Mahmoud Mohammad Issa Mohammad is a former PFLP member convicted for an attack that killed a man, whom press coverage for decades called a terrorist. Through 2010 the opening cited headlines calling him a "terrorist" and stated that "when his militant history was discovered in December 1988," Canadian authorities began deportation proceedings. Today's opening never calls him a terrorist, describing him only as a "former member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine who took part in an attack that killed a man," though the word survives 27 times elsewhere in the article. A reader arriving now does not learn from the opening that he was widely described as a convicted terrorist.
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Machine-checked against the full current article on 2026-08-01. “terror” appeared 2 times in this article's opening at its peak. Today the opening has none; the body has 27.
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Mahmoud Mohammad Issa Mohammad (محمود محمد عيسى محمد) is a former member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine , who hijacked an El Al aircraft and later sought refuge in Canada.1When his militant history was discovered in December 1988, the government sought to deport him but has been stymied for 20 years in legal maneuvering. Toronto Star , Ordered deported in '88, terrorist still lives in Brantford , July 16, 2008 Brown, Steve. Fox News , Canadian immigration laws allow convicted terrorist and killer to make home in Ontario , August 19, 20082
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Born in 1943, Mahmoud Mohammad Issa Mohammad (محمود محمد عيسى محمد) is a Palestinian and former member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine .
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Mahmoud Mohammad Issa Mohammad (محمود محمد عيسى محمد) (born in 1943 ) was a Palestinian and former member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine .After a publicized battle with Canadian immigration authorities, he was deported to Lebanon in 2013 and died from cancer in 2015.
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Airline hijacker Mahmoud Mohammad Issa Mohammad (محمود محمد عيسى محمد) (born in 1943 ) was a Palestinian and former member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine . After a publicized battle with Canadian immigration authorities, he was deported to Lebanon in 2013 and died from cancer in 2015.
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Airline hijacker Mahmoud Mohammad Issa Mohammad ( Arabic : محمود محمد عيسى محمد ) (born in 1943) was a Palestinian former member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine who took part in an attack that killed a man.After a two-decade battle with Canadian immigration authorities, he was finally deported to Lebanon in 2013.He died from cancer in 2015.
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“terror” appeared 2 times in this article's opening at its peak. Today the opening has none; the body has 27. Read the current article and compare.
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former member of the popular front for the liberation of palestine
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palestinian former member of the popular front for the liberation of palestine who took part in an attack that
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