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Unfortunately, what happened today has been repeated across majority regions of the world. it reminds me of an attack in algiers in 1996. so it means exposing the way theyve victimized so many civilians including people of muslim heritage themselves. it means, in the case of the armed wing of these movements weve seen operating today, it means dismantling and taking apart and taking away the funding from those movements. and i think part of what it means is ta people of muslim heritage around th...

Tradition of french satirical magazines taking aim at organized religion and the political establishment. but the repeated depictions of the prophet muhammad put them under the threat of violence for nearly a decade. in 2006 the magazine republished cartoons of muhammad from a danish newspaper. charlie hebdos offices were firebombed in 2011 after it names the prophet muhammad as its editor in chief. the following year it published a photo of the prophet naked. but none of that prompted them to s...

>> i want to show you some reaction to the brazen attack in france. one magazine, you can see it, reading like a scoreboard. freedom 0, barbarism 12. thats reference to the number of people killed. in another newspaper, a simple statement reading translation, obviously, they will not will kill our freedom. and this phrase gaining traction on social media and in rallies, we are all charlie. >> wednesdays attack comes weeks after warnings from french officials. they said the terror threat in franc...

Magazine has been targeted. >> reporter: charlie hebdo is well known for controversy. the magazine quickly became known for its flippant treatment of politicians and public figures, o poking fun at religion all faiths and the french political right. but it was its addition to publish a cartoon at the prophet muhammad in 2006 that landed charlie hebdo in hot water. it further created controversy when it published another cartoon of the prophet on the cover of the magazine. the depict of the proph...

The media is still on a pedestal in this country. professional journalists are held in very high regard which from an australian and american perspective is not something were used to experiencing compe inging contemporary contemporarily. in france its different. there is enormous respect for the right to speak freely as a practicing journalist or cartoonists to actually ridicule is seen as a right in context of political conversation and debate. and even though there was a lot of disagreement w...

It islamic terrorism. >> i stopped calling them muslim terrorists. theyre about as muslim as i am. they have no respect for life. thats not what the koran said. >> these tiftactivists found their targets. >> activists? terrorists jihadists or murderers seem more appropriate. the other debate is where the noose organizations in a gesture of solidarity should run the cartoons that many found offensive. at the moment, fox news, nbc, cnn and onews outlets are not doing so. their longstanding poll is...

Heres one cartoon. at one point they sort of found themselves condemned by -- from rabbis catholic priests and islamic clerics. and there are going to be people today, tomorrow friday night on bill maher who basically say, well, look who -- they offended everyone, they went after jesus, they went after catholics, they went after jews and its only the muslims who react violently. what are you going to say to the people who are going to and are saying that right now? >> chris, i think its importan...

Regardless of the number. they are a minority. that minority has declared war on us. and in that asymmetric relationship you have irregular warfare. and we have to respond to them. not only in taking out the leaders, not only with military means and surveillance means, we have to get to the bottom of it and see where the ideas are coming from. >> author and activist talking to cnn earlier. the attack at charlie hebdo came after years of threats and even a fire bombing. ahead, a closer look at th...

Target of various attacks including hacks. "charlie hebdo" is well known for courting controversy when it launched in the 1970s, the magazine quickly became known for its flippant treatment of politicians and public figures, often poking fun at religion, all faiths and at the french political right. but it was its decision to publish a cartoon of the prophet mohammed back in 2006 that landed "charlie hebdo" in hot water. it courted further controversy in 2011 when it published another cartoon of...

Building and began firing. k. >> a series of gunshots were heard, at least 30 rounds by some estimates. >> killing editor his bodyguard and eight others. >> "charlie hebdo" has been very, very satirical in their approach to religion. >> with a long history and controversial history. >> the offices have been fire bombed several years ago because