In fact, Mubarak’s Libya policy was driven largely by economic and security concerns, and rarely took US interests into consideration. More than one million Egyptians worked in Libya, which was also a large export market. And Qaddafi was eager to help Mubarak subdue Islamist threats to the Egyptian regime. Unlike neighboring Sudan, which harbored Egyptian radicals, like al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, who were bent on destabilizing the country, Libya turned them over to Mubarak.
Y Gadafi estaba ansioso por ayudar a someter las amenazas islamistas Mubarak al régimen egipcio. A diferencia de la vecina Sudán, que albergaba a radicales egipcios, como el líder de Al-Qaeda, Ayman al-Zawahiri, que estaban empeñados en desestabilizar el país, Libia los entregó a Mubarak.