Did Wikipedia remove the word "resistance" from the Wakefulness and Holy War article?

Yes. "resistance" appeared 1 times in this article's opening at its peak. Today it appears nowhere in the article, references included. We saved the article's opening paragraph at 5 moments between 2010 and 2025, and the counts come from those saved copies.

When did the Wakefulness and Holy War article stop using the word "resistance"?

The word appeared 1 times in the opening at its peak in 2010. It appears nowhere in the article today, checked against the live article on 2026-08-02.

How can I verify what Wikipedia's Wakefulness and Holy War article used to say?

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Wakefulness and Holy War

The word “resistance” appeared 1 times in this article's opening at its peak in 2010. Today the opening carries none, and neither does the rest of the article, references included.

Measured, not asserted. Every count, date and revision on this page was taken from Wikipedia's own history and checked against the live article. The words quoted are theirs.

Machine-checked against the full current article on 2026-08-02. “resistance” appeared 1 times in this article's opening at its peak. Today it appears nowhere in the article, references included.

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The opening as it read in 2010

Wakefulness and Holy War is an Arab Sunni Muslim group that operates in and around Fallujah .¹ They videotaped one of their attacks on American forces and sent it to an Iranian television on July 7, 2003. On the tape they said "Saddam and America are two sides of the same coin." They also stated they were carrying out more operations against American occupation in Fallujah and nearby cities.²

This is Wikipedia's own text, saved in our repository. Their copy of it is revision 309677228.

Today

“resistance” appeared 1 times in this article's opening at its peak. Today it appears nowhere in the article, references included. Read the current article and compare.

Counts in the opening at each snapshot. Green: the word gained ground. Red: it was cut. Grey: no change.
	2010	2015	2020	Oct '23	2025

What Wikipedia says this is

Every article opens by defining its subject. This one was redefined between 2010 and 2025.

Then

arab sunni muslim group that operates in and around fallujah

Now

name claimed by an arab sunni muslim group that launched attacks on american and allied forces in and around fa

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