I do not condone anyone of any nationality taking it upon themselves to violate the Sovereignty of another Nation; without that Nations consent or request.
It seems to me a bit hypocritical of governments condemning individual citizens for becoming involved in wars that they themselves antagonize and support from the shadows. Western governments do not respect a Nations Sovereignty unless it is beneficial to their own agendas.
However, Citizens becoming involved is a crime?
I suppose that would be tantamount for do as I say and not as I do ?
~Desert Rose~~****************************************************
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Minister Scott Morrison says he expects there would be bipartisan
support for any move to block Australians who have been fighting in
Syria from returning to this country.
Spy agency ASIO says about 200 Australians have taken up arms in the Syrian civil war.Former foreign affairs minister Bob Carr says that while in government, he sought advice on how to block Australian citizens from returning home after fighting in Syria, but was told it could not legally be done.
He has urged the current government to revisit the idea.
Speaking to Sky News, Mr Morrison said the Federal Government was concerned about Australians involved in the Syria conflict returning to "disrupt the significant social cohesion we have in this country".
"We don't want that in Australia, we just don't want it in Australia, and I agree with Senator Carr on that," he said.
"I'm sure there'd be broad-based support across Parliament to ensure that these sorts of things were not imported back into Australia."
Mr Morrison says he would expect bipartisan support in Parliament for any action taken by the Government.
"We are keeping a very close watch on this, a very close watch and I've had consultations before the election where Islamic communities in Australia have raised this with me, in particular about people returning, that they wouldn't want to see a return," he said.
The Labor MP Michael Danby first raised the issue last week.
Australia has 'by far largest number' of Western fighters in Syria
An expert from Melbourne University's School of International Relations says Australians make up "by far the largest" contingent of Western recruits to Syrian armed groups.Dr David Malet has just published a book about recruits to overseas insurgencies, called Foreign Fighters: Transnational Identity in Civil Conflicts.
He says that while Australians are often involved in overseas conflict, the number in Syria is higher than usual.
"There have been Australians serving as foreign fighters in a number of other conflicts, like Somalia most recently," he told The Word Today.
"But they've never been the largest group of Westerners. So Syria's a little bit unusual. You have just a handful of Canadians and Americans, maybe a hundred or so British and French citizens. But Australia has by far the largest number."
Dr Malet says many Australians are joining the war in Syria because of family ties to the region.
"Australia has an active, politically active Lebanese community which happens to have a lot of local ties to the conflict in Syria," he said.
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