Battle of Checkpoint Pasta

The Battle of Checkpoint Pasta, sometimes called the Battle of the Pasta Factory, was a firefight in Mogadishu between Italian troops under UNOSOM II and insurgents of the Somali National Alliance (SNA), and is remembered for being the first all-out battle involving the Italian Army since the end of the Second World War.

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1993  Wikidata
Battle of the Pasta Factory; Checkpoint Pasta battle
battle, Somalia, 

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Location: 2.0392, 45.3419, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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1993-07-02T00:00:00Z

1993-07-02T00:00:00Z

1993 Battle of Checkpoint Pasta

1978-04-09T00:00:00Z

1978-04-09T00:00:00Z

1978 1978 Somali coup d'état attempt

1993-07-12T00:00:00Z

1993-07-12T00:00:00Z

1993 Bloody Monday raid

1993-10-03T00:00:00Z

1993-10-04T00:00:00Z

1993 Battle of Mogadishu

2006-05-07T00:00:00Z

2006-07-11T00:00:00Z

2006 Battle of Mogadishu (2006)

2007-03-21T00:00:00Z

2007-04-26T00:00:00Z

2007 Battle of Mogadishu (March–April 2007)

2007-11-08T00:00:00Z

2007-11-16T00:00:00Z

2007 Battle of Mogadishu (November 2007)

2008-04-19T00:00:00Z

2008-04-20T00:00:00Z

2008 Battle of Mogadishu (2008)

2008-04-20T00:00:00Z

2008-04-20T00:00:00Z

2008 Al-Hidaya Mosque massacre

2009-02-24T00:00:00Z

2009-02-25T00:00:00Z

2009 Battle of South Mogadishu

2009-05-07T00:00:00Z

2009-10-01T00:00:00Z

2009 Battle of Mogadishu (2009)

2010-08-23T00:00:00Z

2011-08-06T00:00:00Z

2010 — 2011 Battle of Mogadishu

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Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
area	region	1700	Sultanate of the Geledi		Wikidata
area	region	1960	Somali Republic		Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1978	1978 Somali coup d'état attempt	attempted coup d'état	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1993	Battle of Checkpoint Pasta	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1993	Bloody Monday raid	airstrike, roundup	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1993	Battle of Mogadishu	United States, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	2006	Battle of Mogadishu (2006)	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	2007	Battle of Mogadishu (March–April 2007)	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	2007	Battle of Mogadishu (November 2007)	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	2008	Battle of Mogadishu (2008)	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	2008	Al-Hidaya Mosque massacre	armed conflict, massacre	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	2009	Battle of South Mogadishu	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	2009	Battle of Mogadishu (2009)	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	2010	Battle of Mogadishu	battle	Wikidata
organisation	military branch	1960	Somali Air Force	air force	Wikidata
organisation	military branch	1964	Somali Navy	navy	Wikidata