In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “australian who has been charged but found not guilty under australia's anti-terrorism laws”. Today it says “australian who was the first to be charged with terror offences under australia's anti-terrorism act after he m”.
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The opening as it read in 2025
Zaky Mallah is an Australian who was the first to be charged with terror offences under Australia's anti-terrorism act after he made a video which allegedly contained a threat to carry out a suicide attack on federal government offices in Sydney in 2003. He was acquitted of two terrorism charges in 2005, but pleaded guilty to a third charge of threatening violence against Commonwealth officials. In 2011 Mallah travelled to Syria to film the Syrian Civil War , declaring himself in support of the Free Syrian Army . In 2015 he was controversially allowed to ask a question on the ABC program Q&A, leading then Prime Minister of Australia Tony Abbott to question "Which side is the ABC on?" "Oz jihadist charged for issuing 'how-to survive' holy war list on Facebook" . Sydney , Australia: Business Insider . 18 May 2013. An Australian has been charged under anti-terrorist laws for issuing a how-to list on Facebook for how young men can engage in holy war without getting killed or ending up in Guantanamo Bay.
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The opening as it stood in 2015
Zaky Mallah is an Australian who has been charged but found not guilty under Australia's anti-terrorism laws. He later went to Syria to film the war. He supported the Free Syrian Army (not ISIS ). In 2015 he was controversially allowed to ask a question on the ABC program Q&A. The prime minister Tony Abbot asked "Which side is the ABC on"? Sydney, Australia : Business Insider . 18 May 2013. An Australian has been charged under anti-terrorist laws for issuing a how-to list on Facebook for how young men can engage in holy war without getting killed or ending up in Guantanamo Bay. : Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored ( |url-status= suggested) ( help ) "Zaky Mallah: I stand by what I said on Q&A. Australia needs to hear it" .
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The opening as it stood in 2020 5 passages from the previous snapshot no longer appear
Zaky Mallah is an Australian who pleaded guilty to threatening to kill officers of ASIO or DFAT.In 2011 Mallah travelled to Syria to film the Syrian Civil War , declaring himself in support of the Free Syrian Army .In 2015 he was controversially allowed to ask a question on the ABC program Q&A, leading then Prime Minister of Australia Tony Abbott to question "Which side is the ABC on"? Sydney , Australia: Business Insider . 18 May 2013. An Australian has been charged under anti-terrorist laws for issuing a how-to list on Facebook for how young men can engage in holy war without getting killed or ending up in Guantanamo Bay.
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Today
In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “australian who has been charged but found not guilty under australia's anti-terrorism laws”. Today it says “australian who was the first to be charged with terror offences under australia's anti-terrorism act after he m”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then
australian who has been charged but found not guilty under australia's anti-terrorism laws
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australian who was the first to be charged with terror offences under australia's anti-terrorism act after he m
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