Part of the Somali Civil War and the UNOSOM II mission
Date
2 July 1993[1]
Location
Mogadishu, Somalia[1]
Result
Italian breakthrough from the encirclement[2]
Belligerents
Italy Somalia
SNA
Commanders and leaders
Bruno Loi Ali Mahdi Muhammad[citation needed]
Mohamed Farrah Aidid[3]
Strength
550 Italian troops + 400 Somali policeman[4]
Around 600 rebel Somali militiamen[5]
Casualties and losses
3 killed 22 wounded[6]
67 killed[7] 187 wounded[7]
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United Nations Intervention in Somalia (1992–1995)
UNOSOM I
Provide Relief
UNITAF / Restore Hope
Deliverance
Somalia affair
UNOSOM II
Pakistani Peacekeepers
UN killings of protestors
Abdi House raid
Checkpoint Pasta
Gothic Serpent
Black Hawk Down
United Shield
The Battle of Checkpoint Pasta,[1] sometimes called the Battle of the Pasta Factory, was a firefight in Mogadishu between Italian troops and Somali rebels, and is remembered for being the first all-out battle involving the Italian Army since the end of the Second World War.[8]
The battle took place near the Italian checkpoint called "Pasta", because it was located near an abandoned Barilla pasta factory across the intersection of Imperial Street and 21 October Street, after an ambush on Italian forces was set up by Somali rebels led by General Mohamed Aidid.
The Italian units eventually broke the encirclement and withdrew.
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^Mannucci 2004, pp. 79–80
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^"2 luglio 1993: la Battaglia". Archived from the original on 7 July 2012.
^"Checkpoint Pasta: 2 luglio 1993". Retrieved 7 June 2018.
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^ ab"Puntata de "La Storia Siamo Noi" dedicata alla battaglia del pastificio". Archived from the original on 10 December 2008.
^Somalia, la battaglia al check-point Pasta. Il racconto del generale Loi vent'anni dopo (In Italian)
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