Musi waMarch 19, 2011, sangano renyika dziri nhengo dzeSangano Romubatanidzwa Wenyika Dzepasi Pose rinotungamirirwa neFrance, United Kingdom, neUnited States rakatanga kurwisa
mundege dzeLibya nemumvura dzomunyika pashure pokunge United Nations Security Council yabvumidza UNSCR 1973, sezviri pachena kudzivisa kumwezve kurwisa vanhuwo zvavo sezvo mauto akavimbika akaswedera pedyo neBenghazi, dzimbahwe revapanduki. Mukupindura, Gaddafi akazivisa kuti mugariro we"hondo isina miganhu" wakanga uripo pakati peLibya nenhengo dzesangano. Pasinei neizvi, akatumira tsamba yemapeji matatu kuMutungamiri weUS Barack Obama achimukumbira kuti "abvise chiito chisina kururama uye chisina kururama" uye arege kurova zvinangwa zveLibya, achitaura nezvake kakawanda se "mwanakomana wedu" uye achipomera kupandukira kurudzi rwemagandanga al Qaeda.