Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Sakamakon yakin basasa na Libya, Majalisar Dinkin Duniya ta zartar da Majalisar Tsaro ta Majalisar Dinkin Duniya 1973, wanda ya kafa yankin da ba za a iya tashi ba a kan Libya, da kuma kare fararen hula daga sojojin Muammar Gaddafi. Amurka, tare da Birtaniya, Faransa da wasu kasashe da dama
, ya yi alkawarin kafa rundunar hadin gwiwa kan sojojin Gaddafi. A ranar 19 ga Maris, 2011, an dauki matakin farko na Amurka lokacin da makamai masu linzami 114 Tomahawk da Amurka da Burtaniya suka kaddamar suka lalata tsaron iska na bakin teku na gwamnatin Gaddafi. Amurka ta ci gaba da taka muhimmiyar rawa a cikin Operation Unified Protector, aikin da NATO ke jagoranta wanda a ƙarshe ya haɗa da duk ayyukan haɗin gwiwar soja a cikin wasan kwaikwayo. Duk da haka, a duk lokacin rikici, Amurka ta ci gaba da cewa tana taka rawar gani ne kawai kuma tana bin umarnin Majalisar Dinkin Duniya don kare fararen hula, yayin da ainihin rikici ya kasance tsakanin masu goyon bayan Gaddafi da 'yan tawayen Libya da ke gwagwarmaya don sauke shi. A lokacin rikicin, an kuma tura jiragen Amurka marasa matuka.