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Even Mohammad Al Baradei Is Being Portrayed As An Evil Anti-American

February 1, 2011 · Mustapha Hamoui

Eli Lake:

Mohamed ElBaradei, who has become a leading symbol for democratic change in Egypt, emerged as a bitter foe of the United States when he led the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) between 1997 and 2009.

Subtext: Let’s keep the anti-democratic tyrant in place because the Nobel peace Laureate proved that he’s not an American poodle.