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Mahmoud Mohammad Issa Mohammad: what Wikipedia removed

Mahmoud Mohammad Issa Mohammad is a former PFLP member convicted for an attack that killed a man, whom press coverage for decades called a terrorist. Through 2010 the opening cited headlines calling him a “terrorist” and stated that “when his militant history was discovered in December 1988,” Canadian authorities began deportation proceedings. Today’s opening never calls him a terrorist, describing him only as a “former member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine who took part in an attack that killed a man,” though the word survives 27 times elsewhere in the article. A reader arriving now does not learn from the opening that he was widely described as a convicted terrorist.

The word “terror” appeared 2 times in this article’s opening at its peak, in 2010. Today the opening carries none; the body carries 27. Checked against the full current article on 2026-08-01.

The tracked words, snapshot by snapshot

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Counts are of the opening paragraph only, the part most readers, search engines and AI training sets ever quote.

What was taken out

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  • The opening’s original identification line, reworded rather than removed in substance.
  • The sentence noting that his militant history was discovered by Canadian authorities in December 1988, dropped from the opening.

How it opened then, and now

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2010 (revision 369130908):

Born in 1943, Mahmoud Mohammad Issa Mohammad (محمود محمد عيسى محمد) is a former member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine , who hijacked an El Al aircraft and later sought refuge in Canada. When his militant history was discovered in December 1988, the government sought to deport him but has been stymied for 20 years in legal maneuvering. ^ Brown, Barbara. Toronto Star , Ordered deported in ‘88, terrorist still lives in Brantford , July 16, 2008 ^ Brown, Steve. Fox News , Canadian immigration laws allow convicted terrorist and killer to make home in Ontario , August 19, 2008

2025 (revision 1255766916):

Airline hijacker Mahmoud Mohammad Issa Mohammad ( Arabic : محمود محمد عيسى محمد ) (born in 1943) was a Palestinian former member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine who took part in an attack that killed a man. After a two-decade battle with Canadian immigration authorities, he was finally deported to Lebanon in 2013. He died from cancer in 2015. ^ Cite error: The named reference star was invoked but never defined (see the help page ).

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