Did Wikipedia remove the word "terror" from the Al-Qaeda involvement in Asia article?

Yes. "terror" appeared 2 times in this article's opening at its peak. Today the opening has none; the body has 11. We saved the article's opening paragraph at 5 moments between 2010 and 2025, and the counts come from those saved copies.

When did the Al-Qaeda involvement in Asia article stop using the word "terror"?

The word appeared 2 times in the opening at its peak in 2010. It is absent from today's opening, the part search engines quote and AI systems train on, checked against the live article on 2026-08-02.

How can I verify what Wikipedia's Al-Qaeda involvement in Asia article used to say?

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Al-Qaeda involvement in Asia

The word “terror” appeared 2 times in this article's opening at its peak in 2010. Today the opening carries none. 11 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. “terror” appeared 2 times in this article's opening at its peak. Today the opening has none; the body has 11.

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The opening as it read in 2010

Al Qaeda involvement in Asia .¹ It is believed that members of Al-Qaeda are in hiding along the border of Afghanistan and northwest sections of Pakistan . On February 3, 2009, the government of Saudi Arabia published a list of 85 suspected terrorists . The Saudi government believed that all of these men were living outside of Saudi Arabia, and encouraged them to surrender themselves at the closest Saudi Embassy. Many of those named on the list were believed to be in Asia. Al-Arabiya satellite news channel said the statement identified one of the militants, Saleh Al-Qaraawi, as the leader of Al-Qaeda in Saudi Arabia. mirror²

This is Wikipedia's own text, saved in our repository. Their copy of it is revision 284535959.

Today

“terror” appeared 2 times in this article's opening at its peak. Today the opening has none; the body has 11. Read the current article and compare.

Counts in the opening at each snapshot. Green: the word gained ground. Red: it was cut. Grey: no change.
	2010	2015	2020	Oct '23	2025
terror	2	2	0	0	0
jihad	0	0	1	2	2

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.

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