Wikipedia's first sentence called it “australian medical doctor who travelled to syria to join islamic extremist group isil to work as a paediatricia”. Today it says “australian citizen and medical doctor who went to syria to join the islamic state of iraq and the levant”. Wikipedia's first sentence called it “australian medical doctor who travelled to syria to join islamic extremist group isil to work as a paediatricia”. Today it says “australian citizen and medical doctor who went to syria to join the islamic state of iraq and the levant”.
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The opening as it read in 2025
Tareq Kamleh (born 1985 or 1986) is an Australian citizen who fled to Syria as a medical doctor to join the Islamic terrorist organisation ISIS , where he performed pediatric work in Raqqa, Syria , in the Islamic State Health Service . On 29 April 2015 Kamleh was brought to Australian Government and media attention for a propaganda video he posted from Raqqa. The recruitment video was titled “health services in the Islamic state”, and includes Kamleh, among other medical professionals, urging fellow Muslim ‘brothers and sisters’ to join the Islamic State . Kamleh is currently wanted by the Australian Federal Police in connection to crimes carried out in Raqqa. Tareq Kamleh's whereabouts are currently unknown, although it is presumed he is dead.
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The opening as it stood in 2015
Tareq Kamleh is an Australian medical doctor who travelled to Syria to join Islamic extremist group ISIL to work as a paediatrician . He first came to media attention in 2015 when he appeared in an Islamic State recruitment video in which he encouraged other doctors to join the cause. The video, originally titled " Health services in the Islamic state // mandate of tenderness ," shows Kamleh speaking to the camera in an "Islamic State Health Service"-run maternity ward in Al-Raqqah . An arrest warrant was issued for Kamleh by an Adelaide court, citing alleged offences in Al-Raqqa in April. Kamleh has said he will never return to Australia.
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The opening as it stood in 2020
Tareq Kamleh is an Australian medical doctor who travelled to Syria to join Islamic extremist group ISIL to work as a Paediatric doctor. He first came to media attention in 2015 when he appeared in an Islamic State recruitment video in which he encouraged other doctors to join the cause. The video, originally titled " Health services in the Islamic state // mandate of tenderness ," shows Kamleh speaking to the camera in an "Islamic State Health Service"-run maternity ward in Raqqa . An arrest warrant was issued for Kamleh by an Adelaide court, citing alleged offences in Raqqa in April. Kamleh has said he will never return to Australia, and that he no longer considered himself an Australian citizen .
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Australian medical doctor and wanted terrorist Tareq Kamleh is an Australian citizen who fled to Syria as a medical doctor to join the Islamic terrorist organisation ISIS, where he performed paediatric work in Raqqa, Syria, in the Islamic State Health Service .On 29 April 2015 Kamleh was brought to Australian Government and media attention for a propaganda video he posted from Raqqa, Syria.The recruitment video was titled “health services in the Islamic state”, and includes Kamleh, among other medical professionals, urging fellow Muslim ‘brothers and sisters’ to join the Islamic state.Kamleh is currently wanted by the Australian Federal Police in connection to crimes carried out in Raqqa, Syria.Tareq Kamleh's whereabouts are currently unknown, although it is presumed he is dead.
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Today
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “australian medical doctor who travelled to syria to join islamic extremist group isil to work as a paediatricia”. Today it says “australian citizen and medical doctor who went to syria to join the islamic state of iraq and the levant”. Wikipedia's first sentence called it “australian medical doctor who travelled to syria to join islamic extremist group isil to work as a paediatricia”. Today it says “australian citizen and medical doctor who went to syria to join the islamic state of iraq and the levant”. Read the current article and compare.
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australian medical doctor who travelled to syria to join islamic extremist group isil to work as a paediatricia
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australian citizen and medical doctor who went to syria to join the islamic state of iraq and the levant
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