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Sami Al-Arian: what Wikipedia removed

The 2015 opening: “pled guilty in 2006 to conspiracy to contribute services to” Palestinian Islamic Jihad, “a Specially Designated Terrorist organization”. Today: 0 in the opening, 40 in the body.

The word “terror” appeared 4 times in this article’s opening at its peak, in 2015. Today the opening carries none; the body carries 40. Checked against the full current article on 2026-08-01.

The tracked words, snapshot by snapshot

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terror2340000
jihad2230000

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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  • His guilty plea concerned a Specially Designated Terrorist organization. The designation is gone from the opening.
  • His opening description was rewritten.

Who made the cuts

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Wikipedia publishes who makes every edit. These removals were traced to the exact revision that made them:

How it opened then, and now

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2005 (revision 16070595):

Sami Amin Al-Arian (born in Kuwait January 14 , 1958 ) is of Palestinian nationality, holds a doctorate in computer engineering , and is a former tenured professor at the University of South Florida (USF). He emigrated with his family to Egypt in 1966,and traveled to the United States in 1975 at the age of 17 to complete his university studies. He obtained his Bachelor’s Degree, graduating with honors in 1978 with a major in Electrical Engineering, and completed his Master’s Degree and Ph.D. in the years 1980 and 1985 respectively. Dr. al-Aryan was employed in 1986 as a professor in the Computer Sciences Department at the University of South Florida in the city of Tampa. He was chosen in 199…

2026 (revision 1356678668):

Stateless political activist (born 1958) Sami Amin Al-Arian ( Arabic : سامي أمين العريان ; born January 14, 1958) is a Kuwaiti -born political activist of Palestinian origin who was a computer engineering professor at University of South Florida . During the Clinton administration and Bush administration , he was invited to the White House . He actively campaigned for the Bush presidential campaign in the United States presidential election in 2000 . After a contentious interview with Bill O’Reilly on The O’Reilly Factor following the September 11 attacks , Al-Arian’s tenure at University of South Florida came under public scrutiny. He was indicted in February 2003 on 17 counts under the Pat…

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