西方情报官员力图查明伊斯兰国刽子手身份

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BBC Chinese, Nov 17, 2014.
www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/world/2014/11/141117_kassig_is

the first 3 1/2 paragraphs:

"在伊斯兰国公布的处决美国义工卡西格 Peter (Islamic name: Abdul-Rahman) Kassig 和18名叙利亚政府军士兵的视频录像中，西方情报官员正试图查明杀人者的身份。

"26岁的卡西格是伊斯兰国激进分子处决的第五个西方人。

"伊斯兰国这次公布的录像与之前的不同，很多武装分子面孔在录像当中都可以看到，而且也有视频录制的地点。

"法国内政部长表示，其中一名武装分子很有可能是法国人马克西姆·霍沙 Maxime Hauchard

Note:
(a) Maxime. Think Baby Names, undated
www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/1/Maxime
(i) Its nickname is maxie, for both male and female.
(ii) The male given names Maximo (Italian) and Máximo (Spanish), together with Maxime, are all derived from Latin adjective Maximus:
" (superlative of magnus [(adjective masculine; neuter form: magnum): 'large, big, great'])  greatest, largest, most powerful
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/maximus

(b)
(i) The first monarch who adopted the name Maximilian was Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximilian_I,_Holy_Roman_Emperor
(1459 – 1519; Holy Roman Emperor 1508-1519; His father, Frederick III--Holy Roman Emperor and Eleanor of Portugal--named him for an obscure saint whom Frederick believed had once warned him of imminent peril in a dream)
(ii) Maximilian
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Maximilian
(a male given name in German; Etymology: Saint's name from Latin Maximilianus, a derivative of Maximus "the greatest." It was used in German royal houses after Friedrich III chose it for his son in 1459, explaining it as a combination of the names of two Roman generals, Maximus and Aemilianus)