They literally asked for NATO to stay/help longer:
> Fighting in Libya ended in late October following the death of Muammar Gaddafi, and NATO stated it would end operations over Libya on 31 October 2011. Libya's new government requested that its mission be extended to the end of the year,[39] but on 27 October, the Security Council unanimously voted to end NATO's mandate for military action on 31 October.[40]
And NATO didn't start civil unrest.
After the protests, individual countries took the lead to help and other ones asked NATO to take over as condition to join ( eg. Italy).
So the Libyans asked NATO to stay after NATO worked to kill the previous leader? You see why that doesn't pass muster right? That's like "asking" for protection from the mob after the previous owner of your shop got his legs broken.
> Libya's new government requested that its mission be extended to the end of the year,[39] but on 27 October, the Security Council unanimously voted to end NATO's mandate for military action on 31 October.[40]
Libyan volunteers ( i suppose civilians) where literally the majority of the troops against Khadaffi ( > 200 k. )
Air support was by countries, they did not do boots on the ground.
> Many states and supranational bodies condemned Gaddafi's government over disputed allegations of air attacks on civilian targets within the country.
This was preceeded by a civilian uprising before any foreign country assisting.
