Korea’s large but poorly equipped military and the South Korean and US forces ranged against it.

“North Korea has nuclear weapons, which is a matter of fact,” the head of the IAEA, Mohamed ElBaradei, said this week. “I don't like to accept any country as a nuclear weapon state. We have to face reality.” >>> Richard Lloyd Parry in Tokyo | Thursday, April 23, 2009

Israel Escalates Campaign Against IAEA
MIDDLE EAST TIMES: Israel escalated its campaign Thursday against the winner of the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize Mohamed ElBaradei, head of the international nuclear watchdog, by describing him as a “danger to world peace” and calling for his dismissal for what it says are his policies towards Iran’s nuclear program.

The call by Israel’s Deputy Prime Minister Shaul Mofaz on public radio came as the Jewish state has been trying to undermine ElBaradei’s credibility and just days before the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is due to publish a crucial new report on Iran’s nuclear program.

The international community will rely on the agency’s upcoming report to further their discussions at the UN on whether to impose a third set of sanctions on Iran to pressure it to abandon its nuclear program.

“The policies followed by ElBaradei endanger world peace,” Mofaz said, a day after he held talks with US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in Washington. “His irresponsible attitude of sticking his head in the sand over Iran’s nuclear program should lead to his impeachment.”

These were the strongest Israeli statements yet against ElBaradei, an Egyptian whom Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert recently said was “no fan of Zion.”

The call for ElBaradei’s dismissal came a day after the Israeli security cabinet met to raise pressure on Iran and to find ways to convince the international community to strengthen sanctions on Tehran. Israel escalates campaign against IAEA (more)

Mark Alexander