IAEA fails to elect successor to ElBaradei
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) failed Friday in a new attempt to elect a successor to its outgoing director general, Mohammed ElBaradei. Neither Japanese diplomat Yukiya Amano nor his South African rival, Abdul Samad Minty, gained the required two-thirds majority in two votes taken by the nuclear watchdog's 35-member board. Full Story »
Posted by Mike LaBonte
ElBaradei performed superlatively, and a bland technocrat probably is not the best choice to be made for a replacement. The IAEA is the voice of truth against the relentless propaganda of Israeli militarists and the neocons in the US.