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Mohammed El Baradei has withdrawn from the contest to be Egypt's president. Whether he did so because he felt he didn't have a chance of winning or in protest against the military leadership is unknown. He did have a few words to say about the current leader of the military council: Egypt was like "a ship that was led by a captain who wasn't chosen by its passengers and who lacked leadership experience." And he felt that the chief was "insisting to continue down the old path as if the revolution never happened and as if the regime never fell." 

It's questionable whether his decision will help or hinder the revolutionary movement.

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