ISIS 後藤氏殺害

The Daily Beast より
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/01/31/isis-beheads-japanese-hostage-kenji-goto.html
“A Message To the Government of Japan.”

In the video, “Jihadi John,” as the executioner has come to be known in the British press, stands beside Goto with a drawn knife, which he uses to gesture as he says: “To the Japanese government, you, like your foolish allies in the satanic coalition, have yet to understand that we, by Allah’s grace, are an Islamic caliphate with authority and power, an entire army thirsty for your blood.”

Goto is silent and stoic as his masked murderer continues his diatribe on behalf of his make-believe state thirsty not only for blood but for recognition: “Abe, because of your reckless decision to take part in an unwinnable war this knife will not only slaughter Kenji but will also carry on and cause carnage wherever your people are found. So let the nightmare for Japan begin.”

As in some previous ISIS videos, after the diatribe ends, the killer puts the knife to the victim’s throat, the image fades to black, and then a still photograph appears with the severed head resting atop the dead man’s body.

The video ends with unintentional irony, citing the Arabic invocation “bismallah al rahman al rahim”: In the name of God, most Gracious, most Compassionate.”