Remember when bush wanted him fired because he refused to lie about Saddam and nukes? This is a real slap in the face to the bush junta.
Here's the CNN story on ElBaradei accepting his award.
http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/12/10/nobel.peace.prize.ap/index.htmlOSLO, 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.