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Originally Posted by StainlessSteelCynic
During that period, the Australian government went as far as to make it a crime for any Australian citizen to be employed as a soldier in a foreign, non-government military, irrespective of whether they got paid for their services or not they were classed as mercenaries and would be prosecuted to the full extent of the law if caught. This was in response to several Australian ex-military personnel going to Indon-controlled East Timor and also Burma to give military training to the oppressed minorities in those countries - the Australian government didn't want to upset the governments of those countries.
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I've learned something new. I know it's a crime in Australia to fight as a mercenary or with a non-government overseas military force but I didn't know that was the origin of those laws. Did David Everett's antics have anything to do with that?