Is this Mohamed ElBaradei’s moment?

For a man who describes himself as a potential ‘agent of change’ in Egypt, Mohamed ElBaradei draws decidedly mixed reviews. The veteran diplomat, international lawyer and Nobel Prize winner, has emerged as a high-profile opposition figure over the past few weeks and a possible candidate to replace fallen autocrat Hosni Mubarak. But Washington and Tel Aviv are deeply suspicious of the 68-year-old. They along with other allies were frustrated by what they said were blatant attempts by ElBaradei-who ran the UN International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) from 1997 to 2009 — to undermine their efforts to ratchet up the pressure on Iraq before the US-led invasion and later on Iran over its…

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Is this Mohamed ElBaradei’s moment?

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