While Qaddafi delivered terrorists to Mubarak, the Egyptian president declined American requests to do the same. After Palestinians in 1985 hijacked the Italian ship Achille Lauro, killed an American, and berthed in Egypt, the US asked Mubarak to extradite them. But Mubarak refused, saying that Secretary of State George Shultz was “crazy” if he believed that Egypt would betray the Palestinian cause.
Když Palestinci unesli v roce 1985 italskou loď Achille Lauro, zabili jednoho Američana a zakotvili v Egyptě, požádaly USA Mubaraka o jejich vydání. Mubarak to však odmítl a nechal se slyšet, že ministr zahraničí George Shultz je „blázen“, pokud si myslí, že Egypt zradí palestinskou věc.