I read this the other day.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asi...ic/3651837.stm
Maybe there was an ulterior motive in 'liberating' East Timor? Just like
Iraq really.
cheers, Syms.

"Peter J. Kootsookos" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "Clay S. Turner" <[email protected]> writes:
>
> > This brings to mind a friend (in Australia) who told me that after
Australia
> > sent troops to East Timor to quell the troubles there that Australia
> > presented all of its taxpayers whose income exceeded a threshold (IIRC
it
> > was 50000 dollars Aus.) a bill to pay for the military action.
>
> That sounds like a cross between two quite separate stories.
>
> Sure, Australia was one of the main peace-keeping forces in East
> Timor, but this was not paid for using an extra tax.
>
> Several gummint-backed financial groups collapsed (particularly in
> Victoria and South Australia) and these had to be bailed out. The
> state gummints introduced specific levies to pay for these.
>
> Ciao,
>
> Peter K.
>
> --
> Peter J. Kootsookos
>
> "I will ignore all ideas for new works [..], the invention of which
> has reached its limits and for whose improvement I see no further
> hope."
>
> - Julius Frontinus, c. AD 84