Former feckless International Atomic Energy Agency head Mohamed ElBaradei is making a play to assume power in Egypt, and on his arrival today in Cairo he was mobbed by reporters — but not supporters.

Cairo - Egyptian opposition figure Mohamed ElBaradei arrived in Cairo Thursday, talking of ‘change’ as the country remained convulsed by three days of anti-government protests.

The Nobel Peace Prize winner and former head of the International Atomic Energy Agency was mobbed by dozens of reporters upon his arrival. However, there were no signs of the throngs of supporters who came out to see him when he flew in to Cairo last year to test the political waters for a possible presidential run.