Foreigners
A number of foreigners have gone to Burma to fight for the KNLA.
Dave Everett, a former Australian SAS soldier, fought for the KNLA and was later arrested in Australia for trying to steal money to fund the KNLA.
Thomas Bleming, an American, claims to have fought for the Karen and has written a book called "War in Karen Country”.
Three of the KNLA's French volunteers were killed in action fighting for the KNLA: Jean-Phillipe Courreges (killed 1985), Olivier Thiriat (killed 1989), and Guillaume Oillic (killed 1990).
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