The word “jihad” appeared 1 times in this article's opening at its peak in 2010. Today the opening carries none. 2 remain further down the article, where a reader arriving from a search result does not go.
Measured, not asserted. Every count, date and revision on this page was taken from Wikipedia's own history and checked against the live article. The words quoted are theirs.
Machine-checked against the full current article on 2026-08-02. “jihad” appeared 1 times in this article's opening at its peak. Today the opening has none; the body has 2.
We saved snapshots of this article over twenty years; you are reading the 2010 one. Red dashes: removed from Wikipedia since.Pale dots: rewritten; the numbered note shows what it says now.Red text: written in or rewritten since the previous snapshot.1 tap a number or a side note to jump between them
The opening as it read in 2010
Ahmed Jibril ( ; born c. 1938) is the founder and leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine - General Command (PFLP-GC), part of the left-wing, Palestinian national liberation movement.1Since its inception in 1968, the PFLP-GC has staged numerous attacks against Israeli and other targets, both military and civilian. Jibril's son, Jihad Ahmed Jibril , who headed the PFLP-GC's military wing and was in line to replace Jibril as leader of the group, was killed by a car bomb in Beirut on May 20, 2002.2
This is Wikipedia's own text, saved in our repository. Their copy of it is revision 366383097.
The opening as it stood in 2005
Ahmed Jibril Ahmed Jibril (born 1928 ) is the founder and leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine - General Command (PFLP-GC). Since its inception in 1968 , the PFLP-GC has staged numerous attacks against Israeli and other targets, both military and civilian.
Red text was written in or rewritten since the previous snapshot. Their copy is revision 16158475.
The opening as it stood in 2015 2 passages from the previous snapshot no longer appear
Ahmed Jibril ( ; born c. 1938) is the founder and leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – General Command (PFLP-GC). During the Syrian Civil War , Jibril was a notable supporter of the Assad government and PFLP-GC members helped government forces to fight the Syrian opposition .However, after clashes with rebels in Yarmouk Camp in Damascus , the PFLP-GC suffered defections and was forced to withdraw from the camp, and Jibril fled the city.
Red text was written in or rewritten since the previous snapshot. Their copy is revision 665351122.
The opening as it stood in 2020
Ahmed Jibril ( ; born c. 1938) is the founder and leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – General Command (PFLP-GC). During the Syrian Civil War , Jibril was a notable supporter of the Assad government and PFLP-GC members helped government forces to fight the Syrian opposition . However, after clashes with rebels in Yarmouk Camp in Damascus , the PFLP-GC suffered defections and was forced to withdraw from the camp, and Jibril fled the city.
Red text was written in or rewritten since the previous snapshot. Their copy is revision 916467790.
The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Palestinian politician (1937–2021) Ahmed Jibril ( ; April 1937? – 7 July 2021) was a Palestinian militant, the founder and leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – General Command (PFLP-GC). During the Syrian Civil War , Jibril was a notable supporter of the Assad government and PFLP-GC members helped government forces to fight the Syrian opposition . However, after clashes with rebels in Yarmouk Camp in Damascus , the PFLP-GC suffered defections and was forced to withdraw from the camp, and Jibril fled the city.
Red text was written in or rewritten since the previous snapshot. Their copy is revision 1172031295.
The opening as it stood in 2025
Palestinian politician (1937–2021) Ahmed Jibril ( Arabic : أحمد جبريل ; c. 1937 – 7 July 2021) was a Palestinian militant and political leader who was the founder and leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – General Command (PFLP-GC). During the Syrian Civil War , Jibril was a notable supporter of the Assad government and PFLP-GC members helped government forces to fight the Syrian opposition . However, after clashes with rebels in Yarmouk Camp in Damascus, the PFLP-GC suffered defections and was forced to withdraw from the camp, and Jibril fled the city.
Red text was written in or rewritten since the previous snapshot. Their copy is revision 1282194085. This is our newest snapshot; the live article may have moved again since.
Today
“jihad” appeared 1 times in this article's opening at its peak. Today the opening has none; the body has 2. Read the current article and compare.
2005
2010
2015
2020
Oct '23
2025
jihad
0
1
0
0
0
0
militant
0
0
0
0
1
1
Counts in the opening at each snapshot. Green: the word gained ground. Red: it was cut. Grey: no change.
Struck red text is no longer in the article; dotted amber text was rewritten. Every revision id links to Wikipedia's copy; the text shown is our own saved copy. Data: /data. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA; quoted for the record; not affiliated with Wikipedia.
