British Arms Sales to Sierra Leone

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"PRESS COVERAGE OF THE ARMS SALE TO SIERRA LEONE: COMPARING AND CONTRASTING THE GUARDIAN AND THE DAILY MAIL
The recent coup d'Etat and counter coup d'Etat in Sierra Leone embroiled the British Foreign Office, the Foreign Secretary, and the Prime Minister in controversy. Charges were made that British aid in the form of arms made possible the success of the counter coup d'Etat, and that the supply of arms violated United Nations sanctions against Sierra Leone. Rumors also circulated that British mercenaries who largely staged the counter coup d'Etat for the outset government in Sierra Leone operated, if not under the direction of the Foreign Office, at least with the knowledge of the Foreign Office.

The British press has not let the controversy go unnoticed. All of the national newspapers have carried stories and.."

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