article_snippet.sent: Married father-of-two Steven Christopher Costa, from Devon, plans to head to Iraq to fight against ISIS in Iraq .
article_snippet.sent: Steven Christopher Costa, 31, plans to head out to the Middle East next month to join the war against the terrorists, leaving his wife and young children behind.
article_snippet.sent: Mr Costa, who spent six years in Royal Navy, will make the 4,000-mile trip after raising the cash to pay for flights.
article_snippet.sent: When his arrives in Iraq, Mr Costa will join up with Kurdish fighters and other foreign ex-servicemen who have joined the battle against the barbaric Islamists.
article_snippet.sent: Mr Costa said Mr Costa will take Mr Costa own life if Mr Costa is ever captured by the terrorists because Mr Costa does not want Mr Costa children to see Mr Costa being executed in a Jihadi John-style video. '
article_snippet.sent: When he arrives in Iraq, Mr Costa will join up with Kurdish fighters and other foreign ex-servicemen who have joined the battle against the barbaric Islamists (file picture)
article_snippet.sent: Previous attempts by people to go out to fight ISIS have led to people being arrested for terror offences, but Mr Costa says this will not happen to he.
article_snippet.sent: Mr Costa said: 'I'm going to join the Kurdish Peshmerga - not a terror group - who some European countries are funding and sending weapons to. '
article_snippet.sent: Mr Costa (pictured) will leave Mr Costa wife and children behind to fight against ISIS for three months . '
article_snippet.sent: Terror police warned Mr Costa against the trip but do not have the power to stop Mr Costa leaving unless Terror police suspect of Mr Costa of carrying out an offence.
highlights_snippet.sent: Steven Christopher Costa is set to leave Britain to fight against ISIS in Iraq .
  