CNN/AP: ElBaradei accepts Nobel Peace Prize

ElBaradei accepts Nobel prize
Nobel laureate says world must abandon nuclear weapons
Saturday, December 10, 2005


OSLO, Norway (AP) -- Nuclear watchdog agency chief Mohamed ElBaradei warned Saturday in accepting the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize that humanity faces a choice between nuclear weapons and survival.

ElBaradei shared the coveted award with his International Atomic Energy Agency -- cited for their drive to control the spread of nuclear weapons, especially to terrorists.

"If we hope to escape self-destruction, then I believe nuclear weapons should have no place in our collective conscience, and no role in our security," ElBaradei said in his acceptance speech.

"The hard part is: How do we create an environment in which all of us would look at nuclear weapons the way we look at slavery or genocide, as a taboo and a historical anomaly?" he said in thanking the Nobel committee for the honor.

The 63-year-old Egyptian and the IAEA's Board of Governors Chairman Yukiya Amano, from Japan, accepted the peace prize 60 years after the 1945 atomic bombings of the Japanese cities of Nagasaki and Hiroshima....


http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/12/10/nobel.peace.prize.ap/index.html

and some poor aide or another is dodging flying debris from said room.

Mr. El Baradei: :yourock:

Just knowing how pissy-pants Bolton will be over this makes ElBaradei being awarded the prize even more delicious than it would normally be.