The word “terror” appeared 1 times in this article's opening at its peak in 2015. Today the opening carries none. 4 remain further down the article, where a reader arriving from a search result does not go.
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The opening as it read in 2015
Leila Khaled ( , is a member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) and an airline hijacker who was later released in a prisoner exchange for civilian hostages kidnapped by her fellow PFLP members.1The PFLP is described as a terrorist organization by the United States, Canada, and the European Union.2Khaled came to public attention for her role in a 1969 hijacking and one of four simultaneous hijackings the following year as part of the Black September timeline .3 Shoot the Women First .
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The opening as it stood in 2005
Leila Khaled in the 70s Leila Khaled (born April 9 , 1944 ) is a former member of George Habash 's Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), part of the secular, leftwing Palestinian rejectionist front. She is currently a member of the Palestinian National Council Khaled came to public attention for her role in a hijacking in 1969 and a second attempted one in 1970 . The failed attack was one of a number of simultaneous hijackings carried out by the PFLP that triggered the expulsion by King Hussein of Jordan of the PLO from that country, with the loss of between 5,000 and 10,000 Palestinian lives, in what came to be known as Black September . She is married and lives with her two sons in Jordan.
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Leila Khaled ( laylà ẖālid ; born April 9, 1944) is a member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). She is currently a member of the Palestinian National Council . She has been called the "poster girl of Palestinian militancy." Khaled came to public attention for her role in a 1969 hijacking and one of four simultaneous hijackings the following year as part of the Black September timeline .
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Leila Khaled ( , born April 9, 1944) is a member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP).Khaled came to public attention for her role in the TWA Flight 840 hijacking in 1969 and one of the four simultaneous Dawson's Field hijackings the following year as part of the campaign of Black September in Jordan . Shoot the Women First .
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Palestinian militant and activist (born 1944) Leila Khaled ( , born April 9, 1944) is a Palestinian refugee, former militant, and member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). Khaled came to public attention for her role in the TWA Flight 840 hijacking in 1969 and one of the four simultaneous Dawson's Field hijackings the following year as part of the campaign of Black September in Jordan . The first woman to hijack an airplane, she was later released in a prisoner exchange for civilian hostages kidnapped by other PFLP members. Shoot the Women First .
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The opening as it stood in 2025
Palestinian militant and activist (born 1944) Leila Khaled ( Arabic : ليلى خالد [ˈlajla ˈxaːled] ; born April 9, 1944) is a Palestinian former militant and activist who was a member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP).She is famous as being the first woman to hijack an airplane. Khaled gained her prominence for her role in the TWA Flight 840 hijacking in 1969 and one of the four simultaneous Dawson's Field hijackings the following year as part of the campaign of Black September in Jordan . After being imprisoned, she was released in a prisoner exchange for civilian hostages kidnapped by other PFLP members. Shoot the Women First .
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What Wikipedia says this is
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former member of george habash 's popular front for the liberation of palestine
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palestinian former militant and activist who was a member of the popular front for the liberation of palestine
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