Here comes the South Pacific Police!

"Did you remember to bring dah bahbecue grill?"

Australian commandos clad in full combat gear flew into East Timor today as the advance guard of an international force called in to prevent a rebellion by disaffected ex-soldiers descending into civil war in the tiny island state.

"Hey mate, reckon they got the Socceroos-Greece game on da tele?"

The violence is the worst since East Timor won independence from Indonesia in 1999. "We can’t control the situation," said Jose Ramos Horta, the Foreign Minister.

Foreign Affairs Minister Alexander Downer has confirmed some of the rebel soldiers leading the unrest in East Timor were trained in Australia (GASP!).

That has been confirmed by East Timor's Ambassador to Australia Hernani de Silva.

Rodrigo Vasquez playing ninja with the neighbourhood kids

"These are soldiers who have been sacked and so yes you are completely right they will know how to fight," he added.

That's the bad news.

The good news is that not all of them will be armed. Some of them are armed with rifles, machetes and rocket propelled grenades. How cute.