Ranar 19 ga watan Maris na shekara ta 2011, wata kawance ta kasashe mambobin Majalisar Dinkin Duniya da Faransa da Birtaniya da kuma Amurka ke jagoranta ta fara aikin soji
a cikin sararin sama da ruwan Libya bayan kwamitin sulhu na Majalisar Dinkin Duniya ya amince da UNSCR 1973, a fili don hana ci gaba da kai hare-hare kan fararen hula yayin da sojojin masu biyayya suka kusaci Benghazi, hedkwatar 'yan tawaye. A mayar da martani, Gaddafi ya bayyana cewa yanayin "yaƙi ba tare da iyaka ba" ya wanzu tsakanin Libya da membobin kawancen. Duk da wannan, ya aika da wasika mai shafi uku ga Shugaban Amurka Barack Obama yana rokonsa da ya "soke wani mataki mara kyau da kuskure" kuma ya dakatar da kai hari kan Libya, yana maimaita shi a matsayin "danmu" kuma yana zargin kungiyar ta'addanci ta al Qaeda da tayar da hankali.