Prominent Egyptian opposition figure Mohamed ElBaradei says he is ready to lead Egypt's protest movements with the aim of enabling a "peaceful transition" of power.| Must mean the revolution is over and Hosni lost... |
"It is a critical time in the life of Egypt. I have come to participate with the Egyptian people," he said. "If people, in particularly young people, if they want me to lead the transition I will not let them down. My priority right now is to see a new Egypt and to see a new Egypt through peaceful transition."
| And, of course, grab a big chunk of the boodle for himself and his friends... |
The demonstrations, which have prompted Cairo to impose a curfew in the canal city of Suez on Wednesday, were motivated by the recent popular revolution in Tunisia, which ended the 23-year-long rule of the country's President Zine El Abidin Ben Ali, sending him fleeing to Soddy Arabia.