ITALIAN ARMY IN SOMALIA [ 1 ] [ 2 ]
SEE ALSO PASTA FACTORY CHECKPOINT
SEE ALSO PASTA FACTORY CHECKPOINT
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| 39053 Several italian M-60 tanks landed in Somalia; none of them fired a single shot. They rushed out of their parking lots in just a couple of times: on June 1993, when the italian military came to the rescue of Pakistani peacekeepers being massacred close to Radio Mogadishu, and on July 1993 during clashes at Pasta Factory checkpoint (photo) |
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| 39104 March 1994, Italian army quits Somalia This is the very last military convoy running on "Via Imperiale", the main unpaved road crossing North/Southbound almost the whole Somali territory. Italians were in charge of patrolling this road during most of UN intervention, markedly along the Mogadishu - Balad - Gialalaxi - Giohar - Bulo Burti axis |
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| 39070 Kabul, July 1993 Patrolling Mogadishu with paratroopers from "Folgore" regiment |
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| 39001 Mogadishu, new seaport, December 1992 While temporarily lodging in overheated hangars, at the very beginning of UN mission, italian infantry learns how to protect gun barrels from dust with condoms |
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| 39006 Mogadishu, military airport, December 1993 Military mournings for the military nurse Maria Cristina Luinetti, killed while at work in a medication post open to local population. Her killer, Mohamed Ali Musse, a mentally disabled somali, was captured by italian military and jailed on the spot (You may see him HERE) |
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| 39323 Mogadishu, military airport, December 1993 Military mournings for the military nurse Maria Cristina Luinetti, killed while at work in a medication post open to local population. Her killer, Mohamed Ali Musse, a mentally disabled somali, was captured by italian military and jailed (You may see him HERE) |
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| 39082 December 24, 1992 Christmas tree under a hangar in Mogadishu seaport |
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| 39163 Italian Army-managed food distribution in south Mogadishu |
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| 39238 Lieut. Col. Martinelli in Gialalaxi, December 1992 |
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| 39162 "Blindo" armoured car at "Banca" checkpoint, July 1993 |
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| 39233 Patrolling south Mogadishu (here, the old seaport) in December 1992 |
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| 39161 This old somali gentleman - Mr. Scirè - had been fighting alongside Italian troops during colonial wars. So he was "re-enlisted" in the army and assigned guard duties at the Italian embassy |
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