Bruno Loi (born August 23, 1941) is a retired Italian Army lieutenant general, who served as commander of the Italian forces in UNOSOM II from May to September 1993.[1]
Bruno Loi | |
|---|---|
| Born | 23 August 1941 |
| Allegiance |  Italy |
| Service/ |  Esercito Italiano |
| Years of service | 1960-2004 |
| Rank | .svg){kind=small} Lieutenant General |
| Commands held | UNOSOM II |
| Battles/wars | Checkpoint Pasta battle |
| Awards |  Knight Grand Cross, OMRI  Officer, OMI  Officer, Legion of Merit |
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Service in Somalia edit
Loi was infuriated as the result of an American operation in the Italian zone of control on June 22, 1993, since it took place without his permission.[2] Loi was the commanding officer for the Italian forces in the Battle of Checkpoint Pasta.[3] He later re-occupied Checkpoint Pasta after the battle, to do this he used diplomacy to persuade Somali general Mohamed Farrah Aidid to withdraw, annoying the United States, who viewed diplomacy as a waste of effort and advocated a forceful solution.[4] The United Nations asked Italy to remove Loi from his position in July on charges of insubordination, a request which Italy denied.[5] These incidents contributed to a considerable straining of relations between Italy and the rest of the United Nations peacekeeping force.[6] Loi served out the rest of his term as commander, returning to Italy in September.[6]
References edit
- ^ Tripodi, Paolo (August 2, 1999). The Colonial Legacy in Somalia: Rome and Mogadishu: from Colonial Administration to Operation Restore Hope. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 157. ISBN 978-0333763513.
- ^ Rutherford, Kenneth (October 15, 2008). Humanitarianism Under Fire: The US and UN Intervention in Somalia. Lynne Riener. p. 144. ISBN 978-1565492608.
- ^ Nigro, Vincenzo (July 5, 2013). "Somalia, la battaglia al check-point Pasta. Il racconto del generale Loi vent'anni dopo". Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved July 9, 2020.
- ^ Young, Peter; Jesser, Peter (October 13, 2017). The Media and the Military. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 218. ISBN 978-0333719046.
- ^ Clarke, Walter S.; Herbst, Jeffrey (March 7, 1997). Learning From Somalia: The Lessons Of Armed Humanitarian Intervention. Routledge. p. 143. ISBN 978-0813327945.
- ^ a b Woodhouse, Tom; Bruce, Robert; Dando, Malcolm (January 19, 1998). Peacekeeping and Peacemaking: Towards Effective Intervention in Post-Cold War Conflicts. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 176. ISBN 978-0333669228.
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