Kammala wannan jumla: Da yake ya zama wakilin kasashen waje, babban aikinsa na farko shi ne ya rufe
Amurka ta mamaye Grenada a ƙarshen 1983. Daga can aka tura shi zuwa Beirut a lokacin yakin basasar Lebanon inda ya bunkasa sha'awarsa ga Gabas ta Tsakiya da ta'addanci na duniya. Bayan da dan kasuwar Kanada Conrad Black ya sayi rukunin Telegraph a shekarar 1985, Max Hastings, sabon editan jaridar, ya nada Coughlin a matsayin wakilin Gabas ta Tsakiya na "The Daily Telegraph".