Former IAEA chief and briefly junta Vice President Mohamed ElBaradei was an outspoken supporter of last month’s military coup, lauding it as a continuation of the revolution of 2011. The military was eager to stick him in the cabinet because of his close ties with Western nations.
But ElBaradei was quick to resign last week when the massacres began, insisting he had warned the military against such bloody crackdowns. Now he faces prosecution for his resignation, with the military accusing him of “betrayal of trust.”
If convicted ElBaradei could face a three year prison term, though he wisely fled the country after his resignation, and probably won’t attempt to go back so long as the military is in power.
The junta is pushing ahead with charges against President Morsi and other officials within Egypt’s elected government as well, primarily charging them with “incitement” for organizing protests opposing the military’s takeover. While those sort of politically-motivated trials are unseemly enough, the decision to prosecute ElBaradei, who was on their side, just for not being on the massacre bandwagon, is an even clearer sign that the new regime is unwilling to brook any dissent.
This article sounds like state run tv similar to MSNBC, CNN, Faux, ABC, and CBS. The military counter coup was necessary to stop Morsi from totally destroying Egypt. El Baradei was simply a puppet to make things look good. el Baradei's ultimate master is the Asylum States government, which explains why he fled the country so quickly. ANTIWAR.COM, this article is complete trash adn rubbish, try again…………….
The retards who can't into history will continue to blunder.
Looks like they have now opened the path for the Islamist Republic of Egypt. Like, I dunno… Persia?
And what are the "Asylum States"?
Interesting, an old adage holds true:
There is no honor among thieves.
ElBaradei is a puppet of the WEST and servant of zionist George Soros. He is responsible for thousand of deaths in Egypt by the military. He must be prosecuted for his role in military coup against an elected president. The military under the control of US and the white house, Obama, let the coup against Egyptian people and killed more than thousand protesters. Now, the west want to protect their servant, ElBaradei, so they asked him to 'resign' and now military wants 'to prosecute' to present him AS A VICTIM to deceive the international community. You are stupid not us.
Yet another retard spouting bullshit.
> ElBaradei is a puppet of the WEST and servant of zionist George Soros.
Right. Without the El, we would have bombed Iran back in 2007 or so.
> He is responsible for thousand of deaths in Egypt by the military.
Personally? Holy cow.
> You are stupid not us.
"Us" being who? The Islamist hotheads of sh*tholia?
You either with us or against us( sisi)
The greatest enemy of the muslims is the House of Saud.