ISSUE 107 : Jul/Aug - 1994 - Australian Defence Force Journal

PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS IN SOMALIA 39according to the overall PSYOPS objectives set downby UNITAF (Borchini, 1993). These teams landedwith the first US Marines and played pre-recordedPSYOPS messages (English version shown), as theyproceeded into Mogadishu."American Forces are landing to help the UnitedNations distribute relief supplies to the Somalipeople. Please stay in your homes. We mean noharm. We are here to help you." (Borchini, 1993)In Baidoa, the 450-watt loudspeakers were utilisedin supporting Australian forces in several missionsunder Operation Solace. Firstly, with the explosiveordnance disposal (EOD) teams operating withI RAR. During this mission, a loudspeaker wasmounted on the front of the leading Range Rover anda local Somali linguist asked people where they haveseen explosives or arms in the surrounding areas asthey drove in Baidoa. While this was occurring, thelast vehicle would randomly distribute "mine awareness"leaflets by hand which showed exactly what thetypical explosive ordnance looked like (see Fig. 2)(Borchini. 1993). A second mission, was where aloudspeaker was "manpacked" by a US Army soldierFig1DSQDDHDBaBDDON'T TOUCHMINES OREXPLOSIVES]