Bruno Loi

Bruno Loi
Bruno Loi
Born	23 August 1941
Allegiance	Italy
Service/branch	Esercito Italiano
Years of service	1960-2004
Rank	Lieutenant General
Commands held	UNOSOM II
Battles/wars	Checkpoint Pasta battle
Awards	Knight Grand Cross, OMRI ; Officer, OMI ; Officer, Legion of Merit

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]

Career

Service in Somalia

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] Loi 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

Paolo Tripodi (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.
Kenneth Rutherford (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.
Peter Young; Peter Jesser (October 13, 2017). The Media and the Military. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 218. ISBN 978-0333719046.
Walter S. Clarke; Jeffrey Herbst (March 7, 1997). Learning From Somalia: The Lessons Of Armed Humanitarian Intervention. Routledge. p. 143. ISBN 978-0813327945.
Tom Woodhouse; Robert Bruce; Malcolm Dando (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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[1] Paolo Tripodi (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.

[2] Kenneth Rutherford (October 15, 2008). Humanitarianism Under Fire: The US and UN Intervention in Somalia. Lynne Riener. p. 144. ISBN 978-1565492608.

[3] 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.

[4] Peter Young; Peter Jesser (October 13, 2017). The Media and the Military. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 218. ISBN 978-0333719046.

[5] Walter S. Clarke; Jeffrey Herbst (March 7, 1997). Learning From Somalia: The Lessons Of Armed Humanitarian Intervention. Routledge. p. 143. ISBN 978-0813327945.

[P-6] Tom Woodhouse; Robert Bruce; Malcolm Dando (January 19, 1998). Peacekeeping and Peacemaking: Towards Effective Intervention in Post-Cold War Conflicts. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 176. ISBN 978-0333669228.