Kenji Goto: Japanese journalist sought ‘the story of what ISIS wants to do’

Yet, in his mind, he had to go into war-torn Syria.

The experienced journalist explained why in a video shot in October from southern Turkey. He felt compelled to tell the stories of war in all its trauma, complexity and humanity.

“Syrian people (have been) suffering for three years and a half. It’s enough,” the 47-year-old Goto explained. “So I would like to get the story of what ISIS wants to do.”

So Goto crossed the border into Syria and headed toward the Islamist extremist group’s de facto capital of Raqaa, despite the advice of friend, Alaaeddin Al Zaim, who’d been with him previously in that nation.

And now Goto could become a victim in a war, a fact that’s tearing Ishido apart.

“I am a mother,” she said. “I cannot bear this.”

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