I te 19 o Poutu-te-rangi 2011, ka tīmata te whakakotahitanga o ngā whenua mema o te United Nations i arahina e Wīwī, te United Kingdom, me te United States ki ngā mahi hōia
i roto i te rangi Libyan me wai rohe i muri i whakaaetia te Kaunihera Haumarutanga o te United Nations UNSCR 1973, te āhua ki te ārai i ngā whakaeke atu i runga i te iwi noa rite piri nga ope pono i runga i Benghazi, te tari matua tutu. Hei whakautu, i kii a Gaddafi he ahua o te "pakanga kaore he rohe" i waenga i a Libya me nga mema o te hononga. Ahakoa tenei, i tukuna e ia he reta e toru-whaarangi ki te Perehitini o Amerika a Barack Obama e tohe ana ki a ia kia "whakakore i tetahi mahi he me te he" ka mutu te patu i nga whaainga o Libya, e kii ana i a ia hei "tatou tama" me te whakapae i te tutu ki te roopu kaiwhakatuma a al Qaeda.