Wikipedia's first sentence called it “morocco -born permanent resident of canada who was arrested by the canadian government under a security certifi”. Today it says “imam morocco -born canadian citizen who was arrested by the canadian government under a security certificate in”.
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The opening as it read in 2025
Adil Charkaoui (in Arabic عادل الشرقاوي born 1974) is an imam Morocco -born Canadian citizen who was arrested by the Canadian government under a security certificate in May 2003. Before issuing the certificate, evidence was submitted that he had trained in an anti-Soviet Jihadist camp in Afghanistan. The court was also not satisfied with his reasons for visiting Pakistan for six months in 1990. Evidence that he practiced Karate was also among the submissions. Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) testimonies included opinions that he would also "have been trained in such areas as: operating rocket-propelled grenade-launchers, sabotage, urban and assassination." CSIS also alleged that "[i]t was noteworthy that one of those who participated in the hijacking of [the September 11 attacks in 2001] had taken martial arts training in preparation..." and suggested that Charkaoui represented a sleeper agent .
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Adil Charkaoui (born 1974) is a Morocco -born permanent resident of Canada who was arrested by the Canadian government under a security certificate in May 2003. When he admitted practicing Karate , two government ministers announced it was their "opinion" that he would also "have been trained in such areas as: operating rocket-propelled grenade-launchers, sabotage, urban combat and assassination", and sought to have him detained. The ministers also noted in their accusation that "[i]t was noteworthy that one of those who participated in the hijacking of [the September 11th attacks ] had taken martial arts training in preparation..." and suggested that Charkaoui represented a sleeper agent .
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The opening as it stood in 2015
Adil Charkaoui (in Arabic عادل الشرقاوي born 1974) is a Morocco -born Canadian citizen who was arrested by the Canadian government under a security certificate in May 2003.Before issuing the certificate, evidence was submitted that he had trained in an anti-Soviet Jihadist camp in Afghanistan.The court was also not satisfied with his reasons for visiting Pakistan for six months in 1990.Evidence that he practiced Karate was also among the submissions.Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) testimonies included opinions that he would also "have been trained in such areas as: operating rocket-propelled grenade-launchers, sabotage, urban and assassination." CSIS also alleged that "[i]t was noteworthy that one of those who participated in the hijacking of [the September 11 attacks in 2001] had taken martial arts training in preparation..." and suggested that Charkaoui represented a sleeper agent .
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The opening as it stood in 2020
Adil Charkaoui (in Arabic عادل الشرقاوي born 1974) is a Morocco -born Canadian citizen who was arrested by the Canadian government under a security certificate in May 2003. Before issuing the certificate, evidence was submitted that he had trained in an anti-Soviet Jihadist camp in Afghanistan. The court was also not satisfied with his reasons for visiting Pakistan for six months in 1990. Evidence that he practiced Karate was also among the submissions. Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) testimonies included opinions that he would also "have been trained in such areas as: operating rocket-propelled grenade-launchers, sabotage, urban and assassination." CSIS also alleged that "[i]t was noteworthy that one of those who participated in the hijacking of [the September 11 attacks in 2001] had taken martial arts training in preparation..." and suggested that Charkaoui represented a sleeper agent .
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morocco -born permanent resident of canada who was arrested by the canadian government under a security certifi
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imam morocco -born canadian citizen who was arrested by the canadian government under a security certificate in
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