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In February of 2011, the Libyan people revolted against the tyrannical dictatorship which had been in charge of the country for decades. The protesters were violently punished by Muammar Gaddafi's government. These bloody events led the UN (United Nations) to pass a resolution protecting Libyan civil rights. In late March, it assigned this mission to NATO (the North Atlantic Treaty Organization), whose military forces would now be responsible for enforcing the ban on weapons. They also enforced a no-fly zone, in which no aircraft was authorized to fly in Libyan airspace. Canada participated in this mission and it deployed seven CF-18 Hornet fighter jets from the Bagotville base. The NATO nations’ air operations weakened the Libyan government, which fell when Gaddafi died on October 20th, 2011.