Mohammed Hamid is a British citizen convicted of training the men behind the attempted 21 July 2005 London bombings. Through October 2023 the opening called him "a British national convicted of training terrorists for the unsuccessful 21 July 2005 London bombings." Today the opening calls him "convicted of training the perpetrators of the attempted bombings," and terror appears zero times in the opening though it survives twenty-two times in the article. A reader today learns he trained the perpetrators of a bombing attempt, and not that Wikipedia's own opening once called those men terrorists.
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Machine-checked against the full current article on 2026-08-01. “terror” appeared 3 times in this article's opening at its peak. Today the opening has none; the body has 22.
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The opening as it read in 2010
Mohammed Hamid (born 1957 in Tanzania to an Indian family) is a British national convicted of training terrorists for the unsuccessful 21 July 2005 London bombings . He is a former crack cocaine addict who found religion in the 1990s after a life of crime. Before the bombing, Hamid was paid by BBC Two to appear in a program about Muslims paintballing that aired on June 12, 2005.1He contacted the BBC after the bombing but they did not turn him in to the police.2He was reportedly a follower of Anwar al-Awlaki . "Top extremist recruiter is jailed" , BBC News . "Terror trainer 'Osama bin London' jailed" , The Guardian BBC knew of link to failed 21/7 bombers , The Daily Telegraph , February 27, 2008 BBC 'took terrorist trainers paintballing' , The Times , December 5, 2007 [1]3
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Mohammed Hamid (born 1957 in Tanzania to an Indian family) is a British national convicted of training terrorists for the unsuccessful 21 July 2005 London bombings . He is a former crack cocaine addict who found religion in the 1990s after a life of crime, and has been nicknamed "Osama bin London".Before the failed bombing, Hamid was paid by BBC Two to appear in a programme about Muslims, first broadcast on 12 June 2005.He contacted the BBC after the incident, and admitted knowing some of the suspects, but they did not pass the information on to the police. He was reportedly a follower of Anwar al-Awlaki . "Top extremist recruiter is jailed" , BBC News . "Terror trainer 'Osama bin London' jailed" , The Guardian BBC knew of link to failed 21/7 bombers , The Daily Telegraph , 27 February 2008 BBC 'took terrorist trainers paintballing' , The Times , 5 December 2007 [1]
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Mohammed Hamid (born 1957) is a Muslim British national most known for his ties with the 21 July 2005 London Bombing attack on London and a disciple of the radical preacher Abdullah el-Faisel.Mohammed Hamid had been convicted with having relations and training terrorists involved with the unsuccessful 21 July 2005 London Bombing attack.Also known as “Osama Bin London,” he has lived a life of crime throughout his life.From petty crimes and drug addiction in his early age, he later became a radical Islamic preacher/tutor of terrorism.
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Mohammed Hamid (born 1957) is a Muslim British national most known for his ties with the 21 July 2005 London Bombings and as a disciple of the radical preacher Abdullah el-Faisel. Mohammed Hamid had been convicted with having relations and training terrorists involved with the unsuccessful 21 July 2005 London Bombing attack. Also known as “Osama Bin London,” he has lived a life of crime throughout his life. From petty crimes and drug addiction in his early age, he later became a radical Islamic preacher/tutor of terrorism.
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British-Tanzanian man convicted for a 2005 London bombing attempt Not to be confused with Mohammed Hamid (businessman) .( Learn how and when to remove this message ) Mohammed Hamid (born 1957 in Tanzania ) is a British citizen and Islamist extremist convicted of training the perpetrators of the attempted bombings in London on 21 July 2005 .He became radicalised and was a follower of the Jamaican extremist cleric Abdullah el-Faisal .He called himself "Osama Bin London" to an officer who was arresting him, and the nickname became popular in the press during his trial.There has been some questioning of the validity of his conviction.His training of those involved in the attacks was reported to consist of taking young men on camping trips and to paintball games at recreation centres and conducting late-night conversations with them in the living room of his home.
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Today
“terror” appeared 3 times in this article's opening at its peak. Today the opening has none; the body has 22. Read the current article and compare.
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What Wikipedia says this is
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british national convicted of training terrorists for the unsuccessful 21 july 2005 london bombings
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muslim british national most known for his ties with the 21 july 2005 london bombings and as a disciple of the
Where the word went
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“terror” now appears 14× under Controversy, 71% of the way down the article
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