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File photo: former director of the U.N.'s nuclear agency and Nobel peace laureate Mohamed ElBaradei. AP Photo/Amr Nabil

Egypt: Liberal opposition leader Mohamed ElBaradei picked as new PM

The former UN nuclear watchdog chief is to be sworn in as premier later on Saturday, three days after the army overthrew Morsi.

LIBERAL OPPOSITION LEADER Mohamed ElBaradei has been chosen as Egypt’s new prime minister, the Tamarod campaign behind the protests that toppled Islamist president Mohamed Morsi said on Saturday after talks with the country’s interim president.

A military source confirmed to AFP that the former UN nuclear watchdog chief was to be sworn in as premier later on Saturday, three days after the army overthrew Morsi.

The official MENA news agency said ElBaradei was in talks with interim leader Adly Mansour.

Tamarod had nominated ElBaradei to represent the movement in transition negotiations with the military.

ElBaradei, who won the Nobel peace prize in 2005 for his work with International Atomic Energy Agency, returned to Egypt in 2010 and became a prominent opponent of veteran strongman Hosni Mubarak in the lead-up to the 2011 uprising that overthrew him.

- © AFP, 2013

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    Mute Thosj Carroll
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    Jul 6th 2013, 9:57 PM

    Mohamed ElBaradei is a non religion politician man so this news should be good for all Egypt.

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    Jul 6th 2013, 10:13 PM

    Thosj the red thumbs would suggest some seriously mentally deranged extremist Muslim people read the Journal. Wouldn’t mind seeing one of them giving their opinion.

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    Jul 6th 2013, 10:49 PM

    Through a non-religious PM amongst a religiously divided country.

    I give it 3-6 months

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    Jul 7th 2013, 12:10 AM

    No it would suggest you and many others would know little about the Middle East and its near neighbours!

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    Jul 7th 2013, 7:36 AM

    Pablo – I red thumbed you and Im a humanist. 51% of the Egyptian people voted for Morsi. He is a Muslim as is 90% of the population. The Egyptian electoral choices should be respected. This stooge of a new PM had his chance already and the electorate gave him a resounding no thanks. Yet he is now their Prime Minister. Strange type of democracy?

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    Jul 7th 2013, 8:02 AM

    This stooge declared himself a Presidential Candidate back in 2011. After numerous opinion polls showing that he had little to no support he pulled out of the race. If he wasn’t acceptable then why is he deemed to be acceptable now? Hint – the USA pays the Egyptian Military’s salaries – psssst — get our stooge in there and call him a liberal or Superman,whatever works, in public and in private we shall call him his true name – lapdog. Once he has served his purpose we can then assassinate him. New lapdogs are 10 a penny.

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    Jul 7th 2013, 8:03 AM

    Enlighten me so Brendan if your such an expert instead of spouting generalistic comments.

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    Jul 7th 2013, 8:21 AM

    Kevin, you’re right in a way, but this he has not been appointed yet as is my understanding, and yes it is wrong. My point was that Morsi= fundamentalism, dictatorship and I’m glad that for the moment that country is saved from that. It’s great to have a mandate to rule but not to start legislating for your own agenda, namely an extremist Muslim one.

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    Jul 7th 2013, 10:56 AM

    So many hawks and keyboard warriors on the journal, depressing !!

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    Jul 7th 2013, 1:39 PM

    So many people snidely commenting on people’s posts and not giving any opinion themselves on the Journal, depressing, and a bit sad all at once.

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    Jul 7th 2013, 2:55 PM

    You do know that not all Islamists = extremists. The Muslim Brotherhood are a moderate line party who believe that Islamic law should be a part of the state. They do not wish to enforce people to convert or leave the country, they just want Islamic law in the state (whether that is wrong or right is a different debate).

    The only way to eliminate extreme Islam is for moderate Islam to flourish. Why do you think the Salafi party (an extreme Muslim party) have supported this coup? Because they do not want moderate Islam developing. They want it their way or no way, while moderate Islamists want the Islamic way of life to be there, but not to force everyone to follow it.

