Cika wannan jumlar: A ranar 19 ga Maris, 2011, wata kawance ta kasashe mambobin Majalisar Dinkin Duniya karkashin jagorancin Faransa, Burtaniya, da Amurka sun fara
ayyukan soji a sararin samaniyar Libya da kuma ruwan yankin 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 kusanci 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.