Ke neʻe nei ʻo Sierra Leone ma ke ʻano he wahi hou no nā huakaʻi huakaʻi, me Tony Blair e kipa aku ana i kēia pule e hāpai i ka ʻike o ka ʻāina ma ka mākeke mākaʻikaʻi a hoʻomaka nā mea lawelawe o UK e hāʻawi i nā lā nui ma laila. Ua hoʻomaka wale ʻo Rainbow Tours i kahi mākaʻikaʻi hui he 10 mau lā, Sierra Leone Highlight, e komo pū ana me ke kipa ʻana i ke kapikala nui ʻo Freetown, kahi e hakakā pinepine ai i ka wā o ke kaua kīwila i hala a hiki i ka makahiki 2002, a me ka mokupuni ʻo Tiwai, i piha i ka holoholona lōhiu. ʻO ke kumukūʻai huakaʻi mai £ 2,285, e pili ana i nā mokulele, nā noho ʻana, nā meaʻai a me nā alakaʻi.
"ʻO ia i ka wā mua o ka hoʻomohala ʻana, akā hoʻokipa ka hoʻokipa ʻana a nā poʻe mākaʻikaʻi a ikaika ka hana a nā poʻe e hana ana i ka mākaʻikaʻi." "He kahakai hakahaka ko ka ʻāina, kahakaha i ka mōʻaukala a hāʻawi i ka manawa e hui ai me nā kamaʻāina a loaʻa ka ʻike i ʻApelika."
Hāʻawi ka mea loea i nā ʻĀpana ʻike ʻole ʻia i nā ala hele ma Sierra Leone, ʻoiai ʻo Peter Eshelby ma ka loea o ka huakaʻi, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Discover: "Aia ia ma ka papa inoa pōkole no ka wā e hiki mai ana."
I kēia manawa, ʻaʻole lōʻihi paha ma mua o ka hiki ʻana o Iraq i nā Britons. I ka pule i hala, ua hoʻolaha ʻo BMI makemake e hoʻokumu hou i nā mokulele ma waena o Heathrow a me Baghdad ke ʻae ke aupuni Pelekane. "Ke hoʻoneʻe ʻia nei kahi helu o nā lawelawe i hoʻonohonoho ʻia ma loko o ka ʻāina," i ʻōlelo ʻia e ka luna o BMI ʻo Nigel Turner, "a he mea ia e hoʻokau ai i ko Iraqi i kā mākou pūnaewele."
