Im Gegensatz zum Nachbarland Sudan, wo destabilisierende Kräfte und Radikale wie der Al-Kaida-Drahtzieher Ayman al-Zawahiri Unterschlupf fanden, übergab Libyen solche Personen an Mubarak.
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.