    But no, let’s just lump all Islamists together :)

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    Jul 7th 2013, 4:28 PM

    Adam, where do I for one say in any post above that all Muslims are extremist? Nowhere I think you will find.

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    Jul 7th 2013, 5:29 PM

    I never said that. I said Islamists. Read before writing.

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    Jul 7th 2013, 6:53 PM

    Ok what about Morsi then, and his poilicies over the year he was in charge?

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    Jul 7th 2013, 6:57 PM

    Where do I say Islamists in general, which is what you suggest in your post above,are extremists? Nowhere, thats where, maybe you should have another read? Now answer my question above.

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    Jul 7th 2013, 7:13 PM

    Just answer Adam will ya instead of green thumbing your own comments and red thumbing mine?

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    Jul 7th 2013, 7:35 PM

    I have things to do during the day, but sorry for keeping you waiting Pablo. You mentioned first of all that extremists Muslims must be reading the journal today, first comment up top. You don’t have to be an extremist Muslim to appreciate when something is undemocratic.

    Now secondly, you said Morsi is an extremist Muslim, when in fact he is a moderate Islamist, hence why I began discussing the difference between moderate Islamism and extreme Islamisim. Morsi did make some questionable calls, specifically trying to reduce the courts power to review his decision making, but that failed eventually and he removed that decree. The main reason he wished to prevent the court interfering was because he feared a court full of ex Mubarak men would interfere with the National Assembly (which was a drastic action, and he was at fault for that). Apart from that his policies were not undemocratic or illegitimate. He was fairly elected and someone saying otherwise does not believe in democracy.

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    Jul 7th 2013, 8:21 PM

    Firstly you are commenting on other articles over the interim period since your last post here, you have time to thumb comments and you changed your avatar, so you are not off saving the world or anything.

    Secondly he retracted after serious protests and demonstrations, thirdly there are the comments about the world trade centre attacks, fourthly there is a ‘usual’ pattern associated with ‘Muslim brotherhood’ lead governments type scenarios and it usually turns out to be at tge detriment of the general population. Fifthly assuming you live in this country how would you like a new ‘Catholic brotherhood’ established? There are other religions in Egypt too. We have spent at least 20 years trying to drag ourselves out of a ‘Catholic brotherhoodesque’ type scenario in Ireland I for one am proud that other religions are tolarated and supported. You’re a fan of the administration in Iran are ya, good man.

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    Jul 7th 2013, 11:05 PM

    Personally attacking me, great stuff Pablo. I don’t bother thumbing comments because it achieves nothing nor add anything.

    That’s fair enough about Ireland and its good that we have escaped that, but we escaped that democratically. We did not use the military to remove a democratically elected leader or party, we used out democratic vote. When people make a democratic choice we should respect that, regardless of their choice. What is the ultimate kick in the teeth here is that the new prime minister has been appointed without consulting the people through elections or even public discourse; he was just chosen. Its shambolic and cannot even be thought of as democracy. So continue to personally attack me, cause you are really getting under my skin. Also assuming I amnt from Ireland because I disagree with your view is classy, real classy ;)

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    Jul 6th 2013, 8:43 PM

    Glad the country seems to be saved from nutjob extremism

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    Jul 6th 2013, 11:08 PM

    Picked NOT elected!

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    Jul 7th 2013, 1:08 AM

    I see a gloomy nasty civil war on the horizon

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    Jul 6th 2013, 8:40 PM

    Anyone know if this guy was ever in Ireland, in the Egyptian embassy or such like????

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    Jul 6th 2013, 10:38 PM

    No, never, he was the head of IAEA and prior to that served in America and Egypt

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    Jul 7th 2013, 6:46 AM

    Thanks for that!

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    Jul 7th 2013, 2:43 PM

    This is as undemocratic as you can get. The people of Egypt were told they would get swift elections. Instead the opposition party leader gets HANDED the job. Shambolic stuff and for people saying that this is good for Egypt, then you don’t believe in democracy. Simple as.

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