Wikipedia's first sentence called it “youth movement of the hezbollah in lebanon”. Today it says “youth movement that was established in lebanon on 5 may 1985 by the political organization hezbollah”.
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The opening as it read in 2025
Imam al-Mahdi Scouts ( Arabic : كشاف الإمام المهدي , romanized : Kashafat al-Imam al-Mahdi ) is a youth movement that was established in Lebanon on 5 May 1985 by the political and paramilitary organization Hezbollah . It is named for Muhammad al-Mahdi . The Imam al-Mahdi Scouts became a member of the Lebanese Scouting Federation and thus of the World Organization of the Scout Movement in 1998. The organization has about 100,000 members of both genders between the ages of 8-16 organized into 500 local groups. "Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center at the Center for Special Studies (C.S.S)-September 11, 2006" .
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The opening as it stood in 2010
The Imam al-Mahdi Scouts ( ) are a youth movement of the Hezbollah in Lebanon , named for Muhammad al-Mahdi and established on May 5, 1985. The Imam al-Mahdi Scouts became a member of the Lebanese Scouting Federation and thus of the World Organization of the Scout Movement in 1998. The organization has about 42,000 members of both sexes between the ages of 8-16 organized into 500 local groups. "Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center at the Center for Special Studies (C.S.S)-September 11, 2006" .
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The Imam al-Mahdi Scouts ( ) is a youth movement that was established in Lebanon on 5 May 1985 by the political and paramilitary organization Hezbollah .It is named for Muhammad al-Mahdi . The Imam al-Mahdi Scouts became a member of the Lebanese Scouting Federation and thus of the World Organization of the Scout Movement in 1998. The organization has about 42,000 members of both genders between the ages of 8-16 organized into 500 local groups. "Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center at the Center for Special Studies (C.S.S)-September 11, 2006" .
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The opening as it stood in 2020
The Imam al-Mahdi Scouts ( ) is a youth movement that was established in Lebanon on 5 May 1985 by the political and paramilitary organization Hezbollah . It is named for Muhammad al-Mahdi . The Imam al-Mahdi Scouts became a member of the Lebanese Scouting Federation and thus of the World Organization of the Scout Movement in 1998. The organization has about 42,000 members of both genders between the ages of 8-16 organized into 500 local groups. "Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center at the Center for Special Studies (C.S.S)-September 11, 2006" .
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
The Imam al-Mahdi Scouts ( , Kashafat al-Imam al-Mahdi) is a youth movement that was established in Lebanon on 5 May 1985 by the political and paramilitary organization Hezbollah . It is named for Muhammad al-Mahdi . The Imam al-Mahdi Scouts became a member of the Lebanese Scouting Federation and thus of the World Organization of the Scout Movement in 1998. The organization has about 42,000 members of both genders between the ages of 8-16 organized into 500 local groups. "Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center at the Center for Special Studies (C.S.S)-September 11, 2006" .
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Then
youth movement of the hezbollah in lebanon
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youth movement that was established in lebanon on 5 may 1985 by the political organization hezbollah
